When I was growing up I would watch the history channel and nothing else for years. ... then their programming shifted away from this type of historical informative programming. I mourned the loss of my bastion of niche learning. But your content now fills that void that history channel left! Thank you for your work.
For a while I had military history channel. That was another amazing channel. One year for thanksgiving, it was all tanks all day. They called it “tanksgiving ”
@@Cba409 You think it would have been better to do nothing and just get shipped off like sheep to their deaths ? No , they showed there would not comply with the Nazi scum while they still could rebel. Respect to them all.
As a Jew, of Polish origin, who had relatives that died in Nazi Europe I can only say that the quality of your videos, the historical accuracy, and the unbiased unpolitical analysis you make is simply extraordinary ! May God bless you and the whole of your family forever !
A Polish Home Army officer Kazimierz Moczarski, persecuted after the war by the Stalinist government, spent months in one prison cell with Jürgen Stroop. He later wrote a fascinating book about this bizarre experience, the English title of which is Conversations with an Executioner.
"Before placing the telephone in its cradle..." How lovely mr Mark Felton takes into account that people too young to remember might not know what "hanging up (the telephone)" means. Well done, professor Felton !!
@Unknown User LAN means Local Area Network, so anyone with a router has one. Routers provided by your ISP still have to be directly connected to the internet line. So Lan lines definitely aren't going anywhere, at least any time soon. A fiber optic cable is still a LAN line.
When I was a kid I amused myself by making calls just by tapping on the hook switch. You could use this technique do bypass phone with disc locks or make free calls on older pay phones. Newer ones introduced a delay between the hook switch and the tone to avoid that.
I have been a fan and student of WWII history for over 20 years, read and watched nearly everything I could get my hands on, and Mark Felton is, by far, my favorite historian and, in my opinion, the highest quality historian.
Any videos about the Warsaw ghetto always make me so depressed. They were so brave, so desperate, and continued fighting the long odds despite all their supposed allies betraying their trust. The Warsaw Ghetto fighters stared death in the eye unblinking until it took them.
The British tried to support them with night drops of weapons and supplies. The RAF Lancasters delivering the supplies reported being attacked, by Russian nightfighters.
@@wessexdruid5290 remember, if Brits and french, did literally just that before letting Germany out all of Poland and then didn't let them proceed to move their entire invasion force from the other side of their border to France now about to fall.
Better than to die in a gas chamber. The absolute stupidest thing you can do to any group of people is put them in a killing pen, all but say "You're headed to the slaughterhouse soon" and expect them not to rebel. What species of humans would fail to rebel in such a situation?
J m from Poland vividly remember how the cities were converted into oceans of ruins As a kid , same like my friends , parents , the whole society I took a part in rebuilding struggle Newer ever any war of any kind anywhere no gain just pure suffering and destructions Greetings to Mark from Canada
It’s not courage. Desperation. It would be courage if they fought several months earlier before the vast majority of ghetto inhabitants were deported to death camps. They just fought to protect their own asses
Fabulous Mark.. you tell a great historical story.. this one is one that should never be forgotten.. But our enemy's always will.. But we will never go quietly into the night!
Surely you are joking. We are going quietly into the night right now. You may want to reassess "The New World Order" and once we hand over our guns you may want to go back and re-watch Episode 1 and 2 several times. EDIT: And Episode 3. This is where we are headed my friend. I'm not sure it will happen in my time because of my age but I sure do see how many freedoms I have lost over my lifetime. The youth now day actually are voting it in and if you are in the forty year old range you will loose the right to own a gun and yeah they may have to kill you to take it way but you will loose it. EDIT#2: And where is the reply you made to me that I have in my email from RUclips? Did you delete it?
Ghetto in Warsaw (not Warsaw Ghetto) was governed by German appointed local leaders. Read Czerniakow diary... Police were composed of its residences also. Mostly this police was tasked with rounding and delivering their compatriots to the depos and transports and concentration camps. They were the last men standing, same of them decided at the end to fight for their own life, as most have already have perished. Same hid or escaped. Those who could speak the polish language, have changed names and identity. (only about 10% of the diaspora could use the polish language despite multigenerational residence on polish territory) Were they brave? Same of them survived, ended up in the US, soviets repression apparatus, or Israel, ... like the wife of the Ghetto leader Czerniakow.
@AngryMole _"...May they rest in peace."_ Some of them survived, e.g. overrated Marek Edelman, the last uprising's leader, who escaped through the sewer canals leaving his comrades behind.
I am literally binge watching every upload. It’s crazy to think this was only 80 years ago. I love history and find WW2 so interesting. Thank you Mark for the amazing content. I promise you I will buy a book of yours when I am paid at end of the month.
It is crazy, my grandma used to tell me about the Gestapo raiding their house because her big brother was in the Dutch resistance. It's scarily close to us in history.
Being a huge history buff, this channel brings me information I did not know. A definite must for anyone who loves history. Well done Mr. Felton. Again.
The chose to die standing instead of being worked to death, or gassed. I always wonder in these situation, why everyone didn’t fight tooth and claw. But I supposed there is alway a great majority of people that are in disbelief of the actual horror that is going on.
@@paulthiessen6467 I think people would rather think that the situation is not that bad, that they are not going to die, coz they are "free" workers and that kind of stuff. Needs to be extreme if you're ready for put in danger your family and friends.
@@paulthiessen6467 Never underestimate the human capacity for denial. Also, who the hell expects that in a modern western society somebody would come up with the concept of an extermination camp and feed millions of people into them?
Excellent episode of a brave and tragic historical time. I read Mila 18 many years ago when I was far too young and was severely traumatised. This is the first time I have listened to anything related to the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters. You have presented it in such a way I am looking forward to Episode 2. Thank you for your historical accuracy ,compassion and skill without excessive sensationalism.⭐️
Watching every ww2 related video Mark Felton has released and I need to agree with everyone else - these videos are way above the rest in regard of quality and content.
Crikey, those 17 mins went quick, thanks Dr Felton for showing me insight into this unknown part of the Warsaw Ghettos Thanks for the likes, never had this many before
As someone who once worked in military procurement, I found the image that forms the thumbnail for this episode interesting; the four visibly armed soldiers in the picture are carrying three different types of submachineguns. The soldier on the left, just behing the main grouo, is carrying either a Finnish Suomi or a Russian PPD-40; the two in steel helmets flanking the officer have MP41s - wooden-stocked versions of the standard MP40; and the soldier on the right is armed with an MP28. The SS had its very own supply chain, and seemed to have no objections to its soldiers using an eclectic mix of infantry weapons.
Yes, and the quality of Mark's lectures are superb. Mark, with this diligence and "neutrality" of reporting, I would love to see non-military issues of that period covered one day: how ordinary people in Europe lived through the time. Thanks for your work!
That's due to the public school system and a lack of care from parents or grandparents. Its becoming too common and this is why we are going through this shift right now of ignorance. As a 24 year old I've been called "privileged" because of my like for history and older things. I can't relate to today's generations.
@@darkheathen6765 Public education isn't failing because of lack of care from parents, it's failing because of special interest groups and teachers unions screwing it up. There's a reason schools have textbooks from only one or two publishers and standardized tests from just a handful of companies. They get paid by the government to get children to absorb and regurgitate carefully selected curriculum and punish anyone who falls out of line. The literary textbook industry is one huge scam that siphons billions of dollars a year by yearly releases of the same book that slightly alter the information so that previous years can't be used or easily be used, forcing students and schools to buy new books. It's why charter and private schools have exploded in popularity with parents, and why special interest groups are trying to shut them down by lobbying the government. School used to be a place to go and learn. Now it is just a place of indoctrination to teach kids how to be good little zombies and do what they're told no questions asked.
@@GGigabiteM The great textbook scam is one of the most criminal enterprises in the US today, and a contributor to the mountains of debt foisted on our children.
That and computer games and military-industrial complex propaganda is why they rush to go fight for corporations in foreign lands, thinking they are serving their country instead of asking why those sending them why they don't go themselves or send their own kids.
The detail and quality of these videos are unassailable. I used to love “World at war” and still do, but Mark Felton’s content is the most informative, detailed and educational that i have ever come across.
Always sell your life dear, never for free. When the Grim Reaper shows up at your door, don't be standing there with your suitcases; have the whole building wired with explosives and be waiting in the basement with a rifle. Many timeless lessons to be learned from the hopeless Warsaw rebellions (both of them).
Only two minutes in and I’ve already learned something. I love the fact the the Israeli Flag came from the Jewish Uprising in Warsaw. Mark had taught more people than any history book ever had.
@@pawelpap9 then why the israeli flag flew over the city of tel aviv in 1933 lol u really think israel was created in 1948 israel was on its way to be a country since 1917
Can't wait for episode 2 Mark!! You definitely have to tip your cap to the Poles, they where incredibly tough, brave, and resilient!! They are a great historical reference of fighting against oppression and tyranny again and again.
Your videos are outstanding! Thank you!! I am of polish heritage but was born in Canada. If you are polish, there's a 50/50 chance you either never lived in Poland or lived there all your life. There is very little means of learning about my peoples history in school so we, descendents of WW2 polish expatriates, have to go on this kind of "quest" to learn about our history, what is our heritage and what it all means. Once again, thank you so much, your videos are always a delight!
@@baryka2015 Poland needs a capital P because it refers to a proper thing, polish refers to many people or a language so it is a common noun in english not proper. Note how I put a capital P on Poland. They dont teach polish at all in canadian schools.
As always these are absolutely terrific Mr. Felton. I really wish we could find you a platform to do podcasts on! It would make my work days fly by, always enjoy learning the finer detail of history from you. Thanks for the wonderful content!
When I was in the Marines back in the 90s the libraries on base had a ton of history books about this and other things Mark has talked about.. But Mark has great attention to detail in each video and stuff not found in alot of the books I've read.. Great channel Mark and keep up the great work... Semper Fi
Now I feel as if I must pay you for these videos that I have enjoyed every day for the last 2 years. Thank you for showing me an interest I never thought I would explore to this extent.
Remember the people of the ghetto were systematically starved and could barely keep themselves alive let alone gather weapons to mount resistance against a well equipped and well trained SS
The young boy with his hands up...well he actually survived and lived into old age. There was a short documentary about him somewhere. I thought Mark might re-do one.
They may have felt they had no choice but my word, these are accounts of the most astonishing bravery and ingenuity under almost impossible conditions.
Thank you so much Mr Felton. I am an addict of ww2 books and documentaries and though books are obviously the best way to learn ( i think) your mini documentaries are of exceptional quality and I have learned so much. I hope someday you do one aimed specifically at the Siege of Leningrad. ( if you have ive overlooked my apologies) Keep up the fantastic work, what you do is important and I hope "you tubing" allows you to make a living from this.. You deserve it..
There is a major difference between flying a flag of freedom against an racist government (1943 - Warsaw) and flying a racist flag in the Capitol of a free government (2020 - Washington DC).
@@donttreadonme4355 if some one is flying CSA flags or flags based of the CSA they are automaticly suppoting a state that embraced slavery and racism .
The uprising failed because they were poorly armed, trained and grossly outnumbered. It was still an incredibly brave and amazing stand against a heartless army of murderers.
Also the Russians who were 10km from Warsaw decided to stop and not help the Poles as they saw that this would kill many pro western supporters and make there conquest and making Poland a communist country. They stayed put for 40 days .
This channel is the only one I enabled notifications for... You just play in class of your own! Thank you so much for enriching our lives with this amazing content !
"The flag was worth a hundred machine guns in a situation like this". Very true. This is one of the great mysteries of humanity, as to how merely the presence of one's own colors flying above the chaos of battle can steel the resolve of those fighting under it, even against hopeless odds. Its psychological impact cannot be underestimated.
The Jewish Military Union Flag (ZZW) is a bicolor flag similar to that of the Polish flag, but replacing the crimson red with blue. The white flag with the Star of David was the flag of the Judenrat. The Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) flag split the difference having a star of David over a background of the blue and white bicolor. Nonetheless, I appreciate you bringing up the ZZW. As a Revisionist Zionist Organization, which worked with the Polish Home Army (AK), it was largely erased from historiography by ZOB members of the working with Polish communists, and Israeli Socialists. Similarly, anti-communist Jewish partisan organization have been largely written out of history, in part because the Soviets weren't above liquidating them.
The Bravest Battle by Dan Kurzman. The definitive non fiction book about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The most disturbing & amazing non-fiction book I have ever read.
0:24 biography of Jürgen Stroop is described in Polish novel "Rozmowy z Katem" "Conversations avec le bourreau" "Conversations with the executioner" by Kazimierz Moczarski. Moczarski résistance officer by Ironie of History was kept by polish communist security and NKVD in same cellule de prison as Jürgen Stroop (captured SS general)
@ Maciej Mercie for the mentioning the French title. I found several copies available in France and even one in Quebec but not a single one in English anywhere.
When I read about the uprising back in secondary school , it was where I first heard the names of Jürgen Stroop and the notorious Josef "Frankenstein" Blösche.
Mark's storytelling is noticeably becoming more listener-friendly with it's descriptive prose and some emotionalism, rather than just the facts ... All good stuff !
@@moistmike4150 true but I would probably say 1937 was bad. You had Hitler arming up Germany, Stalin was at the height of his purge, the Spanish civil war, and worst of all the Nanking massacre. But overall i do think the years 1944 and 1945 were still very bad, and bloody.
Until I started watching Mark's productions I thought I knew a lot about WW2! I now know even more and more importantly I have gained a more accurate knowledge of the conflict, too!
Hello DR Felton this is my first time commenting but I’ve been watching your videos for a long time I want to say I appreciate them And you do a fantastic job
The carefully researched detail is appreciated. My sense of the uprising is much dependent on the novel Mila 18 by Leon Uris, it read when younger; and by tangential references to it across the content of other documentaries. Then the uprisings of 43 and 44 merge into one understanding: with the essentials secured; but the details confused. Thank you for your efforts.
@@KrissowskiM Christ man... people were fighting to die with at least an illusion of dignity. Have some respect. If you rose up to die fighting being in this position - would it be fair for anyone in any future genration to call your effort 'a joke'? This was a tragedy. In my opinion it's you and your comments that are a joke. Hope you'll get better soon.
@@matt5042 He will not. He seems to be inflicted by a common disease that afflicts swats of polish society to this day. Save yourself aggregation and don’t annoy a pig.
Uris novel is a fictional story based on second hand accounts. You may want to try Marek Edelman:The Ghetto Fights. He was actually a fighter in the Ghetto uprising.
Good information... Interesting information... And things that enhance your life by understanding it, always seem fleeting and quick. Just like these videos. The information is good and interesting, and also helps me to understand human behavior and where I fit into it. I'm not anything like a Nazi, but I see the psychology of it all. Particularly in the way the average citizen reacted. These videos, the way you write them, and narrate are invaluable. Love them!
It is not hyperbole to suggest that, in terms of consistency of quality, this is the best channel on RUclips.
I learn more from his "short" videos than I do from long ones
I can't disagree .Mark knows his stuff .everthing perfectly done .always look forward to every show and so much I never knew. he is a gold mine.
Not hyperbole at all. 100% fairly accurate
Drachinifel and forgotten weapons gives the good doctor a run for his money but yeah, Dr Felton is the best.
@@krtacct Drach is great 👍 I love his work too. I especially like it when he is on the world of warships pod casts!!
When I was growing up I would watch the history channel and nothing else for years. ... then their programming shifted away from this type of historical informative programming. I mourned the loss of my bastion of niche learning. But your content now fills that void that history channel left! Thank you for your work.
For a while I had military history channel. That was another amazing channel. One year for thanksgiving, it was all tanks all day. They called it “tanksgiving ”
I agree, and this channel amazes me with Marks knowledge and detail. Never seen anything like it.
@Kira you should pick one up yourself & try it out.
@Kira I've never seen some of what Mark knows in books, and I've studied modern history. Maybe pull your head out of your back side.
@@zackpenhaligon9904 couldn't agree more w/you Mr. President.....,..taking a big chance announcing that ur President of ANYTHING these days.😬
They were one brave group of people that fought the Nazis knowing they had no chance of winning but wanted to go down fighting . RIP to them all.
id call them suicidal maniacs
@@Cba409 You think it would have been better to do nothing and just get shipped off like sheep to their deaths ? No , they showed there would not comply with the Nazi scum while they still could rebel. Respect to them all.
@@barrykevin7658 all the while u submit to ur overlords.
@@Cba409 yeah yeah yeah
Yawn 🙄 😴😴
@@barrykevin7658 exactly. Ignorance is bliss.
As a Jew, of Polish origin, who had relatives that died in Nazi Europe I can only say that the quality of your videos, the historical accuracy, and the unbiased unpolitical analysis you make is simply extraordinary !
May God bless you and the whole of your family forever !
Typhus?
@Young Dre when did it take place
@Fender Player It also could've been starvation or a stray bomb.
@Young Dre In google you can find a lots of "real revelations" about UFO as well
@Young Dre I was talking about your sources. In google you can find everything. Also non-existent pacifications
A Polish Home Army officer Kazimierz Moczarski, persecuted after the war by the Stalinist government, spent months in one prison cell with Jürgen Stroop. He later wrote a fascinating book about this bizarre experience, the English title of which is Conversations with an Executioner.
This is an amazing recommendation. For anyone interested - you should really read it!
Thank you.
"Rozmowy z katem" "Conversations avec le bourreau" livre d'exception
Cheers, added it to my Amazon wish list.
The English version is pretty much unobtainable.
"Before placing the telephone in its cradle..." How lovely mr Mark Felton takes into account that people too young to remember might not know what "hanging up (the telephone)" means. Well done, professor Felton !!
Plus, I think the phones back then had much more pronounced cradles.
@Unknown User LAN means Local Area Network, so anyone with a router has one. Routers provided by your ISP still have to be directly connected to the internet line. So Lan lines definitely aren't going anywhere, at least any time soon. A fiber optic cable is still a LAN line.
@@garretth8224 smh. @Unknown User obviously meant a “Land Line” 🤦🏼♀️
@Unknown User like a rotary phone? Just asking cause I thought you couldn’t use them anymore
When I was a kid I amused myself by making calls just by tapping on the hook switch. You could use this technique do bypass phone with disc locks or make free calls on older pay phones. Newer ones introduced a delay between the hook switch and the tone to avoid that.
Mark’s ability to communicate is unparalleled, his choice of words paints a clear picture in your mind.
hes literally just reading a wikipedia page dude
@@wlkemdwnandstndonbnss LMAO!
I have been a fan and student of WWII history for over 20 years, read and watched nearly everything I could get my hands on, and Mark Felton is, by far, my favorite historian and, in my opinion, the highest quality historian.
Totally agree, he is legend and i hope he does well from this incredible work.
Any videos about the Warsaw ghetto always make me so depressed.
They were so brave, so desperate, and continued fighting the long odds despite all their supposed allies betraying their trust.
The Warsaw Ghetto fighters stared death in the eye unblinking until it took them.
The British tried to support them with night drops of weapons and supplies. The RAF Lancasters delivering the supplies reported being attacked, by Russian nightfighters.
@@wessexdruid5290 remember, if Brits and french, did literally just that before letting Germany out all of Poland and then didn't let them proceed to move their entire invasion force from the other side of their border to France now about to fall.
Better than to die in a gas chamber.
The absolute stupidest thing you can do to any group of people is put them in a killing pen, all but say "You're headed to the slaughterhouse soon" and expect them not to rebel. What species of humans would fail to rebel in such a situation?
I've developed a habit of hitting the like button before I've actually watched Mark's videos such is the quality of content.
Me too, a sign of respect that has been earned.
He is quite amazing isn’t he ?
Rosa Robota was my grandmother’s aunt. Amazing docufilm. Thank you
You know it’s a good day when you get a Mark video first thing in the morning
7 am over here
So this story made your day great? Interesting..
J m from Poland vividly remember how the cities were converted into oceans of ruins As a kid , same like my friends , parents , the whole society I took a part in rebuilding struggle Newer ever any war of any kind anywhere no gain just pure suffering and destructions Greetings to Mark from Canada
One of the most heroic and desperate acts of the war.... thank you for discussing it
This is way better than anything The History Channel could ever do these days. Cheers Dr. Felton from 🇨🇦
I wish Mark was my teacher when I was in school. Better late than never.
Thank you for realizing there was more than one Warsaw uprising, and in far more hopeless conditions than 1944. Courage personified
It’s not courage. Desperation. It would be courage if they fought several months earlier before the vast majority of ghetto inhabitants were deported to death camps. They just fought to protect their own asses
@@KrissowskiM They just fought to protect your a SS. Pols betrayed them as usually...
@@KrissowskiM Charming! I'm sure you would have behaved differently.
@@KrissowskiM despicable. But I’m sure you’re used to insults so I’ll spare me frustration.
@@greg-jm9jk Those leeches betrayed Poland for 700 years.
Fabulous Mark.. you tell a great historical story.. this one is one that should never be forgotten.. But our enemy's always will.. But we will never go quietly into the night!
Surely you are joking. We are going quietly into the night right now. You may want to reassess "The New World Order" and once we hand over our guns you may want to go back and re-watch Episode 1 and 2 several times.
EDIT: And Episode 3. This is where we are headed my friend. I'm not sure it will happen in my time because of my age but I sure do see how many freedoms I have lost over my lifetime. The youth now day actually are voting it in and if you are in the forty year old range you will loose the right to own a gun and yeah they may have to kill you to take it way but you will loose it.
EDIT#2: And where is the reply you made to me that I have in my email from RUclips? Did you delete it?
The brave resistance fighters proved that they wouldn't go without a fight. May they rest in peace.
Ghetto in Warsaw (not Warsaw Ghetto) was governed by German appointed local leaders. Read Czerniakow diary... Police were composed of its residences also. Mostly this police was tasked with rounding and delivering their compatriots to the depos and transports and concentration camps. They were the last men standing, same of them decided at the end to fight for their own life, as most have already have perished. Same hid or escaped. Those who could speak the polish language, have changed names and identity. (only about 10% of the diaspora could use the polish language despite multigenerational residence on polish territory)
Were they brave? Same of them survived, ended up in the US, soviets repression apparatus, or Israel, ... like the wife of the Ghetto leader Czerniakow.
What brave resistance???
@AngryMole _"...May they rest in peace."_ Some of them survived, e.g. overrated Marek Edelman, the last uprising's leader, who escaped through the sewer canals leaving his comrades behind.
@@reicherosterreicher3486 the brave who tried to fight these nazi animals wit hardly any weapons
@@reicherosterreicher3486 ?????
I am literally binge watching every upload. It’s crazy to think this was only 80 years ago. I love history and find WW2 so interesting. Thank you Mark for the amazing content. I promise you I will buy a book of yours when I am paid at end of the month.
It is crazy, my grandma used to tell me about the Gestapo raiding their house because her big brother was in the Dutch resistance. It's scarily close to us in history.
Being a huge history buff, this channel brings me information I did not know.
A definite must for anyone who loves history. Well done Mr. Felton. Again.
Mark surely knows how to create a cliffhanger for an 80 years' old story. Can't wait for the next episode. Keep up the good work!
They knew that they were going to be crushed but they rose up anyway. Great video Mark 👍
The chose to die standing instead of being worked to death, or gassed. I always wonder in these situation, why everyone didn’t fight tooth and claw. But I supposed there is alway a great majority of people that are in disbelief of the actual horror that is going on.
@@paulthiessen6467 I think people would rather think that the situation is not that bad, that they are not going to die, coz they are "free" workers and that kind of stuff. Needs to be extreme if you're ready for put in danger your family and friends.
@@paulthiessen6467 Never underestimate the human capacity for denial. Also, who the hell expects that in a modern western society somebody would come up with the concept of an extermination camp and feed millions of people into them?
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 the more I see this type of history, the more I wonder about what the future has in store for me and my kids.
@@paulthiessen6467 Do one on the Gaza Ghetto where NAZI_ONIST's slaughter unarmed civilians and never face war crimes
Excellent episode of a brave and tragic historical time. I read Mila 18 many years ago when I was far too young and was severely traumatised. This is the first time I have listened to anything related to the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters. You have presented it in such a way I am looking forward to Episode 2. Thank you for your historical accuracy ,compassion and skill without excessive sensationalism.⭐️
Thanx I've just looked up that book, I shall look forward to reading .
Watching every ww2 related video Mark Felton has released and I need to agree with everyone else - these videos are way above the rest in regard of quality and content.
Crikey, those 17 mins went quick, thanks Dr Felton for showing me insight into this unknown part of the Warsaw Ghettos
Thanks for the likes, never had this many before
I know I could watch Mark's work for hours
And this is only Part 1...
Dude Felton rules hes got loads of good stuff
it is only unknown to you
@@silvanski 00
Loving the War Stories Mark! Keep em comin!!
If every person on youtube listen to your stories the world would have been a better place! Keep up the good work! Lars, Norway
As someone who once worked in military procurement, I found the image that forms the thumbnail for this episode interesting; the four visibly armed soldiers in the picture are carrying three different types of submachineguns. The soldier on the left, just behing the main grouo, is carrying either a Finnish Suomi or a Russian PPD-40; the two in steel helmets flanking the officer have MP41s - wooden-stocked versions of the standard MP40; and the soldier on the right is armed with an MP28. The SS had its very own supply chain, and seemed to have no objections to its soldiers using an eclectic mix of infantry weapons.
God bless them I get so emotional watching these videos. Thank you for producing this video.
Yes, and the quality of Mark's lectures are superb.
Mark, with this diligence and "neutrality" of reporting, I would love to see non-military issues of that period covered one day: how ordinary people in Europe lived through the time.
Thanks for your work!
Learning from history is a critical thing that is not often appreciated these days. Thanks for reminding me of such courageous souls.
Sadly--most young adults I've met today know almost nothing of World War II.
That's due to the public school system and a lack of care from parents or grandparents. Its becoming too common and this is why we are going through this shift right now of ignorance. As a 24 year old I've been called "privileged" because of my like for history and older things. I can't relate to today's generations.
@@darkheathen6765 Public education isn't failing because of lack of care from parents, it's failing because of special interest groups and teachers unions screwing it up. There's a reason schools have textbooks from only one or two publishers and standardized tests from just a handful of companies. They get paid by the government to get children to absorb and regurgitate carefully selected curriculum and punish anyone who falls out of line. The literary textbook industry is one huge scam that siphons billions of dollars a year by yearly releases of the same book that slightly alter the information so that previous years can't be used or easily be used, forcing students and schools to buy new books.
It's why charter and private schools have exploded in popularity with parents, and why special interest groups are trying to shut them down by lobbying the government.
School used to be a place to go and learn. Now it is just a place of indoctrination to teach kids how to be good little zombies and do what they're told no questions asked.
@Mick Jay You realize you just called them nazis, essentially replicating the mistake that you pin them with, right?
@@GGigabiteM The great textbook scam is one of the most criminal enterprises in the US today, and a contributor to the mountains of debt foisted on our children.
That and computer games and military-industrial complex propaganda is why they rush to go fight for corporations in foreign lands, thinking they are serving their country instead of asking why those sending them why they don't go themselves or send their own kids.
The detail and quality of these videos are unassailable. I used to love “World at war” and still do, but Mark Felton’s content is the most informative, detailed and educational that i have ever come across.
Mark is by far and away my FAVORITE RUclips historian.
Excellent narration voice, too. I love every video!
Always sell your life dear, never for free. When the Grim Reaper shows up at your door, don't be standing there with your suitcases; have the whole building wired with explosives and be waiting in the basement with a rifle. Many timeless lessons to be learned from the hopeless Warsaw rebellions (both of them).
As a paranoid schizophrenic this message agrees with me.
Amen and amen...fight to the death.
@@informitas0117 lol !
@@informitas0117 Like the old joke goes, "It's not paranoia if they really *are* out to get you."
Amen. Hope Patriots in America are taking note.
The production and investigative value in your videos have made "Mark Felton" a seal of quality keep up the great work!
Only two minutes in and I’ve already learned something. I love the fact the the Israeli Flag came from the Jewish Uprising in Warsaw. Mark had taught more people than any history book ever had.
There was no Israeli flag at that time for a simple reason there was no state of Israel. Star of David is more appropriate.
@Jackie Coleman In case you have reading comprehension problem read again what I wrote and then explain how your post is relevant.
It didn't
@@pawelpap9 then why the israeli flag flew over the city of tel aviv in 1933 lol u really think israel was created in 1948 israel was on its way to be a country since 1917
u learned nothing the israeli flag was made in 1897 long before the Uprising in Warsaw
Can't wait for episode 2 Mark!! You definitely have to tip your cap to the Poles, they where incredibly tough, brave, and resilient!! They are a great historical reference of fighting against oppression and tyranny again and again.
Mr Felton is a great Master . Thanks.
Your videos are outstanding! Thank you!!
I am of polish heritage but was born in Canada.
If you are polish, there's a 50/50 chance you either never lived in Poland or lived there all your life.
There is very little means of learning about my peoples history in school so we, descendents of WW2 polish expatriates, have to go on this kind of "quest" to learn about our history, what is our heritage and what it all means.
Once again, thank you so much, your videos are always a delight!
Why you wrote word Polish without capitol P ? This is terrible mistake. In Canadians schools they teach this way ?
@@baryka2015 Poland needs a capital P because it refers to a proper thing, polish refers to many people or a language so it is a common noun in english not proper.
Note how I put a capital P on Poland.
They dont teach polish at all in canadian schools.
As always these are absolutely terrific Mr. Felton. I really wish we could find you a platform to do podcasts on! It would make my work days fly by, always enjoy learning the finer detail of history from you. Thanks for the wonderful content!
I'm enjoying this new upload schedule. Good morning, all.
When I was in the Marines back in the 90s the libraries on base had a ton of history books about this and other things Mark has talked about.. But Mark has great attention to detail in each video and stuff not found in alot of the books I've read.. Great channel Mark and keep up the great work... Semper Fi
i don’t know how you don’t have quadruple the sub count, i’ve always enjoyed this content
Now I feel as if I must pay you for these videos that I have enjoyed every day for the last 2 years. Thank you for showing me an interest I never thought I would explore to this extent.
It always surprised me this didn’t happen more often. Thanks for the lesson.
Remember the people of the ghetto were systematically starved and could barely keep themselves alive let alone gather weapons to mount resistance against a well equipped and well trained SS
@@billyc9707 good point.
Xi r u taking heed?
By far the most educational, knowledgeable channel on whatever subject Dr. Felton covers.
The young boy with his hands up...well he actually survived and lived into old age. There was a short documentary about him somewhere. I thought Mark might re-do one.
You had me at 'tune in next time!' Thanks for sharing Dr Felton.
Another great video/history lesson. I'm hooked on this RUclips channel.
thank you for preserving this part of history. your videos always have incredible detail you dont find elsewhere
They may have felt they had no choice but my word, these are accounts of the most astonishing bravery and ingenuity under almost impossible conditions.
This is a remarkable and poignant chapter. Glad your channel helps highlight so many such events.
Once I hear that beat drop I know it’s a good time
Thank you so much Mr Felton. I am an addict of ww2 books and documentaries and though books are obviously the best way to learn ( i think) your mini documentaries are of exceptional quality and I have learned so much. I hope someday you do one aimed specifically at the Siege of Leningrad. ( if you have ive overlooked my apologies) Keep up the fantastic work, what you do is important and I hope "you tubing" allows you to make a living from this.. You deserve it..
Stroop compiled a diary of the Warshow Uprising with plenty photographs. Well worth acquiring.
Also: "Mila 18" is a book well worth reading
These should be called ...
... fall asleep to Felton. These are great
'A flag is worth a hundred machine guns.' Saying of the day.
There is a major difference between flying a flag of freedom against an racist government (1943 - Warsaw) and flying a racist flag in the Capitol of a free government (2020 - Washington DC).
@@JoeMandell- wdf are you talking about?
@@JoeMandell- stfu pls
@@JoeMandell- lmfao you are comparing the Tennessee battle flag to a nazi government. Gtfo
@@donttreadonme4355 if some one is flying CSA flags or flags based of the CSA they are automaticly suppoting a state that embraced slavery and racism .
Thank you Mark, as always very good material. Already know this day won't be as boring as the weather out there.
The uprising failed because they were poorly armed, trained and grossly outnumbered. It was still an incredibly brave and amazing stand against a heartless army of murderers.
Still lasted longer than whole polish trained army
Also the Russians who were 10km from Warsaw decided to stop and not help the Poles as they saw that this would kill many pro western supporters and make there conquest and making Poland a communist country. They stayed put for 40 days .
@@17MrLeon 86
Germans die in getto upgrinding and 16000 die in September 39.. 🥴
You should do books on tape. I could listen to you awake, or to sleep. Your voice is that good!
Thank you for these!
Thank You Mark! Trooper.
This channel is the only one I enabled notifications for... You just play in class of your own! Thank you so much for enriching our lives with this amazing content !
Mark, again Amazing review of the horrific past.....let's no let history ever be repeated on this scale....🤯
Your videos are of high quality and historical facts you present are second to none!! Thank you Mark Felton!!
Me getting a notification from Dr. Felton,s channel: 😍
Me after realizing it's 'only' 17min long: 😥
I think this is the only channel I don’t like skipping ads for lol
What balls the resistors had.
"Balls" in a descriptive speech hell yes...but a lot of ladies had the "balls" as well and proved themselves not to be the weaker sex my friends!!
And ovaries
They did better in the 1944 uprising, but still.
@@Sacrifice-Loyalty ✊🏻
Always superb, Mark. Thanks so much...excellent work.
Looking forward to part 2!
I hope part 2 will be uploaded soon, this was great!
"The flag was worth a hundred machine guns in a situation like this". Very true. This is one of the great mysteries of humanity, as to how merely the presence of one's own colors flying above the chaos of battle can steel the resolve of those fighting under it, even against hopeless odds. Its psychological impact cannot be underestimated.
Germans know the power of flags. It’s why people can be arrested for waving a Palestinian flag today.
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Just subscribed!
You’re first class!
The Jewish Military Union Flag (ZZW) is a bicolor flag similar to that of the Polish flag, but replacing the crimson red with blue. The white flag with the Star of David was the flag of the Judenrat. The Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) flag split the difference having a star of David over a background of the blue and white bicolor.
Nonetheless, I appreciate you bringing up the ZZW. As a Revisionist Zionist Organization, which worked with the Polish Home Army (AK), it was largely erased from historiography by ZOB members of the working with Polish communists, and Israeli Socialists. Similarly, anti-communist Jewish partisan organization have been largely written out of history, in part because the Soviets weren't above liquidating them.
Fantastic, incredibly well put together and researched. Thankyou Mr. M. Felton, always a pleasure. Can't wait for part 2.
Heroism at its best. At least they managed to take some Germans with them. Great video, very detailed and informative.
well many of the soldiers sent there were actually non Germans, either from Ukraine or the Baltics
@@comradekenobi6908 I know that, thank you
Imagine how much more damage they could've done with some reasonable weapons shipments.
How are they heroes when they had no other option? A hero is someone who does what is right when you have the option to take the easy way out.
@@ChernobylPizza They had the option to take the easy way out and just go along with deportation. They didn't.
Dr. Felton please do a video on the Battle of Dukla Pass in Slovakia. You produce the best history content on RUclips by far!
The Bravest Battle by Dan Kurzman. The definitive non fiction book about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The most disturbing & amazing non-fiction book I have ever read.
This man does his research and states facts. Love this channel
0:24 biography of Jürgen Stroop is described in Polish novel "Rozmowy z Katem" "Conversations avec le bourreau" "Conversations with the executioner" by Kazimierz Moczarski. Moczarski résistance officer by Ironie of History was kept by polish communist security and NKVD in same cellule de prison as Jürgen Stroop (captured SS general)
@ Maciej Mercie for the mentioning the French title. I found several copies available in France and even one in Quebec but not a single one in English anywhere.
@@angelachouinard4581 je vous en prie
Best ww2 presentations I’ve heard. Excellent work with all of the videos.
Very brave men and women all fighting to save there lives, another amazing story once again...Great listening.
Excellent presentation. This is my favorite channel on RUclips.
When I read about the uprising back in secondary school , it was where I first heard the names of Jürgen Stroop and the notorious Josef "Frankenstein" Blösche.
These guys have been heroes of mine since I heard about them as a kid. Very much looking forward to the whole series.
Mark's storytelling is noticeably becoming more listener-friendly with it's descriptive prose and some emotionalism, rather than just the facts ... All good stuff !
Your work is great. Passing down knowledge is the most human and noble act!
One of the most tragic stories of WW2 - A war filled with tragic stories.
All wars are filled with tragic stories...
@@keca.4324 The years 1944 and 1945 were filled with more than anyone can imagine.
@@moistmike4150 true but I would probably say 1937 was bad. You had Hitler arming up Germany, Stalin was at the height of his purge, the Spanish civil war, and worst of all the Nanking massacre. But overall i do think the years 1944 and 1945 were still very bad, and bloody.
@@moistmike4150 The last year of the war was the most brutal and costly in lives, yes.
Until I started watching Mark's productions I thought I knew a lot about WW2! I now know even more and more importantly I have gained a more accurate knowledge of the conflict, too!
Great inspiring story...
Mark, goodevening from The Netherlands. I read R Robb's comment and I absolutly agree. My compliments!
Great example of why to NEVER give up your guns.
Only give up the bullets, one at a time....
Guns don't shoot down drones.
@@mathewm7136depends, the small ones yes, but the ones that are going to launch a rocket at you, you won’t even see it.
@@mathewm7136
Can’t wait for the government to use hellfire missiles on their own cities and reclaim land with B2 bombers because that happens
@@paulthiessen6467 ...ssoooo...the ones you have to worry about.
Excellent work, Thank You Sir!
This remimds makes me want to watch the movie The Pianist again.
Good movie though.
Great film
Check out the uprising .. its pretty good when you ignore the english polish accents
@Al Dillabaugh Movies are about selling tickets, not to be historically accurate.
@@KonEl-BlackZero Exactly. If they were 100% historically accurate they would be called "Documentaries".
Hello DR Felton this is my first time commenting but I’ve been watching your videos for a long time I want to say I appreciate them And you do a fantastic job
The carefully researched detail is appreciated. My sense of the uprising is much dependent on the novel Mila 18 by Leon Uris, it read when younger; and by tangential references to it across the content of other documentaries. Then the uprisings of 43 and 44 merge into one understanding: with the essentials secured; but the details confused. Thank you for your efforts.
Ghetto uprising was a joke compared to the real uprising in 1944
@@KrissowskiM Christ man... people were fighting to die with at least an illusion of dignity. Have some respect. If you rose up to die fighting being in this position - would it be fair for anyone in any future genration to call your effort 'a joke'? This was a tragedy.
In my opinion it's you and your comments that are a joke.
Hope you'll get better soon.
@@matt5042 He will not. He seems to be inflicted by a common disease that afflicts swats of polish society to this day. Save yourself aggregation and don’t annoy a pig.
Uris novel is a fictional story based on second hand accounts. You may want to try Marek Edelman:The Ghetto Fights. He was actually a fighter in the Ghetto uprising.
@@pawelpap9 Thank you for this Edelman reference.
Good information... Interesting information... And things that enhance your life by understanding it, always seem fleeting and quick. Just like these videos. The information is good and interesting, and also helps me to understand human behavior and where I fit into it. I'm not anything like a Nazi, but I see the psychology of it all. Particularly in the way the average citizen reacted. These videos, the way you write them, and narrate are invaluable. Love them!
When I was young I read a book about this event called “mijn getto” by Jack Eisner. I highly recommend it!
Interesting, informative and worthwhile video.