Thats hilarious when Bribery is the political system (not "a feature of", its literally all there is to the system) of the three main atomic powers of the world.
Dear Dr. Felton, I study WW2 since 50 years. This I did not know. So thanks a lot for those details....logical when you think about it today. Thanks again
What's worse the same news here is smack in front of our noses and it's here and now and we deny it or refuse to see it as we head into the abyss. Too much cognitive dissonance I suppose for most people. Ignorance is bliss till it ain't.
Thank you so much for applying the exchange rate and the inflation rate for RM to USD. I've known about the bribes for decades but had never run across anyone crunching the numbers before.
What were they actually able to buy with the bribe money during the wartime rationing and other restrictions? Money of bank accounts became almost worthless because of hyperinflation.
@@henrikorvola1004The antisemitic motives of Germany's WW1 reparations was of course camouflaged by the fact that Germany's adversaries imposed them upon Germany as a whole. Okay but talk is cheap. If these penalties IN FACT had a disproportionate adverse impact on the Jews...then they did. It doesn't really matter what EXPLANATION was provided for doing so, or under what circumstances. If the hyperinflation had a propensity to single out German Jews and hedge them towards destitution, guess what?
I think the money thing is a much too easy answer. Patriotism and the stab in the back myth from WWI were a much stronger motivation, combined with what was to be expected by a Soviet occupation ... no bribes were necessary to motivate anyone. What is the use of a lavish villa, an art collection or a superb city penthouse if you are about to be tortured and shot in the Lubianka soon.
@@ekesandras1481 Bribes were necessary to motivate people. My great-great granduncle was a notable German nationalist who wrote nonfiction war books. In one passage he lamented how easily German businessmen could be diverted from their common patriotic mission by their individual financial concerns. He was there to witness this pattern of behavior firsthand. Thing of it is, the poor are altogether more likely to be abused in any number of ways, in a variety of contexts. Most people instinctively understand this. That's why everybody is so gung-ho about looking out for themselves. Nobody wants to be victimized, whether you frame this victimization as oppression by your own government, casualty tolls by another, or what.
@@ekesandras1481 Speaking of factors which set one up to be victimized, I am thoroughly disgusted with the racial "nonviolent resistance" movements the media keeps lauding as momentous historic achievements. In one of his speeches, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King decreed that blacks' love for our oppressors should be primarily impersonal and "spiritual" in nature, as opposed to emotional or erotic. I'm mainly attracted to guys like my dad who is white, but I'm too phenotypically black to merit exemption from this clause. I'm also much poorer than my dad as my parents are divorced, which doesn't help either. My great-great granduncle was Germany's preeminent national security expert, so I'm not the person you want to set up to get sexually violated thinking you can sweep it under the rug and gloss it over.
This is incredible! First I'm learning of this and like most, we've seen a plethora of WW2 documentaries over the years and not once did anyone hint at this. So thankful for channels like this.
There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.
@@MADUPLAY how bout truths? want some? for example Hitler was payed British agent. Heard that before? Yup. This is the only reason he never attacked England in full, as his generals advised him. He couldn;t attack his employers right
Very amazing. As a German who has studied history a lot, I did not know this at all. Truly you bring new aspects of history to the fore... Thank you for that. Best regards and blessings from Berlin.
I would posit that power and/or money *do not* corrupt. But rather the people in question were _already_ corrupt and the item in question only amplified the problem.
Multiple sources quotes the amount to $500,000. Under Quezon's Executive Order #1, he calls it as a "reward" for McArthur's defense of the Philippines, the same defense that will fall 5 months later. It was only uncovered as a result of the investigation of American Historian Carol Petillo.
I recall this program of bribes being mentioned briefly in a lecture on why the German Generals continued to fight after defeat became all but likely. Seeing this video, that even names names involve ,really hammers home how that system was so pervasive.
Kind of short-sighted when you think about it. They should have known that losing the war would make Reichsmarks practically worthless and/or that their wealth would be subject to forfeit. Of course, one cannot spend any sum of money if executed by the victors.
Watching this, I immediately recalled that famous sequence from "Downfall / Der Untergang" where Bruno Ganz plays a very betrayed and very pissed Hitler. The pieces fit very nicely!
That's why Paulus became the first Feldmarshall who surrendered! He never had the talk from Lammar, and never received the Konto5 Feldmarshall money! LOL! Excellent research, Dr. Felton!
Not that you’re wrong necessarily, but being surrounded by millions of angry Russians wouldn’t be made much more pleasant if I had 2 million dollars with me
Nah, the only reason he was promoted was because a german field marshal had never been captured before Stalingrad in german history. Hitler wanted for him to die a hero's death and fight to the last man to delay soviet forces to the frontlines.
Just about my favourite video so far thanks Mark, this explains so clearly now (which i never understood) why so many senior staff were so seemingly blind to hitlers military blunders & never spoke out, i thought always was due to threats but hadn't realised this level of coercion also
Money corrupts absolutely, Imaging how the war might have ended if the German General Staff had acted professionally, instead of groveling for riches. Thanks for posting this interesting aspect of the war.
I guess this might be one of the extremely few, if only times in history that said all-corrupting power actually ended up doing good for the world by contributing to their downfall.
150,000 marks for the whole high command. But then I shouldn't be surprised: back before the Nazis despanded the Reichstag, officials could be bribed with as little as an SS Uniform.
So Hitler was disappointed that he had to pay his generals, and this was mixed with a seething contempt for them. Thanks for supporting my theory that Hitler was a vampire who was previously known as Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck was notoriously anti-labor and coldly oppressive towards indigenous German workers. That would explain why Hitler's attitude towards his generals was, 'how dare you expect me to pay you, you piece of s**t?' He did however pay them. They dodged that bullet of not getting paid.
I gotta say Mark, you seem to be gettin better and better at this whole making videos thing, because you always have an interesting part of history to present us.. Thanks!
I don't know I watch Hogan's heroes all the time they make a parody of all this stuff that Hitler did but finding out that Hitler actually did half the stuff that was on Hogan's heroes if not all of it it's just amazing
@@MichaelGuest-zn3mr Right, "Hogan's Heroes" was a comedy show BUT when they did some real history they did it pretty well. The show was a big favorite of us kids back in the 1960s and I'd dare say we learned more WW2 history from "H-H" than we learned in school! (The Holocaust excepted, they made sure we knew about that horror.)
Hey, the actors, directors, producers, and just about everyone involved in "Hogan's Heroes" were veterans of or lived through the WW2 years. They knew what was what.
Of interest in this connection is the reason Hitler chose Keitel as OKW Chief of Staff. That being, namely, Keitel was an utterly obedient lackey to every word uttered by Hitler. There's a story in one of the books on this subject about how exactly Hitler came to learn of Keitel. He was at some top level military conference or another and heard Keitel's name mentioned. Hitler asked who Keitel was, and the reply was along the lines of "Oh, he's nobody. He's just the operations chief to (such and such commander)." Hitler's reply was said to be: "That's exactly what I'm looking for!" - i.e., a robotic "nobody" who would obey orders like a well trained dog. That's exactly what Keitel was. Another reason Hitler liked him was of course because Keitel was not "von Keitel."
There is a story of Keitel being in a meeting talking to someone when he heard Hitler say 'Isn't that right Keitel?' Keitel replied in the affirmative.
It is very funny, that in USSR in late 1930s it was also the same way. Comrade Stalin purged “disobedient” officers and left only two absolutely incompetent, but very loyal field marshals, Voroshilov and Buddeny!
Any chance of a video exploring the pay grades of the unique high ranks like Reichsmarschall, Reichsfuhrer-SS, and so on? I cannot find anything on it.
I think those 2 especially as they had practical free reign were probably bringing in a few million RM per year, unofficially of course, plus we all know Goering was quite the illicitly obtained art and property collector, he probably had personal and real estate property well over a billion in todays dollars or pounds
This is like the best historical analysis/journalism of our age that Dr. Felton is providing for absolutely free of cost. So much grateful to you Dr. Felton.
Read Erik Larson’s “Garden of the Beasts.” The corruption and the jockeying for power within the Nazi party would be almost comical if it hadn’t been so deadly.
Mark Felton’s historical documentaries are the best on the internet. We should all appreciate the toil that he must put in to create these free educational masterpieces.
Hitler definitely knew that German generals, field marshals or even grand admirals no matter if they had the exalted "von" before their names were eminently corruptible. A truly sordid history that Dr. Felton highlighted very well with this video.
This dude never ceases to stop being amazing. Excellent work every single video. The time and effort for each is just extraordinary. Thank you so much.
Then again... Who remembers Queen Anne? She occupies a weird position as the Protestant descendant of James II and predecessor to complete foreigners named William and Charlotte of Orange...
Dear Mark. Your latest film’s subject matter was not at all known to me. While I may have suspected so much, it is a subject historians have mostly overlooked. However the influence of Hitler’s konto 5 slush fund cannot be underestimated. Thanks for the very interesting installment it is great work and it shines a different light on what motivated the Nazi top brass. Keep it up! Lieven
A quibble: there's a distinction between merging the portfolios of prime minister and war minister and assuming supreme command of the military. Both the prime minister and the war minister are politicians , not soldiers, so combining the two positions, while a very stupid idea, is not damaging to civilian control of the military or the maintenance of separate political and military chains of command. Obviously, the problem with Hitler is his taking what is in America a partly legal and ceremonial role as Commander in Chief and expanding it into absolute, day to day control of the military, with a personal oath of allegiance to Hitler by every soldier.
Though not a surprise, I can't believe I didn't know this (especially after studying WWII for so many decades😮); but this is where I can always go, to learn something new, thank u👍😀🇺🇸
Well, this is certainly going to give a lot of Wehrmachtaholics something to think about! I'd heard about these cash awards to top German generals, part of Hitler's "carrot and stick" approach to keep his top commanders in line, but had NO idea just how "generous" Adolf was with the ''carrots." Great video Doctor Felton! Thanks for posting!
Yeah … even after 34 years with a company and never clocking in late even ONCE , did anyone hint about giving ME 1.7 million for my birthday 🥳 nobody ever thought !
@@rudeawakening3833 Ah, you should have run a gambling company to exploit the gullible or desperate. Denise Coates of Bet365 takes home at least £220 million annually.
@@TheWatcher-z2y Thanks! I first heard the term back in the 1980s and as I'm sure you've guessed it refers to the (for lack of a better term) "worshipers" of the German military of WW2, you know, the ones who think the Germans could do no wrong militarily? I think a popular term for those folks now is "Wehraboos." I like Wehrmachtaholic a LOT better, it's self-explanatory.
Excellent work Dr. Felton! My grandfather fought in WW1 and WW2 and survived. My father told me prostitutes were able to get secrets from those in high command. I do not know of anyone, other than yourself, who might have knowledge to tell if this had any truth. Thanks for all of your decades of research and work.
Thank You Dr. Felton for all you do! Always learn something new! Have you ever considered making a video about Obergruppenführer Lammers? He seems to have been at times an overlooked person in the Reich for the amount of power he no doubt had
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I'm just so glad to live in an age where modern politicians would NEVER even DREAM of taking bribes/gifts/kickbacks........
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍ask starmer.😥
- or military officers risk doing anything dishonorable to save their careers.
Thats hilarious when Bribery is the political system (not "a feature of", its literally all there is to the system) of the three main atomic powers of the world.
what galaxy do you call home?
In the U.S. the generals don't get paid until they retire and join the board of a defense contractor or a consultant for a 'think tank' .
The term the retirees use is becoming “a Beltway Bandit.”
Current Example: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin who was on the Board of Raytheon which he was given after retiring from the Army as a General
Bull
Or president
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And only the politically compliant get the top jobs.
Mark is "on fire" in producing these interesting videos !
@@openphoto
You are afraid of facts?
Ok, I hope your appointments with the mental health professionals go well.
On fire? Would you say he's being...incinerated? 🤣
I hear word that youtube has a slush fund where it pays Mark and other creators to remain loyal
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Not really. It's just the same content. That guy would make an 1 hour video of H's hobvies if he could
Dr Felton's historical research and morphed into investigative journalism. Well done, Sir!
I love this channel.
That was so fascinating. Thanks for sharing
Der fuhrer has a new title der Grösste Pimp.
All historical research is investigative journalism if you do it right...
Dr. lol
Dear Dr. Felton, I study WW2 since 50 years. This I did not know. So thanks a lot for those details....logical when you think about it today. Thanks again
You can never know all there is to know about WW2.
It was news to me too.
robert citino mentions it in his lectures
What's worse the same news here is smack in front of our noses and it's here and now and we deny it or refuse to see it as we head into the abyss. Too much cognitive dissonance I suppose for most people. Ignorance is bliss till it ain't.
Guderian wrote about it too.
“War is a Racket” - Smedley D. Butler
@@just_because_ my neighbours dog makes a racket
YEs it is. ALL German WW2 military ships submarines etc...were payed by American companies.
I feel bribed by Dr. Felton's superlative content to watch every video and enticed by his outro music to play each video to its resounding end 🎉😂
This is absolutely the best channel on RUclips. Can't believe how much minutiae and fresh takes these videos provide.
That was so fascinating. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for applying the exchange rate and the inflation rate for RM to USD. I've known about the bribes for decades but had never run across anyone crunching the numbers before.
What were they actually able to buy with the bribe money during the wartime rationing and other restrictions? Money of bank accounts became almost worthless because of hyperinflation.
@@henrikorvola1004The antisemitic motives of Germany's WW1 reparations was of course camouflaged by the fact that Germany's adversaries imposed them upon Germany as a whole. Okay but talk is cheap. If these penalties IN FACT had a disproportionate adverse impact on the Jews...then they did. It doesn't really matter what EXPLANATION was provided for doing so, or under what circumstances. If the hyperinflation had a propensity to single out German Jews and hedge them towards destitution, guess what?
I think the money thing is a much too easy answer. Patriotism and the stab in the back myth from WWI were a much stronger motivation, combined with what was to be expected by a Soviet occupation ... no bribes were necessary to motivate anyone. What is the use of a lavish villa, an art collection or a superb city penthouse if you are about to be tortured and shot in the Lubianka soon.
@@ekesandras1481 Bribes were necessary to motivate people. My great-great granduncle was a notable German nationalist who wrote nonfiction war books. In one passage he lamented how easily German businessmen could be diverted from their common patriotic mission by their individual financial concerns. He was there to witness this pattern of behavior firsthand. Thing of it is, the poor are altogether more likely to be abused in any number of ways, in a variety of contexts. Most people instinctively understand this. That's why everybody is so gung-ho about looking out for themselves. Nobody wants to be victimized, whether you frame this victimization as oppression by your own government, casualty tolls by another, or what.
@@ekesandras1481 Speaking of factors which set one up to be victimized, I am thoroughly disgusted with the racial "nonviolent resistance" movements the media keeps lauding as momentous historic achievements. In one of his speeches, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King decreed that blacks' love for our oppressors should be primarily impersonal and "spiritual" in nature, as opposed to emotional or erotic. I'm mainly attracted to guys like my dad who is white, but I'm too phenotypically black to merit exemption from this clause. I'm also much poorer than my dad as my parents are divorced, which doesn't help either. My great-great granduncle was Germany's preeminent national security expert, so I'm not the person you want to set up to get sexually violated thinking you can sweep it under the rug and gloss it over.
This gives an amazing perspective of every decision these people made during the war. Thank you!
Yeah, those conservative sh*tfaces was so corrupt, no wonder H-man hated them the most and didnt trust them.
Yay! A new Mark Felton Production. It is a good day. I enjoy WW2 history and Mark does it so well.
This is incredible! First I'm learning of this and like most, we've seen a plethora of WW2 documentaries over the years and not once did anyone hint at this. So thankful for channels like this.
No kidding - both of my parents and multiple uncles fought in WWII and this NEVER came up !
This is bonkers. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers sacrificed for personal enrichment.
Excellent video!
Do you think Hitler cared either way?
same in 2024 same old same old
happening all the time all over the world
Hmm. Sounds like someone that we all know in a country that we all know?.
@@ForkCandle123ah actually cared about his people
Another incredible video, teaching me something I never knew in a very interesting way. Thanks Mark, for hundreds of hours of enjoyment!
There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.
whats the biggests lies that socked you? if it's worth it I can take my time to read the full book.
@@MADUPLAY how bout truths? want some? for example Hitler was payed British agent. Heard that before? Yup. This is the only reason he never attacked England in full, as his generals advised him. He couldn;t attack his employers right
Very amazing. As a German who has studied history a lot, I did not know this at all. Truly you bring new aspects of history to the fore... Thank you for that. Best regards and blessings from Berlin.
Habe hier noch einen Kanal, der mehr Licht ins Dunkel bringt!
RUclips Sean Hros G.I.U.R.E.H:
" The Swiss Beast. The Home of the Devil "!
" Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
its more the fact that you have to be a certain type of person to become a dictator (as in someone that dictates)
Not really applicable here. These guys were corrupted by money.
@@AdmiralBonetoPick Uhm... What part of "Money Buys Power" do you not understand?
@@moistmike4150 He seems to understand very well indeed.
I would posit that power and/or money *do not* corrupt. But rather the people in question were _already_ corrupt and the item in question only amplified the problem.
President Manuel Quezon gifted Gen. MacArthur around $200,000.00 at the height of the siege of Bataan. This was only revealed in the 70s.
Multiple sources quotes the amount to $500,000. Under Quezon's Executive Order #1, he calls it as a "reward" for McArthur's defense of the Philippines, the same defense that will fall 5 months later. It was only uncovered as a result of the investigation of American Historian Carol Petillo.
I always wonder how he could afford such big hats.
Really.?
My dad was a Sgt MP in the Philippines
Circa 1946. All he told me - really tuff
I recall this program of bribes being mentioned briefly in a lecture on why the German Generals continued to fight after defeat became all but likely. Seeing this video, that even names names involve ,really hammers home how that system was so pervasive.
Kind of short-sighted when you think about it. They should have known that losing the war would make Reichsmarks practically worthless and/or that their wealth would be subject to forfeit. Of course, one cannot spend any sum of money if executed by the victors.
Watching this, I immediately recalled that famous sequence from "Downfall / Der Untergang" where Bruno Ganz plays a very betrayed and very pissed Hitler. The pieces fit very nicely!
wow, now i know why Colonel Klink was so obsessed with making rank!
Kiink: Nnnughhh, SCHULTZ! 🧐
Schultz: I know, nothing...! 🙈🙉🙊
This explains a lot.
This is insane I've never heard of this!! Mark this is amazing, thanks man
I knew it back in the 70s. No-one believed me
How did you learn about it back then?
Why is it insane lol A D bribes people and that's insane
That's why Paulus became the first Feldmarshall who surrendered! He never had the talk from Lammar, and never received the Konto5 Feldmarshall money! LOL! Excellent research, Dr. Felton!
Not that you’re wrong necessarily, but being surrounded by millions of angry Russians wouldn’t be made much more pleasant if I had 2 million dollars with me
Nah, the only reason he was promoted was because a german field marshal had never been captured before Stalingrad in german history. Hitler wanted for him to die a hero's death and fight to the last man to delay soviet forces to the frontlines.
Paulus concluded it is better to be poor but alive than to be wealthy but six feet under
@@kerotomas1This is why Paulus defected to the Soviets and joined a resistance movement against the Nazis after he was captured.
@@kerotomas1yes 100 percent correct
What a treat to get a video from Mark felton, as fast as I got off work. Thank you for the excellent content Mark it made my evning.
Just about my favourite video so far thanks Mark, this explains so clearly now (which i never understood) why so many senior staff were so seemingly blind to hitlers military blunders & never spoke out, i thought always was due to threats but hadn't realised this level of coercion also
Talk about flawless timing. Just turned on my pc, and what a delight to see a brand new Mark Felton upload!
Money corrupts absolutely, Imaging how the war might have ended if the German General Staff had acted professionally, instead of groveling for riches. Thanks for posting this interesting aspect of the war.
I guess this might be one of the extremely few, if only times in history that said all-corrupting power actually ended up doing good for the world by contributing to their downfall.
I think there is a passage in "Rise and Fall..." where AH makes a joke about disappointingly easy his generals can be bought off...
There was a beer advert for Stella, saying that it was 'reassuringly expensive', guess those guys weren't.
150,000 marks for the whole high command. But then I shouldn't be surprised: back before the Nazis despanded the Reichstag, officials could be bribed with as little as an SS Uniform.
Yep, despite their pretensions of “class” and “nobility” they fell for the same greed a lower class commoner would jump at.
I'll have to check that out. It's been awhile.
So Hitler was disappointed that he had to pay his generals, and this was mixed with a seething contempt for them. Thanks for supporting my theory that Hitler was a vampire who was previously known as Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck was notoriously anti-labor and coldly oppressive towards indigenous German workers. That would explain why Hitler's attitude towards his generals was, 'how dare you expect me to pay you, you piece of s**t?' He did however pay them. They dodged that bullet of not getting paid.
I gotta say Mark, you seem to be gettin better and better at this whole making videos thing, because you always have an interesting part of history to present us.. Thanks!
I don't know I watch Hogan's heroes all the time they make a parody of all this stuff that Hitler did but finding out that Hitler actually did half the stuff that was on Hogan's heroes if not all of it it's just amazing
I know nothing......😜
@@OptimusPrinceps_AugustusSergeant Schultz
If you noticed there is LOTS of Historical FACT in, Just About, EACH & EVERY Episode of HOGAN'S HEROES!
@@MichaelGuest-zn3mr Right, "Hogan's Heroes" was a comedy show BUT when they did some real history they did it pretty well. The show was a big favorite of us kids back in the 1960s and I'd dare say we learned more WW2 history from "H-H" than we learned in school! (The Holocaust excepted, they made sure we knew about that horror.)
Hey, the actors, directors, producers, and just about everyone involved in "Hogan's Heroes" were veterans of or lived through the WW2 years. They knew what was what.
This is fascinating. I had no idea but am not surprised, see my other posts. Many thanks to Dr Felton.
Managed to catch this 22 seconds after posting. What a day!
I just got home from work and boom Mark Felton video!
Me too, and I learned something new!
11 minutes now.
Just to add, Taking Hitlers money makes one greedily complicit. Rejecting the payoff invites suspicion. The real catch 22.
I've yet to understand the honor accorded to people who watch RUclips videos very soon after they were posted.
Of interest in this connection is the reason Hitler chose Keitel as OKW Chief of Staff. That being, namely, Keitel was an utterly obedient lackey to every word uttered by Hitler. There's a story in one of the books on this subject about how exactly Hitler came to learn of Keitel. He was at some top level military conference or another and heard Keitel's name mentioned. Hitler asked who Keitel was, and the reply was along the lines of "Oh, he's nobody. He's just the operations chief to (such and such commander)." Hitler's reply was said to be: "That's exactly what I'm looking for!" - i.e., a robotic "nobody" who would obey orders like a well trained dog. That's exactly what Keitel was. Another reason Hitler liked him was of course because Keitel was not "von Keitel."
There is a story of Keitel being in a meeting talking to someone when he heard Hitler say 'Isn't that right Keitel?' Keitel replied in the affirmative.
@@pshehan1 Lol
@@pshehan1There is no actual German equivalent to “affirmative” that would make sense in such a situation.
It is very funny, that in USSR in late 1930s it was also the same way. Comrade Stalin purged “disobedient” officers and left only two absolutely incompetent, but very loyal field marshals, Voroshilov and Buddeny!
@@Freyia935 I said Keitel answered in the affirmative. i don't remember the actual reply. Perhaps it was "Jawohl mein Fuhrer."
Any chance of a video exploring the pay grades of the unique high ranks like Reichsmarschall, Reichsfuhrer-SS, and so on? I cannot find anything on it.
It could be lost to history.
Great question ! I learned through this channel the the Reichsfurher -SS was Heinrich Himmler
I think those 2 especially as they had practical free reign were probably bringing in a few million RM per year, unofficially of course, plus we all know Goering was quite the illicitly obtained art and property collector, he probably had personal and real estate property well over a billion in todays dollars or pounds
This!
@@retrovirus_exe I'd love to know how much the Allied top brass earned.
This is like the best historical analysis/journalism of our age that Dr. Felton is providing for absolutely free of cost.
So much grateful to you Dr. Felton.
not really free of charge. you pay with your time watching the paid advertising or at least part of it, or you pay to have the adds removed. :)
And patron as well if you want extra
Another truly amazing video about the German workings behind the scenes
I agree and NEVER HEARD of this before!
Won’t ever talk abt the Jewish workings behind the scenes
@@shhshs9139 ah yes, the global conspiracy?
Read Erik Larson’s “Garden of the Beasts.” The corruption and the jockeying for power within the Nazi party would be almost comical if it hadn’t been so deadly.
@@CreepBoot no the truth 😊
Thanks & Merci Dr. Felton.
Yet another excellent video & much appreciated.
Wasn't aware of this bribery scheme. Outstanding work, Dr. Felton. Regards
Mark Felton’s historical documentaries are the best on the internet. We should all appreciate the toil that he must put in to create these free educational masterpieces.
This actually explains a lot. Love for money is truly the root of all evils. Thanks, Dr. Felton. What an enlightening video.
Dr. Felton, as always, has a fascinating dive into history. Thank you.
Kind of adds a little depth to Hitler’s reaction, doesn’t it? He paid good money for those generals and look how they repaid him!
That certainly answers one of my greatest curiosities concerning the German army generals.
It’s incredible this isn’t more widely discussed, it completely pulls the rug out from under the German officer class.
You think the survivors are gonna let that be known? Why do you think those generals wrote their tales of WW2 so fast?
Really great content. Thank you Dr.Felton
I think I was 2nd
He's a doctor?😮
@@runtosatan-nl1te Yes, he has a PhD and is entitled to the title 'Doctor'..
@@AndrewAMartin What kind of PhD? I need to find a new bone doctor! 🤷🏻♂️
Great upload Dr. Felton!
Hitler definitely knew that German generals, field marshals or even grand admirals no matter if they had the exalted "von" before their names were eminently corruptible. A truly sordid history that Dr. Felton highlighted very well with this video.
Thats the word i was looking for sordid, also tears apart the narrative of the loyal generals some media wants to push.
banana republic disguised of prussian ethics...
Manstein was incorruptible, in fact he was the best general Germany ever had in WW2 besides maybe Kesselring.
@@jebbroham1776 Don't Forget: Field Marshall Erwin ROMMEL!
@@MichaelGuest-zn3mr Rommel too, of course. He was a very honorable man who paid the price for what he believed in.
Your revelations and research is astounding.
Thanks For your Videos !!
Awesome video! Makes more sense how some of the generals all followed along.
Brilliant as usual mark exciting to catch at upload
This dude never ceases to stop being amazing. Excellent work every single video. The time and effort for each is just extraordinary. Thank you so much.
Sadly every MP and Congressman is probably as guilty.
Now they use inside trading, lol.
Never get tired of a Dr felton video drop
New Mark Felton Production is a holiday
Epic 😎😎
Thank so much, Mark. This video was fascinating history which we don't hear much. I could have listened to this for hours, literally.
I like the sound effect of a printer printing, which I guess is supposed to be an adding machine or something. For those who remember adding machines.
A cash register?
Remember when cash registers went "Ka-CHING?"
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 I do remember!
Yah
I recall
Dear Professor Felton, thank you for this informative clip.
Almighty Cockups was beautiful roast.
Another new facet of WWII history from Mark Felton! Best history channel ever. Thanks!
Can't imagine ANY western generals clamoring for post retirement defense contracts....
Oh do tell
Great, as usual Mark, thank you!
Actually John Churchill won the Battle of Blenheim for Queen Anne not for 'the king'. I'm surprised that a historian didn't know that? ;-)
Well, smack my arse!
@@MarkFeltonProductions I just did! 🤣
@@MarkFeltonProductions A title for a new video?
@@MarkFeltonProductions 👋
Then again... Who remembers Queen Anne? She occupies a weird position as the Protestant descendant of James II and predecessor to complete foreigners named William and Charlotte of Orange...
Always good to see a Mark Felton production..professional and always informative
Dr. Felton does it again!!!!!
Once again, a very interesting and thought provoking presentation. Thank you Dr Felton.
Dear Mark. Your latest film’s subject matter was not at all known to me. While I may have suspected so much, it is a subject historians have mostly overlooked. However the influence of Hitler’s konto 5 slush fund cannot be underestimated.
Thanks for the very interesting installment it is great work and it shines a different light on what motivated the Nazi top brass.
Keep it up! Lieven
Excellent video as usual & thank you for pointing out that not much has changed?
A quibble: there's a distinction between merging the portfolios of prime minister and war minister and assuming supreme command of the military. Both the prime minister and the war minister are politicians , not soldiers, so combining the two positions, while a very stupid idea, is not damaging to civilian control of the military or the maintenance of separate political and military chains of command. Obviously, the problem with Hitler is his taking what is in America a partly legal and ceremonial role as Commander in Chief and expanding it into absolute, day to day control of the military, with a personal oath of allegiance to Hitler by every soldier.
Thank you for this ( and other ) presentations !
Though not a surprise, I can't believe I didn't know this (especially after studying WWII for so many decades😮); but this is where I can always go, to learn something new, thank u👍😀🇺🇸
You do amazing work.
A combination of money and the fear of death…a potent mix.
Good information. Thanks Dr Felton
Well, this is certainly going to give a lot of Wehrmachtaholics something to think about!
I'd heard about these cash awards to top German generals, part of Hitler's "carrot and stick" approach to keep his top commanders in line, but had NO idea just how "generous" Adolf was with the ''carrots."
Great video Doctor Felton! Thanks for posting!
Yeah … even after 34 years with a company and never clocking in late even ONCE , did anyone hint about giving ME 1.7 million for my birthday 🥳 nobody ever thought !
@@rudeawakening3833 Me neither! Maybe we were both in the wrong line of work?
@@rudeawakening3833 Ah, you should have run a gambling company to exploit the gullible or desperate. Denise Coates of Bet365 takes home at least £220 million annually.
Wehermchtaholics
Good one lmao
@@TheWatcher-z2y Thanks! I first heard the term back in the 1980s and as I'm sure you've guessed it refers to the (for lack of a better term) "worshipers" of the German military of WW2, you know, the ones who think the Germans could do no wrong militarily? I think a popular term for those folks now is "Wehraboos."
I like Wehrmachtaholic a LOT better, it's self-explanatory.
Another well researched and produced videos 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks Mark
Mark. Thanks for providing my Tuesday Night Entertainment!
Fantastic content, many thanks!
Excellent work Dr. Felton! My grandfather fought in WW1 and WW2 and survived. My father told me prostitutes were able to get secrets from those in high command. I do not know of anyone, other than yourself, who might have knowledge to tell if this had any truth. Thanks for all of your decades of research and work.
Excellent research, thank you Mark.
Hey, any book recommendations covering the siphoning off of their funds before the end of the war?
Thx for Sharing Dr Mark!! Cheers Friend! JJ
Mark,
You knocked it out of the park again, as usual!
Excellent job!👍
Prof Felton - Excellent work sir!
Right on time! Just a month ago, I was wondering about whether even Rommel and Goering were 'just' salaried men and read up all about Konto 5!
Thank you for uploading
That makes them in my book worse than Hitler. Sacrificing ones soldiers for money is the ultimate betrayal.
Absolutely 💯
Nice job Mark--much appreciated!
“You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.” -norm Macdonald
Dr Felton, I must say I enjoyed the phrasing in this episode to no end.😊
Note. Rommel had no von in his name.
Neither did Guderian. Or Raeder. Or Keitel...
Almost as if they weren't mad aristocrats first. They were mad Nazis first, military personnel second. Aware of Hitler's incompetence.
He had all the Vons removed, that’s why. We only hear about the non Vons.
And Paulus,Model too
Rommel was Swabian, nor Prussian
Thank You Dr. Felton for all you do! Always learn something new! Have you ever considered making a video about Obergruppenführer Lammers? He seems to have been at times an overlooked person in the Reich for the amount of power he no doubt had
The more things change, the more they stay the same...like greed
Great video as always Mark, thank you.
Lenny.
"The National Socialist teat."
😂😂😂😂😂
The milks gone sour
You always seem to come up with something new - just when I thought I'd heard it all. Thanks !
The Heir-Reichy. Priceless as always Dr. Felton
Marks pumping out the good stuff as of late. Lovely
Corruption in the officer corps? I am shocked!
thanks DR FELTON