Find the Führer: The Secret Soviet Investigation (Episode 1)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 авг 2023
  • The fate of Hitler is one of the most infamous subjects in history - but the investigation of the nation that was best placed to find out, the USSR, is often ignored or dismissed in the West. This series examines what the Soviets found, both at the bunker and Reich Chancellery, and also the medical examination of the purported bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun. Kept secret until 1968, the Soviet files reveal many strange anomalies that challenge the established story of the ultimate fates of Hitler and his wife.
    In this episode, the storming of the Reich Chancellery and the search for Hitler's corpse.
    Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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    Disclaimer: All opinions and comments expressed in the 'Comments' section do not reflect the opinions of Mark Felton Productions. All opinions and comments should contribute to the dialogue. Mark Felton Productions does not condone written attacks, insults, racism, sexism, extremism, violence or otherwise questionable comments or material in the 'Comments' section, and reserves the right to delete any comment violating this rule or to block any poster from the channel.
    Sources:
    'The Hitler Book', Edited by Henrik Eberle & Matthias Url, (John Murray: 2005)
    'The Death of Hitler' by Jean-Christophe Brisard & Lana Parshina, (Hodder & Stoughton: 2018)
    'Doppelgängers' by Hugh Thomas, (Fourth Estate: 1995)
    'The Berlin Bunker' by James O'Donnell, (J.M. Dent: 1979)
    Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv; Imperial War Museum; Maksym Kozlenko; Grot; Dnn-Dennis; Lacy Scott & Knight; KulturEin.

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  • @bomberboi5405
    @bomberboi5405 10 месяцев назад +2098

    It's a good day when Mark Felton uploads

  • @luvmechanix
    @luvmechanix 10 месяцев назад +294

    The toothbrush mustache was a popular thing among ww1 soldiers. It was the only facial hair that didn't prevent the seal of a gas mask and was a symbol that the person wearing it was a trench war veteran.
    In case anyone was what it meant i thought I would share.

    • @AltIng9154
      @AltIng9154 9 месяцев назад +7

      Yes ... due to his Rotzbremse.... Hitler looked somehow British...😊

    • @requiscatinpace7392
      @requiscatinpace7392 7 месяцев назад +28

      They seem to be less fashionable these days.

    • @wyattcannon9865
      @wyattcannon9865 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@requiscatinpace7392 haha

    • @user-cn6gk1ip8j
      @user-cn6gk1ip8j 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@requiscatinpace7392I wonder why lol

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 5 месяцев назад +6

      The earliest pictures I’ve seen of Hitler with his iconic toothbrush mustache date from about 1919 or 1920, around the time he joined the Nazi party. His World War I era photos all show him with a much fuller mustache.

  • @f4ust85
    @f4ust85 10 месяцев назад +276

    The last days in Berlin are trully haunting and fascinating on so many levels. How strange that the vast majority of historians concentrate on the events on the battlefield but completely write off this chapter in a few paragraphs. Thanks for your continuous work!

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @nancykaplan7163
      @nancykaplan7163 10 месяцев назад

      hollywood did not like the USSSR. frankly neither did england. america was torn about the USSR. respect for the people but stalin was amass murderer on level with the Nazi. so the fall of berlin wasn't going to get press.
      Germany itself (minus hitler) might have surrenderd earlier if they were not afraid the russians.

    • @milferdjones2573
      @milferdjones2573 10 месяцев назад +3

      I imagine little German side documentation unlike earlier battles no German record systems still operating no one bothering to make any reports as they captured or dead. Leaves only the SOVIET side. And was a forgone conclusion no drama to it. What gets covered is the interesting battles for the most part.

    • @f4ust85
      @f4ust85 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@milferdjones2573This doesnt even concern battles or the military per se. As for Soviets, hundreds of witnesses survived that were present in the "Zitadelle" and either ended up in the western sector (thats what they all struggled for afterall) or were released from Soviet camps in the 50s, many of them wrote memoirs. In fact, the usual problem is on the contrary - the only memoirs commercially available were those by German officers living comfortably in the west, who put all tactical blame on Hitler, Goehring and other scapegoats who were already dead, and boasted of the unbeatable Wehrmacht, absurd kill ratios and so on, while the Soviet side of the story was often not present and not trusted.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@f4ust85 ....and Berlin was captured by the Soviets and the evil madman Hitler killed himself and his guards burned his body outside his bunker and they all lived happily ever after, the End. Nighty night sleep well.

  • @moralfuxery
    @moralfuxery 10 месяцев назад +23

    There is not a human alive that was more born than to teach the world history. I mean his intellect, voice and persona, are all built for this, and you can just tell this comes to him second nature. This is one of THE BEST channels on this entire platform. Has long has your into substance, and not people jumping into jello. Mark your awesome.

  • @The_dude_channel
    @The_dude_channel 10 месяцев назад +1145

    Videos like yours are getting harder to find but I’m glad some one is trying so hard to preserve real history.

    • @sgt.grinch3299
      @sgt.grinch3299 10 месяцев назад +21

      If you despise communism like I do watch Lloyd DeJongh. Another awesome teacher.

    • @cauliervassallo6955
      @cauliervassallo6955 10 месяцев назад +16

      Lindybeige is good

    • @CrashLoveless
      @CrashLoveless 10 месяцев назад +46

      What I appreciate is Dr. Felton‘s care and skill in picking the pictures he uses for these videos. You see so much bullshit today that is talking about some historic event of World War II, or historic vehicle, or place, and not once in the entire length of the video, does the fool who is making it, actually get the background pictures right. Dr. Felton‘s care and concern, to present us with real history is a rarity and a delight

    • @Pantherking916
      @Pantherking916 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@CrashLoveless Well said!

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo 10 месяцев назад +9

      Super kudos to Mark Felton but there are many competent history channels on RUclips and the academic world produces a huge amount of solid research. There are many excellent museums worldwide. But yes, Mark's videos are distinctive because they look into new corners of history and even when he covers familiar topics he brings fresh new data and perspectives.

  • @amham48
    @amham48 10 месяцев назад +427

    Only Dr. Felton can provide this level of detail in a 22 min. episode.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y 10 месяцев назад +5

      Not a doctor. Does not practice medicine.

    • @eliotreader8220
      @eliotreader8220 10 месяцев назад +13

      I understand that The title can be used for people who are historians

    • @identidem
      @identidem 10 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@eliotreader8220anyone completing a PhD is a doctor, the degree literally means doctor of philosophy (docere means a scholar or to reach). With medicine it came to be used a courtesy but it's the other way round now.

    • @Filmaker25
      @Filmaker25 10 месяцев назад

      That body at the chancelory must have been ol uncle adolf , it had the same coat he was wearing when he was last seen on film. Before hiding in his bunker.

  • @hustlegrind2642
    @hustlegrind2642 10 месяцев назад +14

    Are we going to Argentina in the next video to investigate Hitler escape?

  • @HC-cb4yp
    @HC-cb4yp 10 месяцев назад +333

    My mother was a displaced person in Austria immediately after the war. She absolutely swore until the day she died that she saw Hitler in the back of a Mercedes one day.

    • @sneedfeed3179
      @sneedfeed3179 7 месяцев назад +68

      Bro come on

    • @joeyp4099
      @joeyp4099 7 месяцев назад +39

      Wouldn’t be surprised.

    • @ganiniii
      @ganiniii 7 месяцев назад +69

      Quite honestly I believe she is not a liar. Still you must consider other possibilities. Hitler was an Austrian from the Kärnten region. Maybe she saw a relative a die hard fan who tried is best to resemble him. It's quite amazing how similar some persons can be. Also, the Kärnten region is said to this day still has a strong presence of Nazi ideology.

    • @brianfoster5748
      @brianfoster5748 7 месяцев назад +20

      consider all the incest running rampant in the extended family

    • @ganiniii
      @ganiniii 7 месяцев назад

      @@brianfoster5748 what? Nazis weren't incestuous! They had disgust of handicapped and mentally impaired. They wanted to eradicate those of society.

  • @spartan114m
    @spartan114m 10 месяцев назад +295

    My dad was born during WW2. He loves history and when I turned him on to your channel he would get so excited about your latest episode. He would always comment saying "This guy is the real deal" He would go on saying how important it is to learn from this time in history to not repeat it. RIP Dad.

    • @luvmechanix
      @luvmechanix 10 месяцев назад +14

      Sorry for your loss. My pop is the same approx. Age and also loves this stuff.

    • @danialeatherman8934
      @danialeatherman8934 10 месяцев назад +14

      My dad was born in 1939. He is gone now but not before passing on his love of WWII history on to my brother and me. He left me a Nazi flag and Luger he bought off a US War veteran. I am keeping it for my grandkids.

    • @greatjob7113
      @greatjob7113 10 месяцев назад

      He's with Hitler now.

    • @pablocruise9514
      @pablocruise9514 9 месяцев назад +3

      Just like my dad. He was a WW2 vet in China. He told us a lot of facts about the war that were not know to the wider public.

    • @kanabis134
      @kanabis134 9 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry about your loss

  • @jdhutche35
    @jdhutche35 10 месяцев назад +264

    How could the history Channel not realize that people love this.... I don't understand how they have fallen so far. Really all of tv has. Thank you Mark Felton I can't get enough of your channel. Both of them are amazing

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 10 месяцев назад +16

      Oh, come on! Everybody knows nothing can match a freak discussing about Martians.

    • @stuarthipkins8336
      @stuarthipkins8336 10 месяцев назад +13

      Say no to censorship.

    • @hurleymacmaster8262
      @hurleymacmaster8262 10 месяцев назад +8

      Why don't they do these instead of aliens?

    • @Frommerman
      @Frommerman 10 месяцев назад

      Because people who care about history as an attempt to honestly examine the past don't watch TV anymore. The only people watching network TV in significant numbers are boomers, who would be violently repulsed by the idea of a story told from the Soviet perspective.

    • @IanJohnGonzales
      @IanJohnGonzales 10 месяцев назад +4

      History Channel ended being a show for Bidders.😅

  • @joegordon5117
    @joegordon5117 10 месяцев назад +33

    Thank you, Mark. This particular part of history has fascinated me since I was a boy doing Sixth Year history, my history master introduced me to Trevor-Roper's Last Days of Hitler account. As you commented, so many facts are still unknown or disputed around the demise of the top Nazis, which is no doubt why so many of us are still fascinated by it today

  • @00madkaw
    @00madkaw 9 месяцев назад +17

    Waited until all the videos of the Investigation were posted before starting. Watching them all back to back!
    Mr. Felton never disappoints with his level of dedication to portraying the past as it happened and not what we are all taught by those with an agenda.

  • @paultapner2769
    @paultapner2769 10 месяцев назад +20

    I imagine the conversation about the socks went like this:
    Klemenko: 'Would Hitler have worn darned socks?'
    Voss: 'Darned if I know.'
    I'll see myself out...

  • @Pantherking916
    @Pantherking916 10 месяцев назад +246

    Another treat from the historical master that is Dr. Mark Felton. Thank you for your continuing dedication and hard work in bringing history to life and preserving facts over fiction.

    • @samssepiol
      @samssepiol 10 месяцев назад

      Do centralized borders go Woo-woo since the denuclearization of the Eastern bloc states since the Federation of Rus alliances??

    • @samssepiol
      @samssepiol 10 месяцев назад +1

      We'll readily add his remains to the crematorium.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

  • @billenright2788
    @billenright2788 10 месяцев назад +6

    AH had a bad case of Parkinson's amongst other things. He was in bad shape at the end. No way he was well enough to run thru alleys, get on a tiny plane and then go to S. America. I have no doubt the suicide story is accurate. All the bunker staff told pretty much the same story. Great video.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 10 месяцев назад +41

    One of Mark Felton's most long and detailed 2 part post. Kudos. The Royal History Society should equally be honored.

    • @dudebro3250
      @dudebro3250 10 месяцев назад +1

      I still prefer Europa the last battle to this.

  • @yodasmomisondrugs7959
    @yodasmomisondrugs7959 10 месяцев назад +439

    Mark learning how to leave us on cliffhangers is great! Your presentation skills are reaching new levels of awesome.

    • @kevinlutz5994
      @kevinlutz5994 10 месяцев назад +15

      Same Bat time. Same Bat channel. I'll stay tuned,,,,

    • @albdamned577
      @albdamned577 10 месяцев назад +2

      a real Scheherazade, that one! lol

    • @billpelican2773
      @billpelican2773 10 месяцев назад +4

      Wait, is this like a spoiler? You mean they don't find him? Stop don't tell me

    • @Jack_Warner
      @Jack_Warner 10 месяцев назад +3

      Mark was the presenter the BBC never had. I could listen to him 24 hours. He has a superb broadcaster's voice. If I could speak as well as I can write, I'd be making these videos. But, alas, I sound like a cockney wanker.

    • @yodasmomisondrugs7959
      @yodasmomisondrugs7959 10 месяцев назад

      @@Jack_Warner 😆

  • @Clipgatherer
    @Clipgatherer 10 месяцев назад +81

    SMERSH is a name you know from the James Bond novels. But such an organization really did exist.

    • @MarkyMarkWalberg
      @MarkyMarkWalberg 10 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, Goldfinger failed them a great deal

    • @enterBJ40
      @enterBJ40 9 месяцев назад +3

      STASI is also mentioned in some Ian Fleming novels. Back when I was a teenager I thought it was fictional until the 90-91 when Berlin wall collapsed and western had access to STASI archives. Then I confirmed that they were real.

    • @Clipgatherer
      @Clipgatherer 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@enterBJ40 The people of East Germany certainly knew better. ☺

    • @enterBJ40
      @enterBJ40 9 месяцев назад

      An investigation performed after Germany reunification, showed that 1/3 of East Germany worked as a whistle-blower for STASI.
      DEUTSCHE WELLE made a short report about STASI back then when Germans were free enough to raid the STASI central office and found archives and dossier from everyone. According to DEUTSCHE WELLE , days before reunification, some officials tried to destroy the dossiers with paper ripping machines but the task was so huge that the machines got broke.

    • @neilenglish8582
      @neilenglish8582 7 месяцев назад

      Yes, thank you..

  • @stonedtowel
    @stonedtowel 10 месяцев назад +31

    Mark Felton would be such a badass presenter at something like tank fest or anywhere he could narrate/present. Your content is so crisp man, love the presentation and how you ignore all the fluff a lot of historians must have.

  • @northwards2218
    @northwards2218 10 месяцев назад +6

    The quality, the presentation, the content… always amazing. Big fan of your work… thank you.

  • @zsoltpalasthy
    @zsoltpalasthy 10 месяцев назад +154

    I’ve just graduated from high school, my favourite subject used to be/is history and these videos give me the same feelings as those lessons with my favourite teacher.
    Thank you sooo much, Mark Felton!

    • @ba-dam9991
      @ba-dam9991 10 месяцев назад +12

      It’s guys like you who will be our next generation of truth and what our grandfather and fathers did in defending our country. Thanks from an older generation guy who felt like you when I was 18🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👏

    • @doncarpenter1040
      @doncarpenter1040 10 месяцев назад +2

      I hope you always enjoy studying history.

    • @jerrytalley337
      @jerrytalley337 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, true history, not revisionist history.@@doncarpenter1040

    • @jonahsemyonov9985
      @jonahsemyonov9985 10 месяцев назад +1

      He definitely revived my interest in history

    • @Tass...
      @Tass... 10 месяцев назад +1

      I just know you are going to do well in life.

  • @1977Yakko
    @1977Yakko 10 месяцев назад +104

    As for the theory of Hitler escaping, I sometimes wonder if some secrets are too big to keep. Also, given his health issues, not sure how long he'd have lasted on the run.

    • @Imtahotep
      @Imtahotep 10 месяцев назад +46

      Look how long biden is 'lasting' > that's not much of an argument.

    • @brianlamb7937
      @brianlamb7937 10 месяцев назад

      Not even close to the same thing, that Quack Doctor was giving Hitler so many drug concoctions its a wonder he lived as long as he did. it's my understanding that the doctor like to use mercury in his so-called medicines.@@Imtahotep

    • @rdhunkins
      @rdhunkins 10 месяцев назад +59

      @@ImtahotepWell, Biden has it easy. Takes lots of naps and vacations.

    • @robert-trading-as-Bob69
      @robert-trading-as-Bob69 10 месяцев назад +11

      Good questions. Big secrets lead to big lies, or thousands of little ones.
      As for AHs health, he had gone cold turkey to get off the stuff Dr Morrell had been giving him, so it is difficult to gauge how ill he was.

    • @Imtahotep
      @Imtahotep 10 месяцев назад +15

      @rdhunkins and he takes enormous bribes too.

  • @Josh-wq1pw
    @Josh-wq1pw 9 месяцев назад +6

    Mr Felton, your channel is top tier greatness. Found your channel a little less than a year ago, and I've been hooked ever since!

  • @willbrink
    @willbrink 10 месяцев назад +40

    No matter how much I have learned about WWII, for the decades, I will never totally fathom the level of death and destruction of that war.

    • @Ryan-on5on
      @Ryan-on5on 10 месяцев назад

      If anything, WWII is a sobering warning of how blind hatred, willful ignorance, and fanaticism can degenerate the precious spiritual values of any culture, no matter how high or low, and transform a once civilized, cultured people (remember, along with Himmler and Hitler, German culture also produced the likes of Beethoven, Goethe, and Schiller) into little more than bloodlust brutes who mindlessly sway to the rallying cries of a strong, dominant authoritarian leader.

    • @Americanpatriot-zo2tk
      @Americanpatriot-zo2tk 10 месяцев назад +2

      Well, the Germans asked for it. You play stupid games win, stupid prizes.

    • @skepticsr_us
      @skepticsr_us 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@Americanpatriot-zo2tk It's way more complicated than this. Look at the amount of propaganda and gaslighting we've been subjected to over the past 3 years despite the availability of information through the internet. You think it was any different in the 1930s and 40s? Btw, do you think the Russians are currently involved in an "unprovoked" war?

    • @helmortkuper2626
      @helmortkuper2626 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Americanpatriot-zo2tkActually the British asked for it.

    • @Americanpatriot-zo2tk
      @Americanpatriot-zo2tk 9 месяцев назад

      @@helmortkuper2626 ooc ty

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706
    @wayneantoniazzi2706 10 месяцев назад +54

    Great episode! Looking forward to the next installment!
    I read Lev Bezymensky's "The Death Of Adolf Hitler" over 50 years ago when I was a senior in high school, a well-written and engrossing read. It was dismissed by most American WW2 historians at the time but in my then 17 year old opinion everything Bezymensky said in the book made perfect sense.
    I remember his into to the book very well, he said he had to get permission from the Soviet archives to view the pertinent SMERSH documents, no surprise, but didn't meet any resistance. It just took time for the request to work its way through the bureaucracy. And I've always remembered what he said:
    "Working with the Soviet bureaucracy is like turning millstones, but let's turn those millstones together and see what we find!"

    • @philipmulville8218
      @philipmulville8218 10 месяцев назад +1

      Brilliant.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @finnberglander7816
      @finnberglander7816 10 месяцев назад +1

      Another interesting "Soviet" read is "Icebreaker," by Victor Suvorov

    • @daveheath3728
      @daveheath3728 6 месяцев назад

      The thought of going into a long winded extensive effort to try to prove that Hitler escaped to Argentina is wearing . Suffice it to say that there is way too much evidence and documentable facts to debunk the fuherer bunker suicide and Russian investigation "evidence " , as well as the Trevor - Roper white wash , as well as a mountain of evidence , including FBI investigations and documents , Hitler sightings and contacts by servants and supporters , and South American Police officials too numerous to ignore . The book Grey Wolf by Dunstan & Williams , and Quest by Melchor & Brandenburg make for a forensically more compelling case than the bunker suicide fraud . I personally have changed my view to the escape scenario from the suicide view based on the compelling evidence . The world has believed the other view and it has been accepted as fact for the last 75 years so that many cannot entertain any other explanation . It is up to you to examine tha evidence and then make your decision as to which is true and which is false .

  • @machinesofgod
    @machinesofgod 10 месяцев назад +90

    Episode 1 was fantastic, can't wait for #2. I had known of CMEPW, but had no idea they were that feared and so powerful that even Marshal Zhukov was denied access by them.

    • @frostyfrost4094
      @frostyfrost4094 10 месяцев назад +4

      So much new information

    • @MrSlavaoat
      @MrSlavaoat 10 месяцев назад +3

      СМЕРШ

    • @machinesofgod
      @machinesofgod 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@MrSlavaoat Yeah, I know. I don't have the ability to type in cyrilic

    • @warden330
      @warden330 10 месяцев назад +14

      Zhukov had every reason to be afraid. Zhukov was a survivor of the pre-war purge of the Red Army high command. After the war Beria made repeated moves against him, and Stalin seems to have regarded him as a threat to his position because of his success.

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@warden330 you are right, but in hindsight, if there was a man in the Soviet Union able to challenge Stalin power it was Zhukov.

  • @SD-rs6qn
    @SD-rs6qn 10 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for the longer video Mark, it’s been a while. You’re number 1!

  • @davidgrunga
    @davidgrunga 10 месяцев назад +10

    Love these type of videos! There is something about Soviet bureaucracy that always makes any topic twice as interesting.

  • @deadlyoneable
    @deadlyoneable 10 месяцев назад +36

    What Goebbels did to his family is unforgivable.

    • @Shrouded_reaper
      @Shrouded_reaper 10 месяцев назад +2

      As opposed to his wife and children being raped and tortured by Soviet animals? Nah I think he gave them a decent exit.

    • @jaynekranc8607
      @jaynekranc8607 10 месяцев назад +9

      Magda's mother tried for years to find out what happened to the bodies of her grandchildren.

    • @archieames1968
      @archieames1968 9 месяцев назад

      To be devil's advocate from his POV its either end their lives in relative 'comfort' in a way he could control. Or leave them as children of known Nazi VIPs to an uncertain fate with the Soviets. Maybe the Soviets would turn out to be nice people but its a huge question mark. If the US was falling and you're President with the Nazis at your door would you leave your children to them if you thought they might be raped and tortured? Its not an easy choice as it first appears.

    • @yojoeski
      @yojoeski 9 месяцев назад +24

      What Goebbels helped to do to millions of other families is also unforgivable.

    • @KyojuroRengoku98
      @KyojuroRengoku98 6 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@yojoeskiWhat Israel has done to millions of families is also unforgivable.

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat 10 месяцев назад +57

    Never would have thought Professor Felton would leave us on a cliffhanger 😮 These are photos I've never seen before 👍

    • @kina18
      @kina18 10 месяцев назад

      Still never seen some of them as they are covered 😂 to protect against RUclips violations 😢

  • @coling3957
    @coling3957 10 месяцев назад +5

    Major Hugh Trevor Roper investigated Hitler's death soon after war ended - largely due to the Soviets misinformation on the matter- and his report, later a book ( The Last Days of Hitler ) which was revised several times with added details as they became available, was essentially correct right from the start. he interviewed witnesses held in the British and American zones, the Soviets did not cooperate.. having been an Oxford don, Trevor Roper was a skilled historian and knew how to establish facts using the evidence available. he was skilled at dismissing some of the absurd claims from a few witnesses - like those claiming Hitler had flown out of Germany in the last days .

  • @MVProfits
    @MVProfits 10 месяцев назад +15

    This is the art of a master at his craft. Well done! With anyone but Mr Felton it would seem like clickbait. Now we just can't wait for part 2.
    It was also a crazy glimpse into Stalin's oppressive world that Marshal Zhukov could be dismissed like that by SMESH.

  • @davidanspach1624
    @davidanspach1624 10 месяцев назад +123

    A masterclass, as always. I deeply admire your work and hope to some day be half as good of a historian as you, Dr. Felton.

    • @samssepiol
      @samssepiol 10 месяцев назад

      It's not everyday the NKVD administers the body of another Party member.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

  • @DumPhuc
    @DumPhuc 10 месяцев назад +19

    Years ago I did a job for a former member of Hitler's bodyguard who was at the bunker during this time. He claimed he saw Hitler and Braun being escorted out 3 days before the Soviets arrived by 2 men in suits and a female pilot. This was the last plane to leave Berlin according to him. He did show me some pics of his detachment standing with Hitler before the bombing. I'm convinced he wasn't joking around when he told me what he witnessed

    • @jaynekranc8607
      @jaynekranc8607 10 месяцев назад +7

      The last plane to leave Berlin was flown by Hanna Reitsch. She later wrote a book called The Sky is my Kingdom.

  • @craigd6261
    @craigd6261 10 месяцев назад +15

    As always, an extremely well put together video that makes all of the facts you think you know so much clearer and adds details that you didn't know. Quality throughout and an example of how history should be presented.

  • @elliotlane3225
    @elliotlane3225 10 месяцев назад +6

    Looking forward to the rest of this series. The series in Bormann was really good and informative and well worth a reviewing alongside this series

  • @douglasturner6153
    @douglasturner6153 10 месяцев назад +27

    Eva Braun may have escaped? You're leaving us with a cliff hanger. Personally I don't believe she would have left her beloved "Grey Wolf"!

    • @rare6499
      @rare6499 10 месяцев назад +6

      She went to the end with him no doubt about it.

    • @noirbl00d98
      @noirbl00d98 10 месяцев назад +1

      You're so naive.

  • @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach
    @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach 10 месяцев назад +36

    Always factual, never sensationalised. I deeply appreciate your work and researches. Though having seen the film "Iron Sky", I can confidently proclaim Hitler escaped to a moon base.

  • @andreww8941
    @andreww8941 10 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely brilliant!!!!! Excellent job putting this together Mark. Thank you for all of the hard work!!!!

  • @Gen-X-Memories
    @Gen-X-Memories 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love conspiracy theories but when it comes to Hitler I've always believed the original story. Hitlers health was terrible and I just don't see Hitler as someone who would prefer to live on the run and in hiding for the rest of his life. As bad a human as he was I still think he loved Germany and if he wanted to live in hiding I think he would fled Germany long before he did.

  • @bobbymccracken4601
    @bobbymccracken4601 10 месяцев назад +121

    Thank you, Mark. You’re providing a true service to the public through your videos.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

  • @MPGunther1
    @MPGunther1 10 месяцев назад +29

    Thank you, Dr. Felton. Looking forward to Episode 2

    • @zyme4569
      @zyme4569 10 месяцев назад +4

      Me searching for episode 2 only to realise episode 1 was only just released

    • @MPGunther1
      @MPGunther1 10 месяцев назад

      @@zyme4569 😁

    • @petewoodman4736
      @petewoodman4736 10 месяцев назад

      @@zyme4569 Me too!

  • @asintonic
    @asintonic 10 месяцев назад +7

    Thank you Mark stellar as always!
    The Outcome of WW2 saddens me tremendously.

  • @Lutefisk_lover
    @Lutefisk_lover 10 месяцев назад +5

    Another fantastic episode Dr. Felton! So much detail - and insight into Stalin and his security apparatus. Thank you!

  • @rumpstatefiasco
    @rumpstatefiasco 10 месяцев назад +6

    A.H. died in Argentina in 1965,
    AND
    I cherish Dr. Mark Felton.

    • @mikejames5743
      @mikejames5743 10 месяцев назад +2

      in colombia in 1978 actually

    • @NH-ti5rf
      @NH-ti5rf 10 месяцев назад

      In Berlin 1945. Göbbels would have never killed himself and his wife and kids without AH having committed suicide first.

    • @jerdonsbabbler3515
      @jerdonsbabbler3515 3 месяца назад +1

      Actually, he died in my foyer in ‘81. Very slippery and he banged his head.

  • @StevenKeery
    @StevenKeery 10 месяцев назад +9

    I can't hear or read the word Smersh, without thinking of Sean Connery and Rosa Kreb.
    Interesting that someone had the same surname in the bunker.
    I wonder if this was Fleming having fun with his characters.

  • @pauillacwine263
    @pauillacwine263 9 месяцев назад +3

    As always, great content Mark. Much appreciated.

  • @SammyNeedsAnAlibi
    @SammyNeedsAnAlibi 10 месяцев назад +3

    Nice cliffhanger- well done! The whole thing was awesome- can't wait for the next episode(s)!

  • @Krezo200
    @Krezo200 10 месяцев назад +14

    Thanks for all the great Uploads Dr. Felton!

  • @uniquehorn1480
    @uniquehorn1480 10 месяцев назад +5

    Typical of the excellence we have come to expect from Dr Felton.

  • @cameronstewart6193
    @cameronstewart6193 9 месяцев назад +2

    Really appreciate this channel and your book. Keep doing your thing, Owen! It reminds me we’re in the right path.

  • @simonleib1992
    @simonleib1992 10 месяцев назад +3

    Fantastic work. So detailed. Thank you.

  • @Zoped98
    @Zoped98 10 месяцев назад +10

    Mr Felton uploads right as I get home and relax
    And its a multi part series with long videos
    And its on a more interesting (to me) topic
    Today is a good day

  • @rajatsharma8697
    @rajatsharma8697 10 месяцев назад +7

    finally a 20 min video...thanks...please please need more of this duration

  • @kennyreynolds3406
    @kennyreynolds3406 10 месяцев назад +5

    I appreciate your videos very much Mark.
    WW2 is my favorite part of History to learn about and you bring light to the stories i havent ever heard of.
    While you can find endless videos on D-Day, Stalingrad and Peril Harbor (your Chanel) is the only one telling the history that i dont already know.
    Thank you for that Mark Felton.

  • @irisElee
    @irisElee 10 месяцев назад +7

    As usual, Professor Felton leaves the "History Channel" in the dust.

  • @jaimiemadden590
    @jaimiemadden590 10 месяцев назад +5

    This documentary is a most welcome addition to your exhaustive research on World War 2
    Thank you can’t wait for the next instalment

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR 10 месяцев назад +2

    An excellent, entertaining, and well-done video as always. Thank you.

  • @Blueeyes2584A
    @Blueeyes2584A 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wonderful upload, Mark, and what a cliffhanger indeed...

  • @ba-dam9991
    @ba-dam9991 10 месяцев назад +16

    Wow… this is definitely the best detailed historical last days of Germany’s defeat. I never heard of Smersh but did know Stalin was banging his fist wanting to know where Herr Hitler was… probably died never being satisfied. Wonderful work by Dr Mark Felton .Always look forward towards your next history lesson. Thank you , Sir !!!👏👍

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 10 месяцев назад +3

      The Führer had the last laugh in this one.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 10 месяцев назад +3

      SMERSH ( Smersh Spionam, I think ) figures heavily in the first few James Bond novels/films. It's the villainous organization in the best Bond film, From Russia With Love.

  • @e24mpwr
    @e24mpwr 10 месяцев назад +12

    A cliffhanger! :) Looking forward to the next episode!

  • @bigbasspa
    @bigbasspa 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Mark, I love your uploads. Thank you for making them a joy to watch as opposed to some uploaders who jump in all the time and ruin their posts. Top man!!

  • @kingkandy
    @kingkandy 10 месяцев назад

    I go away for a couple of weeks and there's all this! Brilliant again Mark, thank you for these fascinating series and all your work

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 10 месяцев назад +8

    I do remember Smerch to be a plot point with a Roger Moore James Bond movie. The real history behind it is quite interesting.

  • @christopherclayton8354
    @christopherclayton8354 10 месяцев назад +16

    Love it and love the longer format videos. Appreciate what you do Mark!

  • @danamcdonnell9064
    @danamcdonnell9064 7 месяцев назад +1

    I found the portraits of what Hitler would have looked like if he had changed his appearance around 19:17 to be really fascinating.

  • @larsgagelmann5202
    @larsgagelmann5202 10 месяцев назад +3

    Total spannend, dieser Beitrag, werter Mark! Freue mich schon auf die Fortsetzung.
    Kind regards from Bremen

  • @waynehullihen3066
    @waynehullihen3066 10 месяцев назад +9

    Oh yes. I’m on the edge of my chair. Dr. Felton you don’t disappoint.

  • @irish3335
    @irish3335 10 месяцев назад +21

    Dr Felton is better than the history channel, in both content and significance - thanks for sharing!

  • @brandonha
    @brandonha 9 месяцев назад +2

    The interrogation at the institute for the blind really only took off after the detainees said “actually, we’re over here to your left sir…”

  • @christopherfoote1284
    @christopherfoote1284 10 месяцев назад

    Wow! Great video Dr.!!! Thank you!

  • @bozzy6206
    @bozzy6206 10 месяцев назад +18

    Interesting that you're trying episodic type of content! I'll give the entire series a watch and will provide feedback. So far I'm excited to see how many more topics you can cover in a long form video format!

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 10 месяцев назад +4

      Check for the whole Himmler and Bormann series which are both available, you won't be disappointed.

  • @Mark-yy2py
    @Mark-yy2py 10 месяцев назад +11

    As usual, another splendid piece! Thanks, Dr. Felton!

  • @johncox2865
    @johncox2865 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent video, Dr. Felton. Thank you, sir.

  • @johnmartin4650
    @johnmartin4650 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent…..thank you Mr F….looking forward to episode two

  • @labby2
    @labby2 10 месяцев назад +4

    As always, your research fascinates me. Thank you for continuing to educate us and champion the cause of history, Dr. Felton.

  • @kodibrooks5441
    @kodibrooks5441 10 месяцев назад +11

    Idk what I would do without Dr felton's videos,
    Keep up the great work

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y 10 месяцев назад

      Not a doctor. Does not practice medicine.

  • @karlferguson
    @karlferguson 10 месяцев назад +2

    I will watch this another three times before you upload the next one.

  • @Aux1Dub
    @Aux1Dub 8 месяцев назад +6

    I can’t believe you censored the pics. This is a history channel, right?

  • @MrHaveaword
    @MrHaveaword 10 месяцев назад +16

    I haven’t tuned in for a while Mark! But this one caught my eye, anyway - Glad to see you’re not running short on ideas, and still bringing light to these lesser known events! Bravo!

  • @dennisb9638
    @dennisb9638 10 месяцев назад +27

    As always, factual, amazingly detailed, yet to the point. Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @ebergarcia1793
    @ebergarcia1793 10 месяцев назад +3

    Poorly reserched television documentaries, sick burn Mark.
    Great content as always.

  • @dominaevillae28
    @dominaevillae28 10 месяцев назад +3

    I could see burning duplicates to hide the real location of Hitler and Eva’s bodies but I can’t imagine them escaping Berlin and staying hidden indefinitely, particularly as the other senior Nazi’s didn’t manage to stay hidden for long.

  • @cklg88
    @cklg88 10 месяцев назад +4

    Any history and updated information on the Fuehrer is greatly appreciated. I can't wait for Episode II.

  • @oldcremona
    @oldcremona 10 месяцев назад +8

    I learned everything I know about SMERSH from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago.

  • @patrickbianconi1817
    @patrickbianconi1817 10 месяцев назад +3

    Despite having read and watched so much about the demise of Hitler, this first episode of the series kept me sitting on my chair as if I was at the movie theatre. Thanks doc Felton!

  • @user-xq5vx7rs4w
    @user-xq5vx7rs4w 10 месяцев назад +5

    Mark Felton is the best documentary producer of all time. He doesn’t waste a second. He stays right on point. His narrative is clear, sharp. His script is so well written and researched. The visuals are perfect; accompanying the audio flawlessly!
    I have enjoyed watching these since he began his channel.

  • @curtisdaniel9294
    @curtisdaniel9294 10 месяцев назад +7

    I would guess that the blocked photos are done so that RUclips doesn't make you take them down and/or demonetize them. Sad. In the interests of decent historical research, i wouldn't mind seeing the entire photos, BUT there are too many people who are easily offended and would raise hell should they be shown as taken. Alas AND Alack. In Any Case, Dr Felton, a Great short doc. Thanks! I am looking forward to the next part of this series!

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 10 месяцев назад +1

      Pretty sure the photos are easy to find online. I've seen them in documentaries before.

    • @curtisdaniel9294
      @curtisdaniel9294 10 месяцев назад

      @@simonh6371 Thanks. I will do so!

  • @troyhanks7279
    @troyhanks7279 10 месяцев назад +5

    Oh the suspense!! Thank you for another great presentation and your dedication to preserving history

  • @gingerjoe1972
    @gingerjoe1972 10 месяцев назад

    Brill, cannot wait for next episode.

  • @jimhoade9265
    @jimhoade9265 10 месяцев назад +3

    Best channel on RUclips by miles. Thank you Dr Felton

    • @user-tg9wh4vq2t
      @user-tg9wh4vq2t 2 месяца назад

      Except dr. Felton completely missed the main point. There was no double suicide in Bunker Berlin. It was a theater, a fraud, the Bluff of all time.
      Two actors stepped in and played Hitler & Eva Braun. Even for a ´Wedding Ceremony´- all fake.
      Adolf Hitler died in 1971, say the South-Am inveatigators. Eva lived to 100 yrs, not bad. The Hitlers had 3 children together.
      We have their names. They´re still alive.

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 10 месяцев назад +4

    Too many Germans under interrogation said he and she died there, and I believe that's what happened..

    • @bondgabebond4907
      @bondgabebond4907 10 месяцев назад

      The problem in war is that lies are told. Did all those Germans under interrogation get orders to say Hitler and Ava died in the bunker. Were any of these interrogated even there to see the bodies? We can't believe much of anything concerning this incident. I still believe Hitler was dragged out, with his wife, and escaped to Argentina. For the Nazi dream to continue, Hitler could not die and be left to the Russians. Think about it. People were fanatic about Hitler.

  • @the_lichemaster
    @the_lichemaster 10 месяцев назад +3

    Whenever SMERSH is mentioned I always think of Ian Flemmings novel From Russia With Love.

  • @Patrick_0n
    @Patrick_0n 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video!

  • @lokischildren7862
    @lokischildren7862 10 месяцев назад +1

    It's a great day when Dr felton post a video
    The study of history isn't as simple as it seems

  • @Bolivian05
    @Bolivian05 10 месяцев назад +7

    Lets go Mark lifting up my day with History

  • @timburr4453
    @timburr4453 10 месяцев назад +6

    Another top quality Mark Felton content. Love it!

  • @timoharkonen9154
    @timoharkonen9154 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very detailed documentary and things what I have never heard👍👍 Waiting for part 2!

  • @Sgt_Bill_T_Co
    @Sgt_Bill_T_Co 10 месяцев назад +2

    I believe one Soviet official once said that Hitler's body had been totally destroyed after being taken to Russia, my simple hypothesis is that it may been taken to ground zero at one of the many atomic tests just prior to Stalin's death.

  • @royboy9361
    @royboy9361 10 месяцев назад +22

    Dr. Felton, you are my favorite historian, hands down. I never miss an episode.

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y 10 месяцев назад

      Not a doctor. Doesn't practice medicine.