the last real hero . something we no longer retain!

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Eisenhower had Crohn's disease like myself so he's a personal hero on multiple levels.

Dr Felton could you cover a topic from the indian subcontinent especially the cold War period.

You should talk about how deception and propaganda started ww2. Because with the ship sinking and the sudden "attack" by 2 choppers in Russia I can see many similarities. Russia make a mistake by saying that the ship was sunk because an accident and when they realize it, they send theses choppers attack a city in their own land to have a reason to name the "special operation" a war and unleash their army full potential on Ukraine while keeping the popular opinion in Russia on theirs side, thus deeming any anti-war protests useless. That would be interesting.

Yes, I've heard about that. Eisenhower deserved any honors bestowed upon him.

The loco is technically still in running condition… It was last in the UK in 2014 when all the surviving A4s were collected together for a 75th anniversary.

Thank you. M.

Far from a "useless fact", Drew. This is one of those small tidbits of history that not only should be remembered but also makes history so fascinating! As a history buff, I thank you for educating me on a point of which I was totally ignorant.

The loco is beautiful too. If you ever go to Green Bay it is definitely worth the visit for that alone!

Awesome memory,thank you for sharing it.

Respect to you 👍🏼

I started crying reading your story.

@@frequentlycynical642 almost got me too

A moving narrative. Thank you.

I'd have preferred what General Macarthur wanted to do, Nuke Mao and Red China into the Stone Age, he foresaw the Future that weakling Truman did not

Everyone likes Ike.

Funny how the world works, isn't it? Glad you're here...

The man saved the world.

Great man.

As a KS resident I can vouch for the quality of the exhibit. You can also walk through his boy-hood home. If you like historical attractions, or have affinity for IKE it is worth the stop. I really like Eisenhower… above being an excellent General, a good politician and leader… Eisenhower was a decent man.

right off I 70. too bad Old Abilene town next door aint open any more.

Abilene? I must have taken a wrong in Albuquerque." - Bugs Bunny

Everyone should remember that Eisenhower instigated the interstate highway system. Today's Republicans unanimously vote against repairing and improving the infrastructure.

@@larrybarger1077 It was either the Ike museum, or the living reenactment. A pity I had no time for both :((

You should listen to his speech on the industrial military complex if you haven't already.

Eisenhower never failed to credit victory to the ordinary service people. The dedication of _Crusade in Europe_ was "To the Allied Soldier, Sailor, and Airman of World War II"

You should listen to his farewell address, especially the MIC and scientific technological elite.

Says the coward!

After the war, Eisenhower was courted by both political parties as a presidential candidate. He was a member of neither party up to that time, and had never voted in any presidential election.

@@MrShobar Many American professional military men never voted in presidential elections. They took the military idea of no political activity of any kind VERY seriously in those days.

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Voting is the obligation of every citizen, soldier or not. Voting through a secret ballot is hardly the kind of overt political activity that you suggest needs to be avoided by the military.

@@MrShobar Now re-read what I said carefully, I NEVER suggested non-voting was an option for anyone, military or otherwise. I'm a veteran myself and always voted. I was merely describing the mindset of professional military men of the time, that's all.

My father served with ordinance during the Normandy invasion. He too was a pretty grounded and fair minded man. I would suppose witnessing the atrocities of WWII would certainly influence one's general view of humanity and "race".

Very well said.

Matthew Ridgway was another American general of that rare mold, in both World War II and Korea. I believe it was him who said something like, "Only fools would sacrifice good soldiers for selfish glory". There's a reason he was so loved by the troops. He connected with them on a level that MacArthur never really did.

Here here!

And a great president.

He was just a pencil pusher. According too Patton

He also warns against scientists.

@@philippeterson7503 Well, he was around to witness the newfound power of the atomic nucleus incentivizing scientists to bring death and decay, today quantified to megatons of tnt, unto thousands of innocent civilians in an instant. As an accomplished military leader turned into an even more powerful politician, I'd be weary and skeptic of the awful destructive potential of humans as well.

@@philippeterson7503 scientific and technological elite. Guess the richest people in the world.

Some of the congress members you Americans may know have a stake in every America defense contractors. They're shareholders.

@@Joshua_N-A Yes indeed and they protect that stake above all others.

Definitely!

Go read "the politician" for a great historical view of Eisenhower and his sordid career. Then read "other losses" and about operation keelhaul.

@@didymussumydid9726 can you summarize the points you want to make?

@@didymussumydid9726 yeah make your point first

​@@stefpix every aspect of eisenhower's reputation is a fraud. He was not a great war leader and his military career was terrible. Bernard Baruch and other FDR supporters plucked Eisenhower from obscurity because they found him to have high moral plasticity. During the war he always supported the USSR to the best of his ability. After the war, he personally approved the decision to repatriate POWs that had been subjects of Russia or the USSR. Hundreds of thousands of these people were gulag'd or simply executed. Everyone knew what would happen to them, and Eisenhower was happy to send them to death. Up to a million german POWs were killed through exposure, disease, and other preventable causes in Eisenhower's concentration camps. He violated the geneva conventions to do this. In his memoirs and public statements he said the Germans had been carrying out mass murder in their german concentration camps. Every historian now knows this to be false. There is more, but these are some of the main issues regarding his character and actions.

@@luigimrlgaming9484 every aspect of eisenhower's reputation is a fraud. He was not a great war leader and his military career was terrible. Bernard Baruch and other FDR supporters plucked Eisenhower from obscurity because they found him to have high moral plasticity. During the war he always supported the USSR to the best of his ability. After the war, he personally approved the decision to repatriate POWs that had been subjects of Russia or the USSR. Hundreds of thousands of these people were gulag'd or simply executed. Everyone knew what would happen to them, and Eisenhower was happy to send them to death. Up to a million german POWs were killed through exposure, disease, and other preventable causes in Eisenhower's concentration camps. He violated the geneva conventions to do this. In his memoirs and public statements he said the Germans had been carrying out mass murder in their german concentration camps. Every historian now knows this to be false. There is more, but these are some of the main issues regarding his character and actions.

Doolittle was the right man to lead the 8th.

@@btipton6899 Right man... but especially... at the riught time.

How many know about Matthew Ridgway today? One of the greatest commanders our country has likely ever produced.

Lemay is a war criminal full stop

LeMay did nothing wrong. Read Kozak’s and Tillman’s biographies of the man, he was never the caricature media portrayed him to be.

We certainly don't have people like Ike anymore. I was sad when he left the White House and still think about him. 1956 presidential campaign slogan: "I like Ike!"

He exuded authority.

Big facts, I try to live by that everyday in my tiny lower-level leadership position in my trade; that, and "to be a good leader, one must first always be an even better servant."

@@hippiesaboteur2556 I like that 👍

Yes, Sir!!!! I agree. Felton is a true treasure for those who love learning! Godspeed to you, Mark Felton!

You sound like his fluffer

@@ugiswrong You sound like a troll. Use better material. Only responded because I'm bored right now. Peace. 😎

@@ugiswrong your dream job?

@@Inbraneinthememsane Would be so boring because of all the historical misconceptions foisted onto the public in order to make money whilst living in Norfolk

@@ugiswrong what are you even talking about? Elaborate your point

The professor will never run dry.

Oh how the dots connect...

Indeed sir, I agree with your statement too

It's not as distressing seeing funny old b/w film as it is seeing people that look like your neighbours.🤨

SHAEF? - Supreme Head of the Allied Expeditionary Force??

@@hippiesaboteur2556 Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

Is that a fact wow wow wow!

He wrote speeches for McArthur. Never guess it because of the understatement of his own style.

well, that's more a manual of style and unique individual expression issue, not a clear cut syntactics or grammatical affirmation of intelligence.

I like Ike

You and most people have no idea about the true history of Eisenhower. He was a political stooge of FDR with very little military ability. He personally supervised the return of hundreds of thousands of POW to the USSR where they were executed and gulag'd. He personally supervised the murder of up to a million German POW. His presidential candidacy was a spoiler for Robert Taft. He was pro-communist since 1940.

We?

He was a true American. In 1954 President Eisenhower said: "I have never talked or corresponded with a person knowledgeable in Indochinese affairs who did not agree that had elections been held at the time of the fighting, possibly 80 per cent of the population would have voted for the communist Ho Chi Minh". He made sure that election never happened and promoted the war instead.

I think we need Ike today is Jim mungai From Kennerdell Pennsylvania

Yup you're right, definitely a major general. Nice catch.

Correct

De-plane? Can't anyone say 'exit' or 'disembark'? This is not the Love Boat

@@williamjones3462 Deplane actually is the word.

@@artm1973 Thank you. Always willing to learn more vocabulary

One shudders to think of MacArthur in the positions Eisenhower occupied.

@@donjones4719 MacArthur was a self promoter who failed in almost every campaign he ran in WW2 and Korea. He surrounded himself with sycophants and backstabbed any military and political people who questioned him.

2 men that I truly wish had been given senior command above Eisenhower and were better general soldiers - Douglas MacArthur and George Patton.

@@donjones4719 Some shuidder to think of MacArthur in the positions he actually held.

@@Smudgeroon74 Nope. Neither had the temperament.

Truman was weak

@@funfact8660 not sure what Truman has to do with General Eisenhower

@@freelancenerd4804 Perhaps he meant when Eisenhower was a General under Truman, who was quite sheepish

@@optimusprinceps3526 I guess that’s a point. The video didn’t really cover much of the general’s interactions with Truman but I see how that may have been an issue.

It's still Friday here!

The weight of Command aged Eisenhower. He also died in 1956 of a heart attack,

@@JRobbySh He had the heart attack in 56. He passed in 1969. There's a whole episode that could be done on the country and the reaction to Ike's heart attack, interesting bit of history.

Eisenhower was a master of murdering POWs.

And as Mark said had to handle guys like Patton n Monty and more, Ike was a very good manager, the perfect fit to handle all those egotists.

Well said.

One of the best presidents in U.S history. To this day the left tries to discredit him. One example is how they blame him for the bay of pigs. Any online source, most books and the Kennedy library itself all say it was Eisenhower's plan that Kennedy carried out. Documents have been produced time and time again showing it wasn't his plan and that he flat out rejected the plan when the CIA proposed it to him. The records show the names of the CIA agents that proposed the plan, when they proposed it to him and how they subsequently proposed the same plan to both Nixon and Kennedy (who were both running for president) after Eisenhower rejected it.

well put; too many forget that clarion call. reckon the thinking is .. as a small business it's healthy to plow the profits back into the business, but as a country to plow the tax dollars back into itself, is more than questionable because large businesses (think corporations) naturally want to protect their turf. not to mention those 'auto' bonuses while they're at it.

Seeing that he did more than any other man to win ww2 , he is very underrated and most have not heard of him. Disgusting what happened to him too.

Your letting your personal feelings & lifestyles delude you. Vast majority of people don't agree with your opinions.

@@chairmanmeow2413 Who are those "majority of people" ?

Best in my lifetime, 70 years.

His warning us for the dangers of the military-industrial complex - as an erstwhile general officer! - is a show of moral integrity, too.

I Like Ike!!!!!

@@tv9049 that was, (to my understanding) one of the greatest qualities of President Eisenhower. And he was so right, especially since General MacArthur's idea for defeating the N. Koreans was to use atomic weapons. There are generals who see the big picture as well as the future, and there are generals who are definitely missing a few pieces.

Go read "the politician" for a great historical view of Eisenhower and his sordid career. Then read "other losses" and about operation keelhaul.

My thoughts exactly on both...

We have them. Eisenhower was a crony of FDR and the deep state.

Can you imagine how many fake leaders/managers/bosses there are

Wasn't he a 1LT for like 17 years?

When the highest ranking officer in the ETO says he's going to do something...well I wouldn't tell him no if i was the Major. XD

@George Washington some of them are convicted felons, lol.

During Desert Storm, USAF Colonels who had been line B-52 pilots earlier in their careers but had never gotten to fly a combat mission were putting themselves on combat missions just to get one under their belts. They’d sit in the instructor pilot seat (non ejection) behind the pilots during the flight. We’d even heard that one such O-6 actually got a bullshit Bronze Star for his single mission, which naturally rankled us regular crew dogs.

How much sense would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could make sense?

@@-flanders-8975 I don't know, how much?

@@-flanders-8975 but if you’re wondering Eisenhower never saw active combat in any of the conflicts he served in. The General’s Staff always felt he was too important to be wasted on the front lines. So the greatest General of WW2 never saw active combat.

Yeah I got a pretty good laugh outta that one as well

There are often humourous moments amid Marks war video's.

You are right - I miss spoke. He did end up a Lt.-Gen.

Not much of a mystery, either stolen while it was on the beach, or they were to big, slipped off in the ocean. Besides its not like it caused any major incidents besides an embarrassing inconvenience for the General. 🤷

@@jonhall2274 In other words - YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER! That's why it's described as a mystery! Coming soon: A History Channel special about lizard space-aliens in Nazi flying saucers, anally-probing allied generals. Maybe.

Very well written and an absolutely astute sharing of your personal observations, experiences and the resulting attitude & perspective sir, thank you very much for this input of yours, as I find myself well in agreement with you. Now as the son, grandson & nephew of US Marine infantryman & infantry officers, I can't tell you much more than that, although these days, as a construction worker & tradesman currently working aboard a modern day Marine Corps Air Station (this one happens to be Cherry Point in Havelock, NC) and my current job constructing a massive, brand new hangar for the cutting edge F-35 Lightning II, I spend 5 or 6 days a week 12-15 hours each day literally on/immediately beside the flight line, and have the incredibly rare privilege (especially as a damn civilian) to bear witness to day-to-day operations and the exponentially greater proportion of maintenance, where all aspects of the seldom mentioned or thought of ground crews carry out the extreme variety of their duties to assure that not only our best Marine, Navy, Air Force, Army & Coast Guard aviators are combat ready & effective (to also include many of our allies' pilots, crews & aircraft as well) but most of all, so our beloved Nation is always the most capable, best protected and always readily served & defended to the nines, especially in the these incredibly tumultuous and dangerous times. Thank you again sir, for your comments, because only by your involvement did I then begin to ponder and realize how this affected and impacted me, each and every single day, too, and I just hope I genuinely appreciate that as much as I should... Cheers, and godspeed to you

@@hippiesaboteur2556 Thank you for your service too! The civilians working for the military in support roles are also extremely valuable, including construction and other key functions. I appreciate your eye-witness observations of the Air Force maintainers. Without people like them (and you) the "point of the spear" (F-35s, etc) would get dull & rusty. Naturally, people want to hear about the planes and pilots, and I understand that. However, half of my military career was in support, which is where I began as a new 2 Lt. The NCOs there shepherded me, and I grew to realize how key their role was in the scheme of things. When I later went on to becoming a pilot, I kept that perspective, and tried to share it with other flight crewmembers.

Totally agree! 👍👏💪

He was 79 when he died. But Intake your point that he was old beyond his years even when he was in his first term as President. Go d know how many cigarettes he consumed.

The U-2 was a huge scandal.

@@JRobbySh I'm 72 now and consider anyone dying before they reach 80 to be too young to die! He was a typical smoker in the army smoking unfiltered cigs constantly. All of my uncles and father started smoking during WW2 as cigs were included in ration packs and cartons cost a dollar! My father and his brother plus my mom's oldest brother stopped when they were in their forties, and lived into their late 80s. The two uncles who kept smoking died of lung disease in their 60s. Ike never stopped smoking until his first heart attack, which almost killed him, but the White House made it out to be not serious.

Colin Powell could have easily been president in the 90s or early 2000s had he wanted. The problem with men like Ike is that most of the time, they are too decent to dirty themselves in politics even though they are desperately needed there

@@geobloxmodels1186 that young man leading Ukraine is as corrupt as they come . He has 1.8 billion in his bank acct ,a 55milliin dollar estate in Miami ,another 35 million dollar estate in Italy . So ,how does a Ukrainian TV actor make more money than our big Hollywood movie actors ? Ukraine is the third most corrupt nation on the planet.

Eisenhower also said that his greatest regret as president was to "desegregate the schools". Ours too Mr president ,ours too

@@orderordeath2504 Fact check, please.

@@geobloxmodels1186 Cannot agree with you on that. Zelenskyy is an Obama/Biden puppet and grossly neglecting his country.