Germany's WW2 Japanese Legion

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Mark Felton Productions

Mark Felton Productions

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During WW2, Germany had a small unit of Japanese soldiers serving in its army. This is the story of the 'Japanese Legion', believed by many to have been a myth...until now.
Dr. Mark Felton 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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@Minboelf
@Minboelf 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine captured in a German hospital and you hear someone speaking Japanese
@photomukund
@photomukund 3 жыл бұрын
"It's the delirium caused by medicines" they would say 😁
@madhie-kun8614
@madhie-kun8614 3 жыл бұрын
"Tenno hekai banzai!" But in thick German tone
@Otokichi786
@Otokichi786 3 жыл бұрын
Or Korean!
@davefryer4530
@davefryer4530 3 жыл бұрын
These bastards were probably learning new tricks from the Nazis to use in their Unit 731 projects
@X50505
@X50505 3 жыл бұрын
@@davefryer4530 Who weren't bastards? Every side committed crimes against humanity.
@geoffreysavitz1278
@geoffreysavitz1278 3 жыл бұрын
>had a horrible week >in my down time watched Mark Felton >sad when I ran out of Mark Felton >is watching Mark Felton when I get notification that Mark Felton uploaded a new video. >Does this man ever rest? Thank you Dr. for all your hard work and dedication to something you clearly love. We all over the world appreciate that more than you could ever imagine.
@stefanmolnapor910
@stefanmolnapor910 3 жыл бұрын
Hope your week gets better Geoffrey
@geoffreysavitz1278
@geoffreysavitz1278 3 жыл бұрын
@@stefanmolnapor910 Thank you sir! With Mark Felton and his fantastic fanbase like yourself, it has already improved. Thank you, and I hope you have a great week as well.
@DFWFreestyle
@DFWFreestyle 3 жыл бұрын
I do too appreciate dr felton
@radamus210
@radamus210 3 жыл бұрын
I feel ya` it's not just you.
@numpty123
@numpty123 3 жыл бұрын
reddit arrows? in u-tube?
@mcgeebag1
@mcgeebag1 3 жыл бұрын
I was listening to the "real dictator" podcast today. I was pleasantly surprised to here Mark on as a guest.
@curseditem8354
@curseditem8354 3 жыл бұрын
link pls
@phillipq5814
@phillipq5814 3 жыл бұрын
It's spelt 'hear' not 'here' 😅😂
@RubenDavila253
@RubenDavila253 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I came to comment the same man, was a pleasant surprise at work.
@basilpunton5702
@basilpunton5702 3 жыл бұрын
@@phillipq5814 Looked like an auto correction to me.
@AdmiralBonetoPick
@AdmiralBonetoPick 3 жыл бұрын
*hear
@user-xg5nr6cf6l
@user-xg5nr6cf6l 2 жыл бұрын
As Japanese, this story is amazing. We didn't know Japanese were served as wehrmacht officer. I had heard the rumor some japanese fought for germany, but I didn't believe because I had never seen evidence that Japanese were serving wehrmacht. Thank you for sharing incredible story.
@yilongliu8902
@yilongliu8902 Жыл бұрын
"amazing"💀💀💀☠️
@user-pn3im5sm7k
@user-pn3im5sm7k Жыл бұрын
@@yilongliu8902 Yes, it is amazing. Your country and ours had only an alliance under convenience. Nothing more superficial than the allied alliance. Your country (China) and mine (US) were enemies immediately after the war despite "winning".....we saved you from the Japanese and you repay us by repeatedly provoking us. Looking forward to the next conflict my friend. We will help Japan this time. :)
@thenorthstarsamurai
@thenorthstarsamurai Жыл бұрын
@@user-pn3im5sm7k Damn bro the guy was just being a sarcastic snob you didn't have to blame him for the death 50 million Chinese in the hands of Mao 💀
@user-pn3im5sm7k
@user-pn3im5sm7k Жыл бұрын
@@thenorthstarsamurai I don't understand how Mao's killings were relevant to my comment but it is quite ironic that the Chinese cry all day about "Japanese aggression" when the Chinese wounded up killing more Chinese than Japan ever did both in and out of the war.
@thenorthstarsamurai
@thenorthstarsamurai Жыл бұрын
@@user-pn3im5sm7k I just said that you told him all this as he was the reason why. Just a joke.
@historywithhilbert146
@historywithhilbert146 3 жыл бұрын
A fascinating listen once again - I had no idea that there was any truth to Japanese soldiers fighting alongside the Germans in Europe apart from those Koreans that got there after being captured by the Soviet Union in some of the battles of the late 30s.
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
Obviously you weren't paying attention to the video then. The Japanese didn't fight alongside the German's, they only observed wounded soldiers and passed the information back to Japan.
@neogeo1670
@neogeo1670 3 жыл бұрын
how can you hear something that is not there lol
@derin111
@derin111 3 жыл бұрын
Where does Mark keep getting these from? I can't wait for "Nazi SS-Aztec Legion - Germany's WW2 Mexican Brigades"
@dragospahontu
@dragospahontu 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi Japan + Germany = love
@bryanthardin8481
@bryanthardin8481 3 жыл бұрын
Hey it's Hilbert!!!
@JohnSmith-vg4jd
@JohnSmith-vg4jd 2 жыл бұрын
The Germans had also been training the Chinese against the Japanese in the 30s. Chiang Kai-sheks step son was a serving officer and was one of the lead tank commanders into Austria.
@ParryLinn
@ParryLinn 2 жыл бұрын
He's Jiang Weiguo (Name spelled in Mainland Pinyin)
@Trgn
@Trgn Жыл бұрын
That's pre Ww2.
@JohnSmith-vg4jd
@JohnSmith-vg4jd Жыл бұрын
@@Trgn I know. Relevance is training both sides.
@NeostormXLMAX
@NeostormXLMAX 9 ай бұрын
@@Trgnsome germans stayed behind to fight the japanese still
@ed-iy6ri
@ed-iy6ri 3 жыл бұрын
I think Mr Felton has been dabbling in the occult. Within seconds of me thinking "I'm bored, surely a Mark Felton video is due soon", a notification appears...
@joshuajohnson5036
@joshuajohnson5036 3 жыл бұрын
No..lol I 5G Jay would know...plus no such thing...just regular ppl who lie
@larslien6598
@larslien6598 3 жыл бұрын
Lol. Same happened with me :)
@notsam9528
@notsam9528 3 жыл бұрын
We already suspect he possesses the SS ritual rings lost in castle Wolfenstein. I'm sure mr. Felton's magic powers are quite extreme.
@DavidCowie2022
@DavidCowie2022 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's *ed* who has the occult power to summon Dr Felton.
@matpk
@matpk 3 жыл бұрын
@@robbywilshire Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist China IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project!!!
@ihavetowait90daystochangem67
@ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if they were send to Italy and they fought with the Japanese Americans working with the US
@m.sydneyvern2260
@m.sydneyvern2260 3 жыл бұрын
What an awkward situation that would be
@SuperCatacata
@SuperCatacata 3 жыл бұрын
"Our Japanese are better than your Japanese"
@Guadalajara1937
@Guadalajara1937 3 жыл бұрын
That happened with italian soldiers and Italian americans
@DiggerjohnKansas
@DiggerjohnKansas 3 жыл бұрын
@@Guadalajara1937 Like my uncle.
@genghiskhan5701
@genghiskhan5701 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine both Japanese launched banzai charges against each other
@robinblackmoor8732
@robinblackmoor8732 3 жыл бұрын
" Oh come on Mark, this is common knowledge, everyone knows this." said nobody ever.
@kestrel5065
@kestrel5065 3 жыл бұрын
Can't be that common knowledge as this channel has 200000+views?
@lalchhandama3805
@lalchhandama3805 3 жыл бұрын
@@kestrel5065 I mean theres like 7B+ people in the world
@rainbow2639
@rainbow2639 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone in your town ?
@misfit666_usmc6
@misfit666_usmc6 3 жыл бұрын
Good Tuesday everyone!
@Danny-87
@Danny-87 3 жыл бұрын
Hello, have a nice day!
@amaccama3267
@amaccama3267 3 жыл бұрын
Morning spunky chunks.
@Danny-87
@Danny-87 3 жыл бұрын
@@amaccama3267 mornin' 🙋‍♂️
@SP-bt9mp
@SP-bt9mp 3 жыл бұрын
Tis Wednesday here xD
@grimace4257
@grimace4257 3 жыл бұрын
And a good Tuesday to you
@justcallmerichard7596
@justcallmerichard7596 3 жыл бұрын
Allied Soldiers: “They’re turning Japanese. I think they’re turning Japanese. I really think so.”
@mikereger1186
@mikereger1186 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of that quote from US soldiers when they started taking “German” prisoners and finding a massive mix of nationalities - “Just who are we fighting, anyway?”.
@jed-henrywitkowski6470
@jed-henrywitkowski6470 2 жыл бұрын
Literally lol.
@NostalgicGamerRickOShay
@NostalgicGamerRickOShay 2 жыл бұрын
The explanation is simple; when Germany surrendered, all German units and assets magically converted to Japanese. 😉😂
@KageNoTora74
@KageNoTora74 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone around them is a total stranger Everyone avoids them like some psycho rangers Everyone
@Roller_Ghoster
@Roller_Ghoster 3 жыл бұрын
Where does Dr Felton find these amazing stories from WW2? Im hooked.
@daveyboy_
@daveyboy_ 3 жыл бұрын
He's going to upload a vid of his library soon . Its huge
@maximilianolimamoreira5002
@maximilianolimamoreira5002 3 жыл бұрын
@@daveyboy_ such a shame that the old one in Alexandria was destroyed.
@Wolfen443
@Wolfen443 3 жыл бұрын
There numerous but hard to find sources original mostly about WWI and WWII as well. The current lack in real history makes these videos and information stand out a lot more than they should have been in times when real history was more prominent in the media.
@saltymonke3682
@saltymonke3682 3 жыл бұрын
National archives and lots of Military post-action reports
@airplanemaster1
@airplanemaster1 3 жыл бұрын
He imagines them, and history rewrites itself to accommodate to them
@andythomson8456
@andythomson8456 3 жыл бұрын
This is something I had no idea about before now. Stories like this are why I subscribed. Cheers Mark.
@CommanderLongJohn
@CommanderLongJohn 3 жыл бұрын
*I've had this copy and pasted for a while now so I figured I'd throw this in lol* Fun Fact: WW2 Germany quite literally had the most racially/ethnically diverse fighting force in modern history-as Hitler and the gang didn't think of themselves as some mythical 'superior Aryan race' that wanted to cleanse the earth of those who weren't-from Asia you had the likes of Koreans/Chinese/Mongolians/Japanese *to an extent-some of which did in fact find themselves in combat in Europe but only a very small few Japanese did* and even over ten thousand Sikh's from India (aka the Free Indian Legion), from the Middle East & Africa you had the "Free Arabian Legion" with most members being from Iraq & North Africa + Azerbaijani/Turkish Muslims/black Africans/Syrian's who fought the British in their country/Armenian's & more, from Eastern Europe you had the "Russian Liberation Army" made up of over 50,000 defectors from the Red Army (including Andrey Vlasov-a high ranking General) + Cossacks & Slovaks in general from the Soviet Union & places like Ukraine/Yugoslavia/Croatia/Bosnia/Hungary/Romania/Georgia/Belorussia along with Abkhazians/Circassians/Balkars/Karachais/Chechens/Ingushes, and the peoples of Daghestan which all formed into the "Caucasian-Mohammedan Legion", from Western & Southern Europe you had volunteers from country's like France/Norway/Estonia/Latvia/Denmark/Finland/Netherlands/Belgium/Italy/Spain/Montenegro/Serbia and MORE; in short you had Asians/Middle Eastern & African Muslims/Indian's/Slovaks & Western European's ALL fighting underneath the same banner... Even in the "Battle of Berlin" MOST of the SS/Wehrmacht combatants WEREN'T even German-in fact there were more French fighting in uniform than there were German soldiers 👀 Regardless what anyone's personal feelings are that's irrefutably a remarkable feat, and mind you virtually all of those 'foreign' fighting men in the Waffen-SS/Wehrmacht were VOLUNTEERS *SS strictly took volunteers only as well* all united under the said purpose of destroying the scourge of Communism (most of the world saw it that way at one point and time) and to end imperialism in their respective countries (like India or various parts of the Mid East and Africa).
@alexandrearaujo2877
@alexandrearaujo2877 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm, interesting, now the question is: did Japan have a German legion in their own army fromed from the embassy of Germany in Tokyo as well?
@liammeech3702
@liammeech3702 3 жыл бұрын
+1
@envitech02
@envitech02 3 жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, there were Europeans serving in the IJA in China.
@mikloridden8276
@mikloridden8276 3 жыл бұрын
@@envitech02 White Russians. They were killed off by them. Mark made a video of this.
@darrelkh8774
@darrelkh8774 3 жыл бұрын
There were germans and Italians that served In the ijn during the war, this was because of the many submarine voyages undertaken by the kreigsmarine and occasionally the royal Italian navy, when Germany surrendered in 1945 and Italy split into two in 1943, there were still German submarines in Japanese controlled waters, their crews were given the choice of serving in the ijn or being detained. One notable example being the Italian sub comandante cappellini which served under the flags of both Italy and Germany and Japan. As to your original question of a Japanese army unit being formed from German embassy personal, there wasn’t one to my knowledge.
@jasondaniel918
@jasondaniel918 3 жыл бұрын
As a little kid in the mid 1950's, I saw a TV interview with British Field Marshal Montgomery. At the time, I had no idea who Montgomery was. My impression of him was that he was stuffy and arrogant. Montgomery told the story of seeing a banzai attack. After the attack, which did not break through British lines, the Brits began clean up. Among the Japanese, the Brits found a white man, whom they assumed to be one of their own. But when they checked the insignia on his uniform, the dead man turned out to be a Waffen SS officer. The Brits photographed the German, but could find no further information on him. I bet that German had one hell of a tale to tell!
@privateburke1st
@privateburke1st 3 жыл бұрын
You're an absolute golden historian. You provide a compelling story that I felt compelled to double check and in the process read upon details that you couldn't possible cover in the medium allowed. Bravo.
@garybanglebangle7949
@garybanglebangle7949 3 жыл бұрын
Now this is a special history lesson.
@aussievaliant4949
@aussievaliant4949 3 жыл бұрын
Another ‘I had no bloody idea war story’ from Dr Felton. Thank you 🙏, you do not fail to intrigue!
@ost6547
@ost6547 3 жыл бұрын
Would you ever cover the son of chiang kai shek that was in the German army?
@cameraman655
@cameraman655 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I seem to recall hearing stories about that, indeed it would make for a great video.
@three33three33
@three33three33 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, the 21 year old Chiang Wei-Kuo
@ruffkuntry2574
@ruffkuntry2574 3 жыл бұрын
I did not know that, but it makes sense. Germany strongly supported the Republic of China fighting the communist. The National revolutionary army wore the stahlhelm german helmet during WW2.
@madhie-kun8614
@madhie-kun8614 3 жыл бұрын
I somehow mis read that as "shrek"
@simonstock4448
@simonstock4448 3 жыл бұрын
my grandfather on the german side met him in Taiwan in the early 1950s so they spoke German together, although they’d never actually met in the 1930s or war years. He also met Chiang Kai Shek
@allenpinnix5241
@allenpinnix5241 3 жыл бұрын
Once again, Dr. Felton, you have shown light into the forgotten and fascinating corners of History-- many, many thanks for all you do!
@blacksmith67
@blacksmith67 3 жыл бұрын
Always learn something new and interesting from Dr Felton. Thank you…
@EconomicsMate1
@EconomicsMate1 3 жыл бұрын
Its 1am here in Sydney and a new Mark Felton video is exactly what I need to cure my anxiety
@txterbug
@txterbug 3 жыл бұрын
It’s 10am CST 🇺🇸
@pvt.potato1943
@pvt.potato1943 3 жыл бұрын
11:02 AM Manila, Philippines
@lennarthumpf8031
@lennarthumpf8031 3 жыл бұрын
ww2 is calming to U? Goddamn Ur cold
@WaterVolt1917
@WaterVolt1917 3 жыл бұрын
11:03 EST 🇺🇸
@stanlysteemer4872
@stanlysteemer4872 3 жыл бұрын
Relax have a cup of coffee.
@billbrockman779
@billbrockman779 3 жыл бұрын
“Smiling Albert” Kesselring lives up to his nickname after capture.
@Len1977gt
@Len1977gt 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@gregb6469
@gregb6469 3 жыл бұрын
He was likely quite relieved that it was the Americans who captured him, not the Russians.
@Stoner075C
@Stoner075C 3 жыл бұрын
@@gregb6469In Felton's voice "...and he never stopped smiling afterwards."
@tombeuker7306
@tombeuker7306 3 жыл бұрын
@Customer Engineer If I remember correctly, he was sentenced to death because of his orders for terror bombings on British cities but his lawyers fought this sentence with success because allied powers also used terror bombing tactics on German cities.
@Josh-tx8sj
@Josh-tx8sj 3 жыл бұрын
His book is a great read
@Raiden_N7
@Raiden_N7 3 жыл бұрын
Hearing the Mark Felton channel theme music always makes me happy. Such great content in every video.
@benisaten
@benisaten 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic as always Dr. Felton! There are countless individual stories/battles/missions throughout the war. The level of detail you present is fascinating and the amount of knowledge and information is astounding as well as entertaining. My appreciation and thanks to you friend for your hard work and great videos. Respects from 🇨🇦.
@Arkus-Duntov
@Arkus-Duntov 3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see some more videos on the Winter and Continuation Wars. Surely Mark Felton can uncover some more interesting and obscure stories from those conflicts.
@Tunkabear
@Tunkabear 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always Mr. Felton. Always learning something new!👍👍👍
@Uncle_Torgo
@Uncle_Torgo 3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderfully obscure subject. Every time I think that I already know everything interesting about WWII, Mark comes up with some weird but carefully researched find. Thank you.
@mcrichton46
@mcrichton46 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video as always Mark! Looking forward to the next one 👍🏻
@hoangho6781
@hoangho6781 3 жыл бұрын
My brain : wants to sleep Mark felton : uploads a vid Me : no sleep for me
@stanlysteemer4872
@stanlysteemer4872 3 жыл бұрын
Relax have a cup of coffee
@maximilianolimamoreira5002
@maximilianolimamoreira5002 3 жыл бұрын
wait, what hour is it in your country?
@maximilianolimamoreira5002
@maximilianolimamoreira5002 3 жыл бұрын
@@stanlysteemer4872 where i live,it's already lunch time.
@Danny-87
@Danny-87 3 жыл бұрын
It's 17:45 in Germany
@user-yi8se6sj3v
@user-yi8se6sj3v 3 жыл бұрын
@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 12:45 AM in South Korea.
@thegunslinger1363
@thegunslinger1363 3 жыл бұрын
Just when you think you've heard it all. And could you cover the Korean man who was forced to fight. In the Japanese, Soviet, and German army in WW2?
@MarkFeltonProductions
@MarkFeltonProductions 3 жыл бұрын
Its been done by other KZfaqrs.
@photomukund
@photomukund 3 жыл бұрын
@@MarkFeltonProductions but they don't have the Feltonesque touch, Sir 😉
@brndonlu9635
@brndonlu9635 3 жыл бұрын
@@MarkFeltonProductions Maybe on Americans in the Japanese Army
@proger1960
@proger1960 3 жыл бұрын
@@MarkFeltonProductions But it would be a unique experience if it was covered by you
@bigblue6917
@bigblue6917 3 жыл бұрын
@@photomukund Interesting that we all think it has to be done by Mark Felton. Otherwise it lacks something
@cameraman655
@cameraman655 3 жыл бұрын
This channel never ceases to amaze and fascinate me. A huge fan, thanks so much, Mark.
@ba-dam9991
@ba-dam9991 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome video…Dr.Mark! it’s like a thousand short stories about WW2 that we wouldn’t have learned, all wrapped up into continuing stories like this one👍
@vipergtsmre
@vipergtsmre 3 жыл бұрын
Mark, you and your (possible) editing team do a fantastic job on all of your vids. Cheers, from 🇺🇸.
@robertosullivan6403
@robertosullivan6403 3 жыл бұрын
Dr Felton thank you for another excellent video.
@robertschmidt9584
@robertschmidt9584 2 жыл бұрын
So many treasures of history on your channel! Much thanks
@leeseymour5989
@leeseymour5989 3 жыл бұрын
had nothing to watch then see a new up load from Sir Felton , love war history and your channel the best there is
@m.sydneyvern2260
@m.sydneyvern2260 3 жыл бұрын
I know its bed time but first... time to learn a new WW2 fact by Dr Felton and yet another wonderful video👏
@glengamble526
@glengamble526 3 жыл бұрын
Earliest I’ve ever been for a Mark Felton Production!
@Rfk1966
@Rfk1966 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great content! Looking forward to the new channel
@mitchmatthews6713
@mitchmatthews6713 3 жыл бұрын
Your mini-docs never fail to impress me, sir! Thank you, Mark.
@DakotaofRaptors
@DakotaofRaptors 3 жыл бұрын
When you hear a banzai charge, but realize you're not in the Pacific :O
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't hear a banzai charge because the Japanese didn't fight alongside the German's. If you could actually hear at all, what you would hear is that the Japanese were there observing wounded soldiers and had no form of combat in any way. Perhaps your vision is better than your hearing, let's hope so..
@DakotaofRaptors
@DakotaofRaptors 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi twas but a joke, my lad.
@Paches92-
@Paches92- 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi whoosh
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
@@DakotaofRaptors Aren't jokes supposed to be funny though?
@DakotaofRaptors
@DakotaofRaptors 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi it's hit or miss.
@mirage199
@mirage199 3 жыл бұрын
When the Mark Felton music starts, you know you're going to learn a lot.
@antonSugar
@antonSugar 3 жыл бұрын
My daily dose of history. Thank you for all you do!
@tomn.9879
@tomn.9879 3 жыл бұрын
Always interesting video subjects. Thanks again.
@MrXdmp
@MrXdmp 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Felton!
@MarshyDOCS
@MarshyDOCS 3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton is at it again!
@ganapatihegde1024
@ganapatihegde1024 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome vlog! As always the best!
@KevinBullard
@KevinBullard 3 жыл бұрын
Where this guy gets these stories blows my mind! I never miss a single one they're terrific
@RuskiVodkaaaa
@RuskiVodkaaaa 3 жыл бұрын
Jesus the amount of things unknown to 99.99% of people about WW2 is crazy, every single video you make I learn something new. Amazing content as always.
@IRememberEverything
@IRememberEverything 3 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton, master of 20th century military apocrypha. His genius lies in the realization that human experience has no limit of interesting and unexpected events, ironies, and exploits. I feel like there's got to be room on a streaming service for a show like this.
@madaricgoran8937
@madaricgoran8937 3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent one!! You Sir are doing outstanding work. 👏👏
@PatrickBijvoet
@PatrickBijvoet 3 жыл бұрын
What I like about your channel is that you bring now and again stories which are not that known.
@morganf963
@morganf963 3 жыл бұрын
Just imagine what those uniforms would be worth now.
@rlm2933
@rlm2933 2 жыл бұрын
Oh hell yeah
@ronniecoleman2342
@ronniecoleman2342 3 жыл бұрын
All I can say is wow. I was unaware of this unit and I thought I knew of all axis type groups attached to the Wermacht. Another brilliant gem brought to us by mark.
@nigel_ninja
@nigel_ninja 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no idea about this. Thank you for the video on the topic.
@johnrogers9481
@johnrogers9481 3 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton...once again to say you never cease to amaze me. Again historic photos and video and an interesting story.!!
@StalinTheMan0fSteel
@StalinTheMan0fSteel 3 жыл бұрын
Mark, during the battle of Stalingrad, the Germans sent a forensic pathologist to Stalingrad to find out why German soldiers were literally dropping dead on the spot, turns out the diet they were receiving was causing Starvation! Something about the phosphate level in their bodies had changed. Can you look into that as a possible video.
@657449
@657449 3 жыл бұрын
I read that autopsies showed almost no internal body fat. They were then issued a ration of a lard like substance to eat with their bread.
@StalinTheMan0fSteel
@StalinTheMan0fSteel 3 жыл бұрын
@@657449 Yeah, it was the "new and improved" diet that killed them. High fat meat paste or something.
@Julianna.Domina
@Julianna.Domina 3 жыл бұрын
@@StalinTheMan0fSteel how would that cause deaths of starvation? That's one of the most calorie dense foods I can imagine
@scriptsmith4081
@scriptsmith4081 3 жыл бұрын
@@StalinTheMan0fSteel It could have been a high protein, low fat (jerky-type) diet- it would be an interesting project for Mark to research, as British commandos also died eating special rations of this type, meant to be light-weight, because it lacked essential fats.
@StalinTheMan0fSteel
@StalinTheMan0fSteel 3 жыл бұрын
@@Julianna.Domina It was something to do with the mineral balance in the body. I can't give you a definite answer.
@nick-knack782
@nick-knack782 3 жыл бұрын
Once again, salute to you Mark for probing these little known events, refining and delivering them so adeptly. But you still didn't explain why Basil Fawlty was on the Eastern Front at 03:20!
@motorTranz
@motorTranz 3 жыл бұрын
Another superb and fascinating content by Dr. Felton. Thank you!
@kampfgruppepeiper501
@kampfgruppepeiper501 3 жыл бұрын
Super interesting information and narrative! Thank you Mark!
@korbell1089
@korbell1089 3 жыл бұрын
Japanese to captured allied officers:"We're going to have you build a railroad!" Allies to captured Japanese officers:"So sorry about the tents, we got hotels for you to stay in now."
@cusefan5510
@cusefan5510 3 жыл бұрын
Marines in the pacific: “he won’t come out of the cave! Bury him.”
@kirbyculp3449
@kirbyculp3449 3 жыл бұрын
Historical footnote. The original american flamethrowers didn't work so good. So the US copied and improved upon captured japanese flamethrowers. Those saps in caves were suffocated/roasted with variants of their own equipment.
@CrimsonAlchemist
@CrimsonAlchemist 3 жыл бұрын
Marines killed most of the prisoners in the Pacific though
@henryrodgers7386
@henryrodgers7386 3 жыл бұрын
Apparently, the US received compliments from captured German and Italian officers about the quality of their POW camps. I think the State Department and the Army were trying to uphold standards... and/or show off.
@SirAntoniousBlock
@SirAntoniousBlock 3 жыл бұрын
Marines: Japanese are almost impossible to capture. Troop A 116th cavalry: Really? We've captured lots of them. Marines: (surprised pikachu face).
@r2gelfand
@r2gelfand 3 жыл бұрын
I thought for sure that the SS would have tried to recruit them to form a division! It could have been called the SS Banzai Adolf Hitler division (or platoon)
@proger1960
@proger1960 3 жыл бұрын
*Hitler becomes a weeb eletric boogaloo*
@TheUnboxer073
@TheUnboxer073 3 жыл бұрын
Or Kempetai Gestapo SS Cooperation Division.
@bigblue6917
@bigblue6917 3 жыл бұрын
Well as we know there were not enough of them. Also they would want them at home fighting the Americans. Plus that would mean their agreement with the Soviets was no longer in play. Having said that you have to wonder how their division would perform. Especially in Normandy.
@HolgerLovesMusic
@HolgerLovesMusic 3 жыл бұрын
SS Division "Aufgehende Sonne" (Rising Sun) or SS Division "Morgensonne" (Morning Sun)
@babagandu
@babagandu 3 жыл бұрын
Bang Bang division
@orochimaruuuuuu
@orochimaruuuuuu 3 жыл бұрын
Mark’s history videos are just amazing, get to learn a lot of new things in the WW2 era ( the best WW2 documentaries)
@thegame6929
@thegame6929 3 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Keep up the great work Mark!
@StarcrustCrusaders
@StarcrustCrusaders Жыл бұрын
Honestly as a Japanese personel i am watching this for homework and its absolutely informative and interesting at the same time. I usually find homework for history boring but watching mark felton say this stuff is just different because he actually has good and informative information about ww2, thank you mark felton for this amazing and interesting documentary😁 Edit:i got full marks on my homework after submitting it online😁
@pandanator6681
@pandanator6681 8 ай бұрын
やった!
@lao5610
@lao5610 3 жыл бұрын
Please cover German POWs in America! Swords into Plowshares is a great book about all the camps in my home state of Minnesota. Definitely an interesting part of WW2 that’s all but forgotten.
@davidpeach6825
@davidpeach6825 3 жыл бұрын
Another informative and entertaining video, keep them coming 👍
@TheRegularSmoothy
@TheRegularSmoothy 3 жыл бұрын
Great channel with great video's!
@kaptainkaos1202
@kaptainkaos1202 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making my day Dr. Felton!
@nathanielaiko8756
@nathanielaiko8756 3 жыл бұрын
BABE WAKE UP, MARK FELTON JUST DROPPED CROSSOVER WEHRMACHT LEGION VID
@dominionofquebec10452
@dominionofquebec10452 3 жыл бұрын
I seen you on Monarchist Music
@andreasleonardo6793
@andreasleonardo6793 3 жыл бұрын
Nice historical video from excellent historic channel Mark Felton production
@robertschlesinger1342
@robertschlesinger1342 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and worthwhile video with excellent analysis.
@raulfierro9541
@raulfierro9541 3 жыл бұрын
I’m a simple man, I see Mark Felton post I watch and like
@ikueguge7765
@ikueguge7765 3 жыл бұрын
Amen --~ø
@Aninkovsky
@Aninkovsky 3 жыл бұрын
Please make a about Chiang Kai Shek son Chiang Wei-kuo who serve in German Army
@bobkrohn8053
@bobkrohn8053 3 жыл бұрын
There are pictures of him in German uniform. The Chinese had a good relationship with the Germans, buying among other things 300,000 M35 helmets.
@juki6377
@juki6377 3 жыл бұрын
i think it has been mentioned in some former videos, but i would like a few videos about taiwan and kmt
@Aninkovsky
@Aninkovsky 3 жыл бұрын
@@juki6377 yes, and some other history yt channel also make video about him. But somehow there's a huge hole in his German military career. Sometimes, they jump to period when he join US military instead
@juki6377
@juki6377 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aninkovsky just like everything else, it depends on your sources. i suppose its hard because the kmt was also pretty brutal
@lucataddi8604
@lucataddi8604 3 жыл бұрын
Magnificent work once again. Dr. Felton is truly a gift to the internet. His excellent channel redeems KZfaq from being a wasteland of cheap entertainment.
@smeggerssmeghead3100
@smeggerssmeghead3100 3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Dr Felton.
@ronaldwhalen8143
@ronaldwhalen8143 3 жыл бұрын
That was fascinating Mark really. My dad was in the 8th army 80th tank group. He evenly got shot in the head my a German sniper after the Sherman tank that he was a gunner in got hit and he escaped through the bottom hatch . He managed to get out of the tank but the sniper got him. He was 100% disabled from there on in. But that was very fascinating about the Japanese and there dealing with the Germans . Never knew that . Great stuff as always . Thanks again Mark.
@5HY_9UY_81
@5HY_9UY_81 Жыл бұрын
I knew Japan was in alliance with Germany but never knew that a Japanese/German legion existed. Interesting thx for the upload 👍✨
@danielmoralez3
@danielmoralez3 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making an posting these videos, I find these videos very useful educational and interesting an entertaining. There great keep up the fantastic work.
@davidappenzeller1468
@davidappenzeller1468 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dr. Felton for uploading another great video!
@muthamid
@muthamid Жыл бұрын
There were also Portuguese Army Observers also in Germany on the 2nd World War with a famous photograph showing a German Honour Guard on the repatriation of the corpse of an observer that had died.
@Intreductor
@Intreductor 3 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to explore the life of Richard Sorge.
@AndreasNoelle
@AndreasNoelle 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again for this interesting video, Dr. Felton!
@CloneShockTrooper
@CloneShockTrooper 3 жыл бұрын
once again what an excellent youtube program.. never heard about that from my history teacher. Thank you Mark.
@Pluralboard
@Pluralboard 11 ай бұрын
Mark, I would love to see you do a special on German advisors or at least officers who served In the Pacific with the Japanese Armed Forces. Thanks for always posting amazing content. 🎉
@alexmason668
@alexmason668 3 жыл бұрын
Yet another excellent rare historical story. Bravo Mr. Felton!
@DMCS1917
@DMCS1917 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always Dr.Felton.
@commandingjudgedredd1841
@commandingjudgedredd1841 3 жыл бұрын
Learning something new about WW2 , once more. Thank you, Mr Felton.
@joelellis7035
@joelellis7035 3 жыл бұрын
Once I heard about the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, my thoughts instantly went to what happened to that during the Soviet assault. Thanks for answering that.
@DMCS1917
@DMCS1917 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of this one before!
@sof5858
@sof5858 3 жыл бұрын
Keep them up Mark. Great content.
@balancedactguy
@balancedactguy 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting Story Mark. I've never seen anything about this topic before!! Good Show Mate!!
@Fearless_on_my_Breath
@Fearless_on_my_Breath 3 жыл бұрын
I was finding something interesting to watch But what is more interesting than this. Thanks Dr. Felton for informing us that there were Japanese who were actually at the front alongside the Germans.
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
How many times do I have to write this in people's comments? Mr Felton isn't speaking in Arabic, its easy to understand English. He says, the Japanese only observed wounded soldiers and passed the information back to Japan. He doesn't say Japanese soldiers shot and killed Soviet soldier's. So no, the Japanese didn't fight alongside the German's, they observed.
@Fearless_on_my_Breath
@Fearless_on_my_Breath 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi I have edited it OK?
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
@@Fearless_on_my_Breath was just saying. That's how mistakes are made in history. All it takes is for one person to have read your comment and believed it, took it as fact and in 50yrs time, told his great grand children. Then your great grand children would believe and tell there children that Japan fought in the USSR. That could cause diplomatic problems in the year 2103 and Russia and Japan could go to war all because of you.
@Fearless_on_my_Breath
@Fearless_on_my_Breath 3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyavpi OK I get it you are a foresighted person Thanks for pointing my mistake. Actually I had posted it before watching the whole video and was gonna change it but ignored it and then I forgot till you reminded me. And I also lost my heart given by Dr. Felton himself cuz I edited the comment.
@jimmyavpi
@jimmyavpi 3 жыл бұрын
@@Fearless_on_my_Breath Sorry you lost your heart. Dr. Felton, though is being rather sneaky. When we read the bookmark, we automatically think the Japanese actually fought alongside the German's, which as we now know, didn't. This is to grab our attention. Then we are let down only to find out the Japanese were only observers. Naughty naughty Mr Felton..
@wolfsoldner9029
@wolfsoldner9029 3 жыл бұрын
The patches of these foreign legions in german service are today most likely worth a lot.
@RP-ks6ly
@RP-ks6ly 3 жыл бұрын
They are being reproduced for reasonable cost, the originals are obviously highly prized and expensive.
@krismakardikan9823
@krismakardikan9823 3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen even one of the many sellers of repro Third Reich militaria for reenactors selling the Rising Sun arm badge...
@kucinggarong1974
@kucinggarong1974 2 жыл бұрын
enjoyable detail of history! thanks, Dr!
@kenfox22
@kenfox22 3 жыл бұрын
Thx for your dedication
@nd493
@nd493 3 жыл бұрын
Now this is how true historian does it! Excellent.
@stevenyouel8614
@stevenyouel8614 Жыл бұрын
Another great bit of little known history. How about a video on how you research your topics, steps, sources, fact checking. It can be general. I am not a college trained historian. I research war and veteran memorials in the US. I look at the location, the words and symbols used, who sponsored the memorial, and if the memorial is used in annual remembrance ceremonies.
@notthebeaver1532
@notthebeaver1532 3 жыл бұрын
Always Great content & subject matter 👍👍👌👌
@nomanvardag1
@nomanvardag1 3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated, brother Mark.
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