Kill the Kaiser! The Daring Mission to Assassinate Germany's Emperor

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In 1918, Germany launched its final huge offensive in the West. With things looking bleak for the Allies, a daring plan was hatched to kill the German Emperor Wilhelm II, a precision strike to bring about Germany's defeat.
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. He has written extensively on Japanese war crimes, POW camps, Nazi war criminals, the Holocaust, famous escapes, Hitler and other Nazi leaders. 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.o...
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@krijgsgeweld6324 4 года назад

i actually live in the same town that the kaiser spent the rest of his life in a villa after the great war, it’s a museum now

@Steven-kf3os 4 года назад

You live in the Netherlands

@CommiTsunami 4 года назад

If walls could talk... they'd speak German

@krijgsgeweld6324 4 года назад

frank hargreaves haha

@richardturner9317 4 года назад

As I understand matters, consideration was given to bring him to trial for 'waging aggressive war' but that George V wouldn't sanction his cousin being put on trial, even when it could be argued that he, the Kaiser's actions had lead to war that caused millions of deaths both military and civilian from the British Empire.

@derekmarlowe522 4 года назад

@@Steven-kf3os you are a genius, how did you figure that out?

@JakeHammerHTX 4 года назад

Me: I really need to go to bed. *New Mark Felton video pops up* Me: sleep is for the weak

@rpbajb 4 года назад

"Time enough for rest in the grave." - Conan

@Cymduu 4 года назад

Your a long time dead ( Literary)💀💀💀

4 года назад

I don't know why, but I read: "Sleep is for the weak" in a German accent!!! Ja, kamerad....ve must continue to listen to zis important informations!!!

@kitsunenamedawi7810 4 года назад

Sleep is for th he allies

@Tiagomottadmello 4 года назад

@@Cymduu I didn'd quite got what you meant... But awful attitude that of yours. It seems you, not , Sheriff Buford is already long time dead. Review you present time. By the way, sleep is for the weak !

@emperorjulian2159 4 года назад

In fact Kaiser was the only person in Germany who was trying to stop the war in 1914 - his speech in Reichstag with famous words "gentleman you will regret this decision" was even recorded. His death would only lead to raise of Hindenburg and Ludendorf power who already from 1916 were in control of Germany. Kaiser was a sad and tragical character and after the war he was very comfortable person to be blamed of everything for the politicians who pushed to war five years later and desperately wanted to avoid consequences.

@167curly 3 месяца назад

At the end of WW1 there was a strong "Hang the Kaiser" as a war criminal sentiment, particilatly in Britain, because he was the figurehead of Germany causing the deaths of millions of allied troops, airmen, and seamen as well as civilians. However he was allowed to sit out the more than twenty years in comfort and safety in exile in Holland.

@jbatts834 Месяц назад

@@167curlythat’s because he fleed as quick as possible after abdicating into neutral Netherlands, the allies tried making the Dutch hand them the kaiser for trial but they refused. He was lucky he was able to flee and didn’t have to worry about his familys safety back in Germany, Nicholas II did not have that same luxury which led to his him and his family’s capture & death.

@gunterkrieger6096 4 года назад

I'm always amazed with the speed at which you're able to crank out such high quality/well researched videos on such a large variety of topics. Thank you for providing all this great content! If you ever have time I think many people would love to see you make a video answering subscriber questions about your videos, research, books, etc... I'd love to hear your insights!

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

Wow, thank you!

@jakedee4117 4 года назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions Surely you can't just be 1 man, you must have a crew behind you.

@user-pi1em1eb2q 4 года назад

@@jakedee4117 it's called wiki

@panzerivausfg4062 4 года назад

@@Rudeljaeger Dude, for what Wikipedia are you referring? Mark is a famous war author from Great Britain. He is definitely not tracking this knowledge from Wikipedia, he reads and of course writes books, he explore topics. Many of those things he shows in his videos don't even exist in Wikipedia idiot. When you search about them, the Google immediately shows one of the Mark's specific video. He is definitely not need to add advertisements in his videos and when he do it, it's because he wants to make a little profit from his yes well searched video.

@panzerivausfg4062 4 года назад

@@jakedee4117 He did not have a crew, he is a war author

@hereLiesThisTroper 4 года назад

History Channel: who are you? Mark Felton: I am you, but historical

@yuurichito1439 4 года назад

😂

@quillmaurer6563 4 года назад

I'd really like to see control of the History Channel, or at least a timeslot on it, handed to this guy and "The History Guy," they both put out amazing, interesting, well-researched content. Would love to see what they could do with a big budget, staff of researchers and historians working under them, have expeditions and re-enactments, and so on.

@quillmaurer6563 4 года назад

@ Yeah, he seemed to only tell part of the story, didn't seem to go into as much detail as usual. In particular he never mentioned any later attempts to take out the Kaiser, did they make further attempts, did they decide for some reason not to try again, or did they just have an attitude of "ah well, we tried"?

@TommygunNG 4 года назад

Felton should do a video on the history of pawn shops.

@freeshaable 4 года назад

I am you, anglo-centric view of history

@rolandfelice6198 4 года назад

A most enjoyable diversion from WWII exploits. We know so little about that first conflict when one moves away from the major operations.Thanks Mark.

@stevendeitrich6933 4 года назад

I am stunned at the amount of film footage & information Mark assembles ! Even from back in 1918 !

@smurf_mammma2401 2 года назад

It’s from a movie, there’s little to no battle footage from WW1

@yellowhammer685 2 года назад

@@smurf_mammma2401 "They Shall Never Grow Old" is an excellent movie using restored archival footage from the Imperial War Museum

@shakerHeightsChannel Год назад

@@smurf_mammma2401 I thought so. Which film is it?

@lordspork7524 4 года назад

now that's just the height of bad manners!

@redemer6397 4 года назад

And on top, so very unpolite.

@mwnciboo 4 года назад

Never mess with another mans train carriage! It is extremely disrespectful.

@Crosmando 4 года назад

It's also bad manners to invade Belgium.

@mjoelnir58 4 года назад

@@Crosmando They asked for permission and got denied,the neutrality of Belgium was very questionable and the allies would have taken the same way without any doubt and probably with permission.

@reedcoffman3210 4 года назад

Attempting to assassinate the head of state of the person your at war with is definitely a no no

@bigmonke7661 4 года назад

Germany will always have amazing march music

@mac4boys541 4 года назад

And uniforms even. for the beginning of the 20th century those were some fancy togs , that got even more stylish in the 30s

@jameshodgkins559 4 года назад

mac4boys , fThe French Resistance always looked the part.

@JamesEtc3417 4 года назад

Eerrrika

@sebastianruhland5198 4 года назад

@Heinrich Himmler Seriously ?

@chomik86 4 года назад

Germany will always start the greatest wars ;)

@steveholmes5207 4 года назад

Amazing how so many men died fighting for opposing sides of the same family excellent as always mark 👍

@juliandavidarias9630 4 года назад

A cousines problem lol

@theosphilusthistler712 4 года назад

Yep, Tsar Nicholas also a 1st cousin and lookalike of King George... so I guess Queen Elizabeth could lay a claim to being the rightful Tsarina of Russia and start another family squabble.

@steveholmes5207 4 года назад

@@theosphilusthistler712 a massive disastrous way of keeping it in the family

@danh7500 4 года назад

@JZ's Best Friend you know the ruling houses of britain have been german for like 300 years right?

@demonprinces17 4 года назад

@JZ's Best Friend more German, they had to change their name in WW1

@FedorAntony 4 года назад

Very interesting to hear these war stories surrounding Kaiser Wilhelm. I actually grew up close to Huis Doorn, where he used to live in exile. My mom worked there in my early childhood. I actually entered the mausoleum once. Her boss had the key. I remember the sarcophagus was there with a flag on it. Greetings from The Netherlands!

@IrishCarney 4 года назад

What flag?

@dantecaputo2629 4 года назад

That’s very interesting actually.

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 11 месяцев назад

@@IrishCarney German Empire Flag

@thomaspohl5845 4 года назад

I've been a history and military buff for most of my life, but this is the first time I've ever heard about this! You learn something new everyday! Thanks Mark and keep up the good work!

@Ozymandias1 4 года назад

The Germans did capture the French Emperor Napoleon III during the Battle of Sedan in 1870. He wasn't executed but sent into exile.

@mirrorblue100 3 года назад

It was a calculated move by Bismarck - knowing that with the Commune in Paris French dissension would shorten the war.

@jurisprudens 3 года назад

Capturing and killing is one thing, killing in action is a very different thing.

@SerpentGris 7 месяцев назад

@@mirrorblue100if Wilhelm II would just have listened to Bismarck for one second in his life ...

@The105ODST 4 года назад

Here is a fun drinking game: Take a shot whenever someone says this is better than the History Channel in the comment section.

@SunflSeeds 4 года назад

Well of course this is better than the history channel with its shows that literally have nearly no correlation to history

@johnlawson2984 4 года назад

This is way better than the History Channel...which should change their name to The Junk Pickers channel!

@RCAvhstape 4 года назад

@@johnlawson2984 Alien Junk Pickers

@Wot50202 4 года назад

No- please! My liver can’t take much more!

@sbarronmd 4 года назад

you would be very drunk

@pakhmu 4 года назад

Me: ok, it's time to leave RU-vid Mark Felton and his videos: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

@lordjesuschristhavemercyon3251 4 года назад

make that: *3:20 AM*

@maxnellen5031 4 года назад

"But the Kaiser who saw himself as a great military leader loved to interfere" hmm where have I seen this one before

@program4215 4 года назад

Probably as portrayed horribly incorrectly by the history channel about Hitler.

@dwarfie24 4 года назад

Haha yeah same. Reminds me of another mustached fellow.

@franzfanz 4 года назад

Better moustache though.

@antondietrich8104 4 года назад

In Hitler’s defense, the German high command portrayed him as the sole reason that Germany lost the war in the East. Though not being the great military leader he viewed himself, he made some of the right decisions in regards to Operation Barbarossa, especially in 1942 when he ordered Army Group Center to hold for Army Group South to advance into the Caucuses. From 1944 and onwards though, the same thing could not be said again.

@agamemnon8163 4 года назад

@@incorectulpolitic can you do a tldr? I'm not reading all of that.

@welshpete12 4 года назад

How on earth did they miss something as big as a chateau at 500 feet ? But Mark Felton does it again , how on earth do you dig up these stories ? Excellent !

@tvbopc5416 3 года назад

Although the Kaiser had a withered left arm, by most accounts his right arm was amazingly powerful - he took pride in being able to crush the hand of whoever he shook hands with.

@tvbopc5416 Год назад

@Open Paranormal Another historical oddity - Russian PM Piotr Stolypin (1906-1911), generally seen as Imperial Russia's 'last chance' was the reverse - withered right arm, powerful left.

@joyceblackmon1745 4 года назад

You never cease to amaze Dr. Felton ive spent most of my life just researching, watching documentaries, and taking any and all history classes tht I could just because thts how much I love history and u always seem to have topics tht ive never heard of and I love it thank u for u effort to teach the masses Dr. Felton it truly means alot.

@ingaz6565 4 года назад

Fun fact. When the kaiser learned of Hitlers amazing success in defeating both the French and British at the beginning of the war he sent Hitler a letter congratulating him and assuming that Hitler would reinstate him to his "rightful" throne in Germany. Hitler of course thought the man was crazy and dismissed the letter, never replying.

@DrHydra47 4 года назад

Yeah I know that and if i had been the fuhrer i would also have done that out of common sense because i think that a old Kaiser wouldn't be beneficial

@hodor9851 4 года назад

@@DrHydra47 hitler denied it because he didnt want someone with higher power than him taking throne risking losing direct control of Germany

@DrHydra47 4 года назад

@@hodor9851 ja that too but putting an old man in power is bad idea to or sharing power

@hodor9851 4 года назад

@@DrHydra47 yea no. Idk why age matters in this

@mangodip2170 4 года назад

@@hodor9851 because the Kaiser will die. He's old and therefore his reign won't last so long.

@Mr__Chicken 4 года назад

Your carefully researched and entertaining videos have taught me so much Mark. You're doing everyone on the internet a great service, thank you so much.

@JasonJason210 4 года назад

I put these on to fall asleep to but yours always keep me awake.

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

I should hope so!

@jdoe77 4 года назад

It's fascinating how Mark always comes up with a new video witch contains information you never heard of before. I didn't know that the british attempted to assassinate the Kaiser. Thanks Mark for creating such interessting and also entertaining content and sharing it on RU-vid.

@AtomicPeacenik 4 года назад

3:20 AM. Time to learn something new.

@BuildingCenter 4 года назад

Atomic Peacenik Right here with you, East Coast-ish Internet Friend.

@Patriotic_Brit 4 года назад

It’s half past eight here in Blighty

@TheAngryOgreGamer 4 года назад

Early riser aha

@historyarmyproductions 4 года назад

Yep xD. Learning has no bed time.

@neil7994 4 года назад

it's 08:20, bro. Sleep well!

@otanihidetora5221 4 года назад

Always here for the next Mark Felton video. Keep up the great work mate, all of you content is splendid!

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

Much appreciated!

@paddystrongjaw9995 2 года назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions hey Mark, can you provide the name of the marching music that occasionally plays through the video?

@mukundaneshepherdcrystal6544 4 года назад

Me: We must have exhausted all the war mayhem in Europe. Mark Felton: Keiser Wilhelm.....

@bobbobson110 4 года назад

Kaiser...

@butterygoodness8242 4 года назад

*Kaiser**

@mukundaneshepherdcrystal6544 4 года назад

Napoleon Bonaparte: Let me introduce myself......

@declanoleary1 2 года назад

To add to all the commendations in the comments. Yet again, amazed by Dr Felton's insights and newly enlightening episodes, please keep them coming.

@roberthill3207 4 года назад

Thank you Mr. Felton have a great day.

@falsterproductions9956 4 года назад

Did King George V ever find out that they tried this, if so how did he react?

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

This story only broke in 2018, so I doubt he knew.

@falsterproductions9956 4 года назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions Okay, thanks for answering so quickly and keep up the great content :D

@silhouette6158 4 года назад

The fact that the this was kept a secret for so long shows how secretive the British military (maybe MI6) were throughout wars when it came to certain operations or whatever

@mjoelnir58 4 года назад

@@silhouette6158 There are still many secrets about both wars

@RCAvhstape 4 года назад

@Samuel Sweetmann And until 2006 Americans had to pay a telegraph tax to fund the Spanish American War of 1898.

@curseditem8354 4 года назад

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans. - Otto von Bismarck

@Rhinelander 4 года назад

*Otto von Bismarck

@jpj77263 4 года назад

@@Rhinelander Genau. So viel Zeit muss sein.

@jameshodgkins559 4 года назад

Will he got that well & truly wrong

@curseditem8354 4 года назад

@@Rhinelander fixing it now

@theyearoftherat 4 года назад

And with opportunists like the UK and France exacerbating things further by sticking their noses in it.

@lawrencemiller7442 4 года назад

Thank you Mark. Always good to hear your voice in these troubled times.

@kevinconroy2901 4 года назад

Mark, I’d love to see two videos from you. First, the Bismarck. Second, the not very well known sinking of the Konigsberg in WW1. That story is fascinating.

@nicholaskelly6375 3 года назад

Actually during his birth the attending physician used a pair of forceps roughly. This caused a terrible injury known as a Brachial Plexus lesion. It wasn't just a "withered arm". Basically the nerves running down the arm are ripped out of the spinal cord. Even today this is a difficult injury to treat. Also it causes extreme levels of pain and discomfort. On a par with an amputation. Having seen the effects of this injury first hand I am not surprised that the Kaiser was often "difficult"!

@antoniadelaunay8585 Год назад

Thank you for this very important piece of information. Fascinating. I've suffered twice - two + years each - from adhesive capsulitis at each shoulder, and I can understand how constant pain can make you irritable and can affect your confidence. For it to affect millions is another dimension though!

@Trillock-hy1cf 4 года назад

Now this story and film, I have never heard of before, even vaguely, so a totally new one for me... I amazes me that Mark comes up with these not very well known, stories and films, and finding them, researching them and finding suitable film footage, must take up a fair amount of his time. Result = well researched and factual episodes, that mostly put all other documentaries to shame....:)

@keanusw3369 4 года назад

2:28 song: is "Yorkschen March"

@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras 4 года назад

Danke

@Abdisa-sj2fq 4 года назад

*Yorcksher

@ichibanmanekineko 4 года назад

Yorkshire lol

@peterlustig6888 4 года назад

@@Abdisa-sj2fq Yorckscher Marsch

@hmpeter 4 года назад

@@ichibanmanekineko No, it was in honor of the German general Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, it has nothing to to with that place in England. ;-)

@douglashughes3366 4 года назад

Mark, you really are the best. Bringing little known items to the forefront and simplifying the complexities of others.

@r2gelfand 4 года назад

I thought of the helmet on Klink's desk.

@alexmarshall4331 4 года назад

is that von Klinkerhoffen from 'allo 'allo?

@dry5555 4 года назад

Hogan's Heroes. :-)

@muznick 4 года назад

Where is Colonel Fink? "That's Kliiiink!"

@alexmarshall4331 4 года назад

@@dry5555 hahaha got it...now I remember!!

@lordjesuschristhavemercyon3251 4 года назад

Yep

@konstantins1385 4 года назад

Mark, I think I learned more in watching those two videos in the Kaiser than I did during all those years in German grammar school. Many thanks!

@Simon_Nonymous 4 года назад

Sounds like an insurance job to me. "I need new windows" = "I think the Kaiser's in my chateau, have you thought about bombing it a bit?"

@mwnciboo 4 года назад

"But Sir, he is definitely in my chateau...can you just hit it with a bit of artillery, my roof was looking sketchy when I last saw it".

@alt7488 4 года назад

@@mwnciboo 'yes he's definitely there,he was remarking on my scotch via Facebook and twitter ,please send in the tanks,and don't mind the fences...

@Doughboy842 4 года назад

It's our Boi. Mark Felton with another great vid. Really a eye opener his content. I've learnt so much about stuff I didn't know happened in these wars.

@yellowbelliedtoast5363 4 года назад

"you have a tiny arm" "yEaH?!?!? Well I have a giant army!"

@francisebbecke2727 4 года назад

Considering how insecure this guy was, it makes you wonder what else he had that was short.

@grahvis 4 года назад

You can see at 4.47 how those around him would keep one hand in a pocket or behind them so as to disguise the fact the Kaiser had a withered arm.

@majorgeneralspencerreid6673 4 года назад

Simply one of the best YT channels. Thank you so much Mark Felton.

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

Glad you think so!

@majorgeneralspencerreid6673 4 года назад

Mark Felton Productions oh it’s not an opinion...since you are a historian, you are well aware that, a fact is a fact. Here’s hoping your efforts continue growing until you can take over and make the “History channel” a proper show that provides historical information. Again, many thanks for your brilliant efforts, I subscribe to all your channels.

@Padre619 4 года назад

Oh no the skeleton's coming out *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!* I live!

@hymatwat9412 4 года назад

The withered hand of the evil hun

@PeteCourtier 4 года назад

I’m turning in my grave

@shep7544 4 года назад

I don’t have any milk, in my fücking fridge

@ecdadcomputer7467 4 года назад

the grand dad aka the kaiser willy

@bluespy4050 4 года назад

speen

@ruairimonophthalmos5458 4 года назад

Loving the fact that you are doing some more video's on the Great War Mark! It deserves more attention on youtube.

@kebabtank 4 года назад

You are spoiling us! This was very interesting, thank you.

@dcorbin5779 4 года назад

Thank you Mr Felton for sharing with us your ensclopedic amount of knowledge

@SyabilMohar817 4 года назад

Damn, the title got me hype up! I just exit from other RU-vid channel to this one!

@steveholmes5207 4 года назад

Ditto always do when mark Felton posts

@spiderlime 4 года назад

in 1929 sir arthur conan-doyle wrote a story titled "the death voyage" in which wilhelm chooses to join a sea battle rather than abdicate, and dies heroically. you can read it online.

@VAULT-TEC_INC. 4 года назад

The Emperor, utilizing his new “Storm Troopers” and so-called “Death Star,” began a push in 1918...

@RCAvhstape 4 года назад

UNLIMITED POWER!!!!

@VAULT-TEC_INC. 4 года назад

Anti Antifa Google “sarcasm” please.

@garynarborough 4 года назад

Hi Mark, Another gem of information about the attempted assassination of Kaiser Wilhelm I never knew about along with film archive of him. I have seen your previous video about him being exiled in the Netherlands and yes he died there while it was under Nazi control a point not lost on me. These presentations continue to be high quality and well narrated. These are relevant even today because we all need to learn from history and not repeat the same mistakes as we always do. Thanks again for your knowledge and professional expertise.

@jimc.goodfellas 4 года назад

That old WW1 footage is amazing

@RCAvhstape 4 года назад

The constant sounds of guys screaming makes it more horrifying, though I'm pretty sure it was added later.

@NapoleonGelignite 4 года назад

Another ‘why have I never read about this!’ moment from Mark. Amazing work, again.

@cryalowicki 4 года назад

Thank you for doing a WWI video. I'd love to see more!

@tylerchaney1533 4 года назад

Heck yeah! Especially because he finds footage that seems to never be seen before

@jackychan6971 4 года назад

Yes...especially on the Zeppelin. ..how they produced large quantities of hydrogen and had a problem until this day to produce hydrogen for cars as eco fuel!...as a back comment.

@LadyBlanche.888 4 года назад

Arrived early for my history lesson, find myself paying more attention than I used to. Thanks to the teacher, Dr Mark Felton who uses marvellous footage and explains things so well!

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

You're very welcome!

@ryantremblay594 4 года назад

Would love to see more videos on the Kaiser!

@RobJaskula 4 года назад

Hear, hear! He's an interesting character, that's for sure!

@MarkFeltonProductions 4 года назад

You may do.

@gravychipplease 4 года назад

You keep doing Mark!!!!! (Thanks!!)

@deram814 4 года назад

Wilhelm's 30-year rule was a time of prosperity and PEACE for Germany -- the other Western powers were constantly at war during this time. He tried to PREVENT the war, and to give him the primary blame for its outbreak is grossly unfair.

@shivmalik9405 4 года назад

I agree. Between 1871 and 1914 germany didn't fight a single war while britain fought the Boer and Zulu wars, france fought in indoChina and russia fought Turkey china and japan

@mjoelnir58 4 года назад

@@shivmalik9405 And Prussia was deleted by the allies for being the center of militarism of the world,ridiculous.

@julioalbertoherrera1339 4 года назад

Europe was having a "Belle Époque" (Beautiful Time) just before WW1, but the war shattered the equilibrium in Europe. Wilhelm II was militarist, imperialist and colonialist, but so were other European leaders at that time. He should have let Austria-Hungary deal alone with their Balkan problems.

@julioalbertoherrera1339 4 года назад

@@shivmalik9405 Boxer Rebellion, 1901 in China.

@shivmalik9405 4 года назад

Julio Alberto Herrera That wasn’t technically a war, and the German force under Alfred von waldersee anyways arrived too late. Peking had already fallen and the boxers were mostly defeated.

@dasboot5903 3 года назад

Mr. Mark Felton ... he has always some very interesting stories to tell everyone !!!! Thank you Mr. Mark. I greatly & sincerely appreciate your efforts !!!!

@gabrielmaddern6070 4 года назад

Perfect. I was running out of videos to watch at 230am. Hope you're well Mr Felton. Greetings from Minneapolis!

@wholeNwon 4 года назад

Can you smell the smoke?

@vincentlefebvre9255 4 года назад

Hoping things are going well for you knowing what is happening in your city now .

@tomat6362 4 года назад

From one war zone to another. Be safe!

@brendondesbarres1023 4 года назад

Mark Felton please let me go to bed, I need some sleep!! Respectfully though many, many thanks!! Your docos are awesome!!

@giustinoitaliano22 4 года назад

Loving the content Mark

@tylerfoss3346 4 года назад

Another amazingly good piece of actual history brought to us by Mark Felton! Thank you!

@KageNoTora74 2 года назад

Some years before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm II visited the US and attended a shooting demonstration by Annie Oakley. He wanted her to shoot a lit cigarette from his mouth, one of her signature trick shots. Annie didn't want to risk killing a foreign head of state, so had Wilhelm hold the cigarette at arm's length then shot it from his fingers. During the war, she claimed that if she could do it over she would have had him put the cigarette in his mouth and "intentionally miss."

@joosepraiend5760 4 года назад

Thank you Mark for these excellent videos, I have learned more from you than I have in history classes.

@nofxdude55 4 года назад

I just want to say thank you Mark! you literally spoil myself and the countless other viewers with your amazing content. Also I would love to see you cover more topics regarding The Great War(World War 1).

@the5thmusketeer215 Год назад

Love to see videos like this, about such lesser known events that most of us had never heard of.

@Cavelson 4 года назад

And in fact, there was a first atempt to kill the Kiser. It was on December 25th, 1914. It was supposed to be carryied by french Morane Parasols. Pilots and observers armed with hand grenades and rifles attacking Kiser's train at some waypoint of it but... fog screwed the mission.

@mrhamburger6936 4 года назад

Excellent video well put together I never stop learning from your videos

@stonks6616 4 года назад

Dear god, only a minute old and still 74 views?!

@mriamilne Год назад

Another fab story. Ty Dr Mark.

@Irish-King 4 года назад

The Great War!? Is this a rarity for a Mark Felton production or do I somehow only catch the WW2 videos? Either way glad to see a older but fresher war story for this channel (or me)

@djyork8634 4 года назад

Sensationally good stuff as always. Puts every supposed 'history' channel on tv to shame

@sylv9570 4 года назад

I kinda get that German uniforms in ww2 is badass, but those uniform with capes looks like the epitome of badassness

@JesseWright68 4 года назад

More like douchebaggery. Fitting attire for the kaiser, who was a monumental douchebag.

@captaindecade4705 4 года назад

@@JesseWright68 you sounded like what Hitler would say.

@JesseWright68 4 года назад

@@captaindecade4705 See. Even Hitler thought he was a douchebag.

@hallu4696 2 года назад

there’s footage/pictures of people wearing the national socialist era uniforms with capes although it’s definitely less common than during the imperial era

@smedleyhverovhe8919 4 года назад

Yet another superb production. Thanks Mark for continuing my military history education.

@tt350zJason 4 года назад

This is great Mark!! I'd love some more WW1 videos, especially on the German side of things and/or the Kaiser. Thanks!!

@paulgaskins7713 4 года назад

I love how the pilot keeps looking back with that goofy smile, regardless of how scary and dangerous what he’s doing actually is the novelty of being in the world’s newest form of travel and first form of air travel with the worlds newest media device and the first to record a moving image is strapped to the back of him engaging in the first military action of its kind is not lost on this man and he is almost childlike in is obvious happiness

@paulgaskins7713 4 года назад

I realize you can’t see his mouth. His smile is so big you actually see it in his eyes.

@randyschaff8939 4 года назад

“A wrong headed little boy” Queen Victoria talking about her grandson Willhelm ll.

@deram814 4 года назад

He was actually her favorite grandson.

@randyschaff8939 4 года назад

She did her best to love him up and straighten him out. The boy had been severely traumatised at birth and during his formative years by well meaning doctors and overly strict people put in charge of him who forced and coerced him into doing things and behaving in a certain way. At the same time he was taught relentlessly that he was something very special that he was divinely chosen to lead the German people to greatness. I am fully aware of this strict Germanic attitude. Going overboard with everything. Lucky for me l was born in Canada 🇨🇦 and raised in the English school.👍🤠

@IrishCarney 4 года назад

Partly her own fault for insisting that her daughter (his mother) Vicky be married in London, browbeating her about remaining loyal to England, and otherwise playing into the hands of the Anglophobic and illiberal faction in Berlin that then glommed onto Wilhelm and exploited his youthful desire to rebel and establish his own identity, inevitably then as an authoritarian and Anglophobe himself.

@Articulate99 2 года назад

Always interesting, thank you.

@horrortackleharry 4 года назад

Super content as ever! You should do a video about the first Allied victory of WW2: the defeat of Italian Abyssinia, as it's not covered elsewhere.

@omarhamid3638 4 года назад

Love these videos. Kaiser is often overlooked in the history books and this plot was really interesting.

@TimDutch 4 года назад

You manage to amaze me everytime with your video's!

@wholeNwon 4 года назад

every time

@brucebello9892 4 года назад

Brilliant story, thank you Mark

@helbent4 4 года назад

"Say, shouldn't we practice this kind of mission first? Seems to me a low-level attack with flak and smoke would be a bit more difficult than we're used to." "What? Practice? That's crazy talk, I tell you!"

@IrishCarney 4 года назад

Japanese who practiced and practiced for Pearl Harbor raise an eyebrow, buff nails, try not to look smug

@carolmartin7042 4 года назад

Thank you. Glen

@richardroopnarine870 2 года назад

I've never actually understood why the Kaiser had to abdicate, or why the Austrians agreed to the partition of their empire. Russia was exhausted and neither France, the US or Britain were in a position to enforce any of the resultant treaties

@ThomasAffoltertevis 4 года назад

Another great Felton video. He never disappoints.

@bugsy101073 4 года назад

"No.1 superpower in the world, Great Britain". Kaiser: "Hold my Bavarian Beer!"

@frankrenda2519 4 года назад

great britain = pitifull litle island

@libertarian-xp3yi 4 года назад

@@frankrenda2519 how can u even say that? Maybe now, but I think Britain could still hold their own. But in that time I think they were the largest empire, if not then directly after the conflict they took possession of ottoman lands. I'm not being disrespectful or anything, and I'm not british, I love Germany and German history, but to say Britain was a pitiful island then, u havent looked at history.

@bh5817 4 года назад

The Kaiser was Prussian

@normanberg9940 4 года назад

@@libertarian-xp3yi Yes they were big but not much of a super power if they couldn't even beat the handful of boers in a fair fight, never mind Germany. A super power only in the sense of beating up on half starved Indians.

@libertarian-xp3yi 4 года назад

@@davidwhite4874 I never said anything to the contrary I was defending Britain, the person said Britain was a pitiful island. The kaiser building up his navy scared alot of people, I know that was an original reason for hostilities against one another. But thank you for messaging back. I wasnt saying anything negative about Britain or Germany. I listen to Wagner everyday. To say I'm not a person who loves German culture and history(except the part with the nazis).

@CDeanhartman 4 года назад

Excellent video Dr. Felton.

@offdeadeye88 4 года назад

TAUCH PANZER - swimming tank let’s get a vid!!! BEST CHANNEL ON RU-vid

@fabianreusch4870 4 года назад

More like diving tank, or not?

@ghostarmy1106 4 года назад

@@fabianreusch4870 tauchpanzer translate into driving (diving* god damn autocorrect) tank A swimming tank would be a Schwimmpanzer

@ferdblu1946 4 года назад

GhostArmy1 tf no Tauchpanzer= Divetank

@richardturner9317 4 года назад

well he's useless on cooking tips !

@offdeadeye88 4 года назад

Regardless it was a interesting concept the Germans cooked up

@garethmason9255 4 года назад

Excellent review of true historic past. Love all and subscribed. Regards to you my friend.

@steelhelmetstan7305 4 года назад

When I hear the intro music I know I'm in for an information treat!!!☺☺☺

@brendonrutherford5118 3 года назад

Mark Felton's credibility with regards to the way that he puts Military War History together is without a doubt the very reason his followers continue to take in all of his exciting videos etc. As per usual, well done indeed Mark, you set the standard that most others can only merely follow & at some distance!!

@aussie870 4 года назад

Missed a perfect opportunity to call it 'Kill Bill' :) Unless I'm wrong I always thought that Bill/y was a nickname for William.

@Newdivide 4 года назад

Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, once told the kaiser in 1888 that, “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans"

@baer0083 4 года назад

I love the prussian marches played by brass bands. They still play them at my small town, here in germany, during events of the local voluntary fire departement. Often times we start bobbing when we stand at attention when a companion gets awarded with a ribbon or something.

@MrMenefrego1 4 года назад

Wilhelm II and later, Herr Hitler were two very lucky SOB's! It's a shame it didn't work properly. But, it may have, as Mr. Felton pointed out, turned the Kaiser into a martyr. Now as for, Schicklgruber, AKA 'Hitler', was the luckiest by far! Not even the German people, their Reich officers nor the Allied military apparatus were able to wack that Nazi prick! *Yet another truly excellent episode, Mark! Bravo!*

@KAISER-OUTDOORS 4 года назад

Don’t worry , I’m still alive.

@brenisis2772 4 года назад

mien kaiser how you doing

@IrishCarney 4 года назад

Tens of thousands of trees fearing the axe begin to shiver in fear

@jaybird1229 4 года назад

For a man approaching 162 yrs old; you look fantastic !! What's your secret for looking so youthful?? Dannon Yogurt and a shot of brandy??

@brenisis2772 4 года назад

frank hargreaves you know jfk is a very open minded person

@bramster-b9v 4 года назад

Oh Willi, we really didn't miss you. You promised us wonderful times and kept your word, because in 1923 every German billionaire was.

@garrymartin6474 4 года назад

Theres a "toy" brick built castle in the grounds of Osbourne House were the future King George and his cousin the future Kaiser Wilhelm II played . Makes you wonder what went off there between them.

@squamish4244 4 года назад

"Kaiser Bill went up the hill to take a look at France. Kaiser Bill fell down the hill with bullets in his pants." This is a schoolyard song my grandmother used to sing in the 1920s.