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Nazis vs New York - Axis Operations to Attack 'The Big Apple' 

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A compilation programme incorporating all of my previous stand-alone episodes about German and Italian operations to attack New York City in WWII.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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@yveaux500
@yveaux500 Месяц назад
The sun is shining, cold beer, the BBQ is on and dr. Felton has just uploaded a 40+ minute video. Life is good.
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
Haha! Here in Norway the spring is at least "around the corner", but no sun at the moment, no BBQ, but yes: BEEER!!! *burp*
@vedransusnjara1773
@vedransusnjara1773 Месяц назад
Here in Croatia sunset, summer is coming soon, siting on balcony, great wiew, and yesss..cold beer...cheers everybody!!
@mikehunt4797
@mikehunt4797 Месяц назад
Lake thawed. Sitting in the sun smoking hash. 😊
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
@@mikehunt4797 Hush! That's ELLIGAL!
@marvwatkins7029
@marvwatkins7029 Месяц назад
Most be in the South.
@davidallen8611
@davidallen8611 Месяц назад
“It’s ok, watch Dr. Felton’s new episode then we can go run our errands.” -My wife 😂❤
@leepreston9637
@leepreston9637 Месяц назад
She sounds like a keeper
@BrokeSpike
@BrokeSpike Месяц назад
W wife
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
@@leepreston9637 Yup, sound like good wife!
@brianjonker510
@brianjonker510 Месяц назад
keeper
@papa_pt
@papa_pt Месяц назад
Lucky
@lawrenceberlinski7643
@lawrenceberlinski7643 Месяц назад
As a submarine veteran and a history buff, it is rare to hear about the Atlantic war under the sea other than the standard. Thank you.
@suzyqualcast6269
@suzyqualcast6269 Месяц назад
Whether or not any Weapons had been launched to any effectiveness, surely one or two successful to land impact would have been so effective viz the propaganda effect of having done so..... ¿?
@muskokamike127
@muskokamike127 Месяц назад
Here in Canada we heard a LOT about Uboats operating in the gulf of st lawrence and up the st lawrence river.
@uncletimo6059
@uncletimo6059 Месяц назад
look into u boat cmapaign in the Carribean Carribean was a VERY hot war zone in WW2, very few know about it
@slake9727
@slake9727 Месяц назад
They operated around Newfoundland, trying to torpedo boats in the harbour as well as installing a weather station in Labrador.
@GuyIncognito-mw8mr
@GuyIncognito-mw8mr Месяц назад
Check into where the last German submarine was sunk,Felton doesn’t cover all obvious historical footnotes and stories
@robertburke2253
@robertburke2253 Месяц назад
30 plus years of the so-called HISTORY CHANNEL can't hold a candle to the great Mark Felton!
@colonelkurtz2269
@colonelkurtz2269 29 дней назад
They're chasing ghosts 👻 and BigFoot
@TheBlackzman
@TheBlackzman 17 дней назад
Great videos
@karlnemo8658
@karlnemo8658 Месяц назад
A measure of the US's desperation at being unprepared for coastal defense was the formation of a _civilian_ auxiliary of the Army Air Corps called the Civil Air Patrol, originally formed from WW1 pilot vets and patriotic Americans who saw America's entry into the war inevitable. They flew recon missions over the East Coast looking for U-Boats and provided eyes for convoy security until the regular forces could ramp up, after which they performed military cadet and pilot training and air SAR, which they still do today.
@raymondclark1785
@raymondclark1785 Месяц назад
A lot of those joined CAP so the Army wouldn't take their plane
@WAL_DC-6B
@WAL_DC-6B Месяц назад
@@raymondclark1785 The Civil Air Patrol also flew private aircraft such as single engine, Fairchild F-24s armed with depth bombs. I believe the CAP was credited with destroying two U-boats during WWII.
@michaelporzio7384
@michaelporzio7384 Месяц назад
Agreed! the CAP to this day, is a wonderful organization and trainer of youth!
@WAL_DC-6B
@WAL_DC-6B Месяц назад
@@michaelporzio7384Indeed and I was a member of it when I was in high school in the 1970s.
@michaelmerritt7406
@michaelmerritt7406 Месяц назад
These days the CAP is more akin to an out-of-school JROTC, but a great organization.
@jimfesta8981
@jimfesta8981 Месяц назад
The German second happy time was partially the result of Chief of Naval Operations, American Admiral Ernest King's failure to enact an adequate U Boat defense. He was given advice from the British and he chose to ignore it.
@michaelporzio7384
@michaelporzio7384 Месяц назад
Admiral King's contempt for all things British led to several questionable decisions. Convoys and coastal blackouts were eventually enacted.
@Idahoguy10157
@Idahoguy10157 Месяц назад
There was a steep learning curve at effective ASW. The navy needed destroyers but Admirals prefer battleships. If German Admirals had wanted submarines there would have been more U-Boats off America in 1942. Had there been enough in 1940-41 Britain would have been starved into an armistice
@sodadrinker89
@sodadrinker89 Месяц назад
I mean he really hated the Brits.
@oldcremona
@oldcremona Месяц назад
He considered his intellect and abilities to be without parallel. Not a good trait for a leader. Learn to take advice.
@djquinn11
@djquinn11 Месяц назад
@@michaelporzio7384: I was not aware of this, what was his contempt for the British based upon?
@Strongertogether47
@Strongertogether47 Месяц назад
This is what RU-vid should always be. Informative, mysterious, rare, entertaining, diy. Perfect.
@DennisMHenderson
@DennisMHenderson Месяц назад
Thanks for the update. Compiled propaganda always settles a chimp’s superstition.
@grasmereguy5116
@grasmereguy5116 Месяц назад
What about cats playing the piano?
@Strongertogether47
@Strongertogether47 Месяц назад
@@DennisMHenderson brother, log off
@Strongertogether47
@Strongertogether47 Месяц назад
@@grasmereguy5116 cultural icon
@DennisMHenderson
@DennisMHenderson Месяц назад
@@Strongertogether47 sis, keep it up; the pseudoweb praises your name. Just a tip: keep that hose attached to your bh thru ‘yr nostrils!🫶🏿
@normantas_bataitis
@normantas_bataitis Месяц назад
Click a like who thinks that Mark Felton should be in charge of the History Channel.
@VeganWithAraygun
@VeganWithAraygun Месяц назад
The "History" channel lost me many years ago....are they still running pawn shops and ice road truckers ⁉️
@maxpayne2574
@maxpayne2574 Месяц назад
If the History Chanel had good ratings running WW2 shows over and over they would still be doing it. Mark is great but his videos are a half hour or so once or twice a week not on 24/7.
@radicalradioOz
@radicalradioOz 25 дней назад
He wouldn't stoop that low.
@graybice4069
@graybice4069 2 дня назад
Mark Felton's work is the standard The History Channel consistently fails to meet.
@MarcPaganCohen
@MarcPaganCohen Месяц назад
"The Nazis had a submarine off Coney Island in Brooklyn during the war. But we were saved....It was destroyed by toxic waste" Woody Allen - One more :) "A storm destroyed Coney Island when I was growing up - stores, the boardwalk, everything. The only thing left standing were those little milk jugs you have to knock over with a baseball to win a prize"
@timonhallas2709
@timonhallas2709 Месяц назад
Oh dear :)
@knutdergroe9757
@knutdergroe9757 Месяц назад
And the nazi's killed all the men, Leaving the little girls for Woody. Woody is not a person I would quote.
@LambdaNL
@LambdaNL Месяц назад
Id prefere to be a nazi, than Woody.
@justinpatalsky1
@justinpatalsky1 Месяц назад
😊😊😊😊😊d​@@knutdergroe9757
@grsdsrg430
@grsdsrg430 Месяц назад
Woody Allen is toxic waste
@PedanticUnionist
@PedanticUnionist Месяц назад
The fact that the italians got closest to hitting the big apple is priceless.
@craigoliver8712
@craigoliver8712 Месяц назад
Firing on their own people+a few Irish I guess
@djzrobzombie2813
@djzrobzombie2813 Месяц назад
Yeah attacking her own pizzerias 😂
@specom
@specom Месяц назад
Don't forget the crippling olive oil and salami embargo the Italians inflicted on America 😢
@robertl4824
@robertl4824 Месяц назад
fugetaboutit!
@malcolmwolfgram7414
@malcolmwolfgram7414 Месяц назад
"It was just business. I always liked you Mikey"
@ruskyrosco1054
@ruskyrosco1054 Месяц назад
42 minutes of Dr. Felton. I knew today was going to be a good day.
@sidm479
@sidm479 Месяц назад
I needed to hear a human voice. I hit search and just said "Mark Felton" and this fine piece came up. The guy's a legend! 🤷‍♂️
@SeltkirkTV
@SeltkirkTV Месяц назад
The Legendary Dr. Felton at it again!!!
@TD1021-
@TD1021- Месяц назад
For real Dr Felton be giving us some great content
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
I wan't to be Dr. Felton when I grow up!!! 😚
@austinhan6998
@austinhan6998 Месяц назад
Kind of surreal that so many Axis combatants were once studying/working/touring the States before WWII. Yamamoto, Kuribayashi, and now Hardagen. The context of peacetime and war makes their visits almost surreal to imagine; one minute they're touring the Empire State Building, the next minute they're planning an attack on Hawaii.
@only1thatmakessense
@only1thatmakessense Месяц назад
What a life hey , especially the subarine guy that lives to a105
@rstidman
@rstidman Месяц назад
that trend never ended. khalid sheik mohammed of al qaeda leadership fame studied in north carolina, as one example.
@tonyclewes8
@tonyclewes8 Месяц назад
Got many Russian visitors ?
@spudskie3907
@spudskie3907 Месяц назад
Tamon Yamaguchi was the commander of the carrier Hiryu at Midway. He also attended Princeton. He went down with the ship. I'd like to think his last moments were him singing the Princeton fight song and shouting "GO TIGERS! BEAT YALE!"
@hawnyfox3411
@hawnyfox3411 Месяц назад
@@spudskie3907 = One that got me was Mitsu Fuchida (spellcheck it, for, as usual, I'm typing from my 62 y/o memory here !) - He's the man who LED the actual attack on Pearl Harbor 7th Dec' 1941 & uttered the famous words "Tora, Tora, Tora" - My Dad's Ex-RAF older brother (My Uncle) wrote to him personally in late 1972 asking him to autograph a Royal Mail "First Day Cover" commemorating the attack (Dec' 1971 anniversary). To his utter surprise he wrote back, telling my Uncle that he was (NOW) a GENUINE "Ordained Church Christian Minister" & very much "Anti-War" ( much the same as Japan's Top Fighter Ace, Saburo Sakai - Amazing ) I still have an exact photocopy of the 1974 handwritten letter, sent to London, actually apologising for the 2-3 year delay - Heart Problems) Saw an amazing photo' of Fuschida with his wife on a Church Christian visit to London aboard a B.O.A.C "Vickers VC.10" airliner that had landed @ Heathrow, the U.K's (& at time) World's busiest airport. Amazing that several Japanese High Ranking & important "warriors" actually turned to "Peace" once attitudes & realizations had changed. As I used to view them as "a barbaric race" it kinda shook me to the core to both SEE & realise that, actually (Human) "Leopards COULD change their spots". Seeing Sakai (A6M Zero Ace, 62 kills ?) actually visitng the USA back in the 1970's AND actually hugging the US-Navy TBM Avenger 0.50-cal gunner who destroyed 50% of his eyesight & half of his face showed me that "reconcilation" actually IS & was possible, when, humanity kicks in...
@blondblitzer1793
@blondblitzer1793 Месяц назад
US Coastal Guard: "Hey, since when the ocean start burping?" U-Boot commander *giggling*: “Hans, launch ze schnitzel!”
@stevetournay6103
@stevetournay6103 Месяц назад
Oh. That's just the absolute wurst...
@garrysekelli6776
@garrysekelli6776 Месяц назад
When concrete gets soft it takes some time to get Hardigen.
@robertl4824
@robertl4824 Месяц назад
more like wurst and kraut!
@AndyJarman
@AndyJarman Месяц назад
I can highly recommend H G Wells' 1908 novel "The War in the Air". Apart from giving an amazing insight into society in Edwardian England, bicycles were transforming the world for the common people. Londoners could cycle out of the slums of London for a weekend at the seaside without having to find the expensive train fare. The book features a unicycle monorail over the English Channel, and predicts the coming world war. A fleet of Zeppelins fly across the Atlantic and bomb New York. Wells truly was a prophet of his day.
@cammo253
@cammo253 Месяц назад
Yet again, another topic I would never have thought of and a whole 40 minutes of it! Amazing! Thank you!
@adamlee3772
@adamlee3772 Месяц назад
That’s my Sunday evening viewing sorted. Thanks Doc.
@Jakob_DK
@Jakob_DK Месяц назад
It is Saturday today :-)
@Schmats1
@Schmats1 Месяц назад
Absolutely love these longer form videos really hits the spot for me with less known ww2 facts/stories. Thanks for all of these!
@claywest9528
@claywest9528 Месяц назад
It's amazing how close some of the speculated attacks came. Especially the ones so late in the war.
@spikespa5208
@spikespa5208 Месяц назад
To quote Rick in Casablanca, "There are some parts of New York I wouldn't recommend trying to invade."
@brianna3340
@brianna3340 Месяц назад
41 MINUTES OF MARK????? MARK BE SPOILING US OMG
@BenRush
@BenRush Месяц назад
Was just going through your older stuff and got the notification! Great timing.
@gregduck7455
@gregduck7455 Месяц назад
This episode was really exceptional. All your videos are so gripping & educational. I have watched many of your postings Dr. Felton, but finally decided to tell you how much I enjoy them. Keep your vids coming. Back in the 1970's I worked with WWII vets. I am a Canadian, so I knew fellas that were in the RCAF, the navy, infantry, etc but none of my older work chums wanted to talk much about WWII. They'd only tell stories about being sea sick on the Ille De France ex-French Line ocean liner converted into troopship. Or drinking pints of bitter in English pubs & chasing limey girls. Or Harold, who was a sniper in France, talking about when the Canadians took turf from the Nazis, that the Canucks were feted by the freed French locals, & he had to still pissed full of Normandy wine, walk back to his company at 0430. My coworker Doug was a tank driver & was there when Canadians liberated Holland. My other boss Al was an infantryman paired up with British soldiers when they liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Another supervisor I had was an RCAF bombedier, he flew about 20 missions over occupied Europe. Anyway, I am digressing, I could mentioned Frank G another tuff WWII vet, but I'll stop. Dr. Felton, your channel is one of my favourites on RU-vid.
@jackcade68
@jackcade68 Месяц назад
Dr Felton. One of a handful of channels that make RU-vid worthwhile.
@jamesgomez9074
@jamesgomez9074 Месяц назад
What a coincidence!!! U-123 was the main character in the"Drumbeat"book I just finished.
@EmzkayFhWcaz
@EmzkayFhWcaz Месяц назад
It's not a coincidence..
@erichloehr5992
@erichloehr5992 Месяц назад
My father's dad had a boat in Northern New Jersey across from New York, and as a young boy he would go out with his family in the afternoon. As evening approached they would see near the horizon the boats that would form the caravans form up. Sometimes they would see explosions near those ships as uboats would try to pick off the stragglers. As a very young child he really had no idea the magnitude of the conflict he was seeing the fringes of as his father tried to explain it as a German American. Though that side of the family came over in the mid to later 1800s, but there was still some cultural stratification a hundred years later. He has been bullied as a child an even pushed through a plate glass window by other children since he was seen a dirty kraft. So I imagine him seeing the uboat attacks as I saw the Vietnam War on the TV, seeing our country was embroiled in a conflict far away, intuiting that it was a bigger deal that I was being told it was.
@faithlesshound5621
@faithlesshound5621 Месяц назад
That reminds me of another German-American family which stood back from both of those wars as neutral Swedes. Except for Dr John, of course, who crossed the Atlantic to help as a scientist.
@Page-Hendryx
@Page-Hendryx Месяц назад
The perceived "cultural stratification" you speak of, was actually due to WWI. But German-Americans were very well integrated into American life.
@kearnsey64
@kearnsey64 Месяц назад
My father was stationed at Jacksonville Florida flying PBY Catalina’s on Uboat patrol from 1942 to 1945. His patrol area was the Bermuda Triangle and knew one of the pilots in the lost squadron of planes never heard from again.
@donallan6396
@donallan6396 Месяц назад
I flew my airplane into Treasure Key , Abaco Island and stayed at the Treasure Key resort. The owner , a U-boat Captain, had first viewed the beach from the periscope of his u- boat and vowed to live there if he survived the war. It's interesting that your father may have come close to catching him.
@johnpeter4184
@johnpeter4184 Месяц назад
42 minuets and vnever missing a beat. Thank you Sir. 80% of this was new to me. An Imperial Japanese navy website mantained by an anglo vet stated that Japan offered Germany its Long Lance torpedo. Germany said it was to large in diameter for its tubes. The Long Lance had increable range as it was fueled by kerosine not alcohol. Thanks for your work.
@commentainnitverybritish
@commentainnitverybritish Месяц назад
Mark's content is always brilliantly narrated and genuinely interesting
@only1thatmakessense
@only1thatmakessense Месяц назад
Love the music too, reminds me of world at war
@bravokilo8478
@bravokilo8478 Месяц назад
Nothing like a 40 minute video from my favourite historian to fix my previously dreary Saturday. Thanks again Sir!
@sizzleswizzle9164
@sizzleswizzle9164 Месяц назад
Another Mark Felton video, another great morning in America!
@reamrkj1125
@reamrkj1125 Месяц назад
My granddad's brother was in the merchant marines during ww2. After transiting the panama canal they would put down anti torpedo nets and wait for the rest of the convoy. One day they went to pull up the nets and found 4 torpedos. It really bothered him. He got leave for a couple days when they hit port. He jumped on a train and went home. His dad turned him around and got back on the train with him so he wouldn't end up AWOL. He made it back late, but they took it easy on him and he got back on the boat. He was barely 18 and that was the last time he saw his dad.
@lemorab1
@lemorab1 Месяц назад
Did the father die while the son was serving in WWII, or was the young merchant marine killed in the war??
@kevindorland738
@kevindorland738 Месяц назад
May God bless your family.
@crf80fdarkdays
@crf80fdarkdays Месяц назад
​@@lemorab1 so many possibilities, so little answers
@sportmom2222
@sportmom2222 Месяц назад
I would guess his dad passed away.
@reamrkj1125
@reamrkj1125 Месяц назад
Great grandpa died while 4 of his sons served in ww2. My granddad was the 6th son. All four of his older brothers survived the war. The oldest was in the 101st airborne. The second was on the USS Sitkoh Bay (part of taffy 3). The third brother was on a destroyer escort. It was damaged in a battle. He finished the war in Australia, while repairing the ship. The fourth was in the merchant marines, as I said. Granddad went into the Navy and served aboard subs during and after the Korean War. He served aboard the USS Requin. It is now a museum ship in Pittsburgh. Lots of brave men, those guys were built different.
@user-em2pe3rf4h
@user-em2pe3rf4h Месяц назад
Prior to ICBM's, here in the mainland U.S. we had the luxury of 2 oceans as our best defense. Yet, the submariners of both Germany and Japan were able to make the incredibly long and dangerous and attack various targets. I have to believe that the journey in a submarine took longer than an actual ship. After all,a submarine isn't a speedboat. I do not like that any of this happened, but I do respect the bravery of the men who done it. Thanks again Dr. Felton. I especially enjoy the longer episodes. Cheers from the States.
@user-cy5li2zp9z
@user-cy5li2zp9z Месяц назад
The Germans developed the ICBM first. These were two-stage rockets.
@Collectorfirearms
@Collectorfirearms Месяц назад
This is great! Been watching your videos since you started! You have the best RU-vid channel on RU-vid in my opinion! Thank you so much for the amazing content
@craigoliver8712
@craigoliver8712 Месяц назад
"The best RU-vid channel"would have sufficed
@Collectorfirearms
@Collectorfirearms Месяц назад
@@craigoliver8712 I’ll drink to that
@murraystewartj
@murraystewartj Месяц назад
Thanks again, Mark, for yet another fine video. I continue to be impressed by the scope of your research and your logical presentation of the facts as we know them (sometimes, "I don't know" is one of the most credible statements a historian can make - speculation without facts doesn't advance our understanding of the past). You're setting bar fairly high, but there are also many channels doing the same and I am grateful to all of you who an honest job of educating us about an important period in history.
@gaylebaker8419
@gaylebaker8419 Месяц назад
Thank you, Dr.Felton. My dad, RIP, is enjoying this.
@StevenKeery
@StevenKeery Месяц назад
Gaylebaker: Is he voting for Biden this year? Sorry! A poor joke, I couldn't resist.
@samuelgarrod8327
@samuelgarrod8327 Месяц назад
​@@StevenKeeryAt least he won't be voting for diaper don.
@tobiasfreitag2182
@tobiasfreitag2182 Месяц назад
I once ran into hardegen at a hotel in Laboe, near Kiel, where the german naval memorial an d U-995 are located. As far as i remember there was a uboat veterans reunion at that very hotel we where staying. I did not talk to him or anything... still an existing memory. Happened some time in the early 2000s
@magamagaaa
@magamagaaa 5 дней назад
Doesn't matter if its an quick 4/5 minute topic video or an behemoth of an topic like this. I am grateful for this content being available for free. Thank you Mark. Best channel on youtube.
@woahhbro2906
@woahhbro2906 Месяц назад
I was born on the west coast of Florida, and I remember seeing a U-boat that washed ashore. Pretty wild.
@paulzammataro7185
@paulzammataro7185 Месяц назад
Where and when? Post a link?
@woahhbro2906
@woahhbro2906 Месяц назад
@@paulzammataro7185 I believe it was U-166, just off Egmont Key, near St. Petersburg. It was a smaller 2-man sub, I think. Knowing the tourism in Florida though, it could have been a replica. I was a kid - so my memory is fuzzy.
@Ashfielder
@Ashfielder Месяц назад
@@woahhbro2906U-166 was a large U-Boat and was sunk in the Gulf, likely by a PT boat. The wreck remains where the action was fought, it never washed ashore.
@joebombero1
@joebombero1 Месяц назад
A drug-smuggling submarine wreck washed ashore in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2015. This is perhaps what he remembered.
@benwilson6145
@benwilson6145 Месяц назад
@@joebombero1 Sampling the cargo?
@tireddad51
@tireddad51 Месяц назад
Fascinating stuff, I never knew the Italians operated submarines in the Atlantic from France.
@rumpstatefiasco
@rumpstatefiasco Месяц назад
It’s morning here. A Felton video is better to wake up to than coffee -and I LIVE for coffee .
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
Would be so interesting with a long, informational documentary about Werner Von Braun alone, with how and who and what everyone did to bring the scientist to the point where he could appear on the Disney Show in USA talking about "I aim for the Stars", while people joked about "But sometimes I hit London".
@JFDA5458
@JFDA5458 Месяц назад
That holster Borghese is wearing at 19:32 has to be the most diabolical contraption from a quick draw point of view I've ever seen.
@alfnoakes392
@alfnoakes392 Месяц назад
I think it was more for Look How-Big-And-Shiny-Mine-Is posing than practical use ...😉
@JFDA5458
@JFDA5458 Месяц назад
@@alfnoakes392 Did you notice he's carrying a Walther P-38 rather than a Berretta?
@alfnoakes392
@alfnoakes392 Месяц назад
@@JFDA5458 Nope, not into guns per se.
@AndrewTubbiolo
@AndrewTubbiolo Месяц назад
I always thought that the blackouts were a waste of effort in the US until I read about Operation Drumbeat.
@1boobtube
@1boobtube Месяц назад
The importance of black outs even made into a bugs bunny cartoon.
@michaelporzio7384
@michaelporzio7384 Месяц назад
8:27 Verrazano Narrows bridge wasn't built until the 1960s. Glad to hear Hardegen lived a long and successful life post war (105 years!), unlike so many other U Boat crews who died so young.
@hueyman624
@hueyman624 Месяц назад
Why, he slaughtered innocent people as an aggressor.
@crawdadlando4053
@crawdadlando4053 Месяц назад
He wasn’t on trial in Nuremberg. I’m sorry your racism cannot get past someone’s nationality.
@smokeykitty6023
@smokeykitty6023 Месяц назад
I'm amazed at the longevity of these WW2 soldiers on both sides. Either God rewarded them or He was punishing them with a long life of bad memories... I'm so in awe of all of those brave, brave men.
@michaelporzio7384
@michaelporzio7384 Месяц назад
@@smokeykitty6023 yes indeed, number of times Dr. Felton says "was sunk with all hands" is so sad. The Kriegsmarine referred to the fallen with the phrase "remained at sea."
@howardj602
@howardj602 Месяц назад
Also Hardegen said he never went past the Narrows. Take a look a a map. You can see lower or mid-Mahattan unless you do. It's out of the line of sight.
@kennethterry8894
@kennethterry8894 Месяц назад
Dr Felton, thank you so much for the longer-format videos! Wonderful as always!
@thEannoyingE
@thEannoyingE Месяц назад
An interesting note, a few years ago, a few German sea mines came ashore at the old coast guard station, dating to WWII, in Salem MA. So it is possible the Germans were quite close, than previously thought.
@thEannoyingE
@thEannoyingE Месяц назад
I knew the German American Bund had recruitment camps in upstate New York, but I never knew about this story. This is utterly fascinating!
@nerome619
@nerome619 Месяц назад
There are always parts of populations willing to be traitors.
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 Месяц назад
Indeed
@carguybikeguy
@carguybikeguy Месяц назад
This is terrific stuff! I devour U-Boat related history and personalities. Every time U-Boats are discussed in detail, I am all in. Thank you for the work you put in to research and production for these. These U-Boats…cool AF! Fell in love as a teen touring the dry-docked U-505. Named my van U-96: Saruvan. Even have my little laughing sawfish emblazoned under the driver window. I am now determined to get to the other remaining boats. First, off to the USS Pampanito, right here in town. Keep up the great work!
@1940shistorian
@1940shistorian Месяц назад
My uncle served during the war, and afterwards on a minesweeper, told of recovering a German mine in New York harbor on Christmas morning 1949.
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 Месяц назад
Interesting 🤔
@a.grimes4202
@a.grimes4202 Месяц назад
Interestingly, Gimpel and Colepaugh both stood trial before a military commission, where they were accused and convicted of conspiracy and violating the 82nd Article of War. Both were sentenced to death via hanging with an execution date set for April 15, 1945. However, President Franklin D. Roosevelt would die 3 days earlier, and due to a custom to not perform executions during a state mourning period, their executions were delayed and President Harry S Truman commuted their sentences to life. Gimpel would be sent to Alcatraz, where he notably played chess with one Machine Gun Kelly. He would be paroled in 1955 and returned to West Germany. He lived until the age of 100, dying in 2010. Colepaugh’s life sentence was further commuted from life to 30 years in 1952; he was paroled in 1960. He moved to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. He lived there until his passing on March 16, 2005, 9 days short of his 87th birthday, of complications from Alzheimer’s.
@MrBsbotto
@MrBsbotto Месяц назад
That's fascinating stuff, a.g.! Thanks for sharing!
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 Месяц назад
Interesting 🤔
@susiemcdonald1112
@susiemcdonald1112 Месяц назад
Mark is truly The best history teacher ! Thanks so much sir .
@metallicasnake
@metallicasnake Месяц назад
Amazing stuff. Thank you as always, Dr. Felton.
@philipwagner9169
@philipwagner9169 Месяц назад
I remember seeing an interview with Dönitz, maybe on the British "The World at War" many years ago. One thing he said stuck in my mind, words to the effect of: "People keep talking about this 'Happy Time'. There was no happy time; I don't know where the idea came from. It was a dangerous, merciless time for both sides, never mind the horrible conditions in a U-boat and the Atlantic weather. I never heard any of my U-boat commanders talk about a 'Happy Time', and would have reprimanded them if they did."
@cathygillies7271
@cathygillies7271 Месяц назад
Thank you Dr. Felton for another brilliant video. This one touches close to home here in Nova Scotia. My father and grandfather worked in the shipyards in Halifax during the war. My father told me stories about the convoys gathered in Bedford Basin getting ready to sail to England. Both my grandfather and father were welders who often worked on these ships doing repairs after German torpedo damage. Sometimes a ship would leave Halifax harbour after repairs and get hit just off the coast. My grandfather died tragically in 1943 when the workboat he was on heading out to a convoy was hit by a Norwegian freighter leaving the harbour. The boat capsized and 19 men drowned. There were many rumours of German sailors coming ashore here in the Maritimes and of course, a great number of ships were sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The most tragic story is the sinking of the SS Caribou -- the Newfoundland ferry with the loss of 137 lives on October 14, 1942 between Cape Breton and Newfoundland.
@danamcdonnell9064
@danamcdonnell9064 Месяц назад
Another fantastic video from Dr. Felton. Thank you!
@Roller_Ghoster
@Roller_Ghoster Месяц назад
A fascinating part of the war that I only know a few things about. Thanks Dr Felton
@jacklarue7049
@jacklarue7049 Месяц назад
Youve done it again, Felton. Stupendous. Turned my day around with this upload. 🐐
@barftrooper102
@barftrooper102 Месяц назад
A Mark Felton long form video on a Saturday. Awesome weekend treat!
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
10:47 That one nice smile for a 105 year old! Must be Olympic champion at brushing his teeth.
@lordeden2732
@lordeden2732 Месяц назад
False Nashers
@Raiden_N7
@Raiden_N7 Месяц назад
You know you've watched too many WW2 videos when you see the map at 3:00 and think "those U-Boats must have been launched at the Keromen base near Lorient."
@fishpants3877
@fishpants3877 Месяц назад
Another great episode. This reminds me of the U-Boat encounter with the famous Canadian vessel, Bluenose. This was at one time, the fastest boat on the ocean. It is the image on the Canadian 10 cent piece. Anyway, since retirement, Bluenose was used as a freight boat in the Caribbean. A U-Boat surfaced, approached Bluenose and in perfect English, asked if she was indeed Bluenose. After affirming this, the U-Boat Commander said there was no way they would ever sink such an iconic ship an allowed them to continue to Haiti where Bluenose subsequently hit some rocks and sunk.
@henrikg1388
@henrikg1388 Месяц назад
I don't know what to say. Your channel is a beacon of light in the field of historical research. I'm simply blown away. Being a simple amateur myself, you really shine a light on things I simply have no time to figure out by myself. 👍
@Valentijnzz
@Valentijnzz Месяц назад
Thanks for. Another video Dr Mark. I find myself watching your entire video base
@mitchmatthews6713
@mitchmatthews6713 Месяц назад
This was perfect for my Saturday afternoon! Cheers, Mark!
@paultapner2769
@paultapner2769 Месяц назад
I went to a local beach yesterday and I took a copy of the Sea Devils with me to read. The first two thirds of that were great. But the last third...wow. Once that mission got going I couldn't put it down for a moment. The drama. The tension. The desperate desire to find how it would end out. I had it know. I had to put it down with forty pages to go otherwise would have missed my bus home. And as a result didn't get time to finish it till this afternoon. Which was a torturous wait. What a great read.
@daynawhitehead7611
@daynawhitehead7611 Месяц назад
My mouth is STILL hanging open! Wow! I love it!
@Carnotaurus420
@Carnotaurus420 Месяц назад
What are they doing with that plane?
@stalinstylez4034
@stalinstylez4034 Месяц назад
You id*ot Instead of asking that, maybe you should watch the video first and not comment on it a minute after the uploading 🤦🏻‍♂️
@Blastanker
@Blastanker Месяц назад
Oh no
@Leo_Sneedinsky
@Leo_Sneedinsky Месяц назад
The nazis were making a subtle nod to September 11th
@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226
@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226 Месяц назад
Nunya
@VaderPopsVicodin10
@VaderPopsVicodin10 Месяц назад
Zeroing in on King Kong.. obviously😅 (Nah, but I know what you mean though)
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Месяц назад
It's strange how similar Hitler and Napoleon was, in so many things, and both having Britain as a foe, both trying to blockade, but failing to stop the Royal Navy. British seamanship alone is probably the most important reason why it became such an enormous empire. As a Norwegian, I'd like to think Britain was inspired by us Norse "barbarians" in this.
@craigoliver8712
@craigoliver8712 Месяц назад
Of course we were+are,Norse runs in our blood now,I live in a small town in northeast England called Thornaby-how Norse can you get.Greetings from Thor-naby 👋
@beaujeste1
@beaujeste1 Месяц назад
It’s all down to the bankers, ‘central banking’ and who controls them. Napoleon nationalised the French central bank and built roads and schools etc. So the people who ran Britain decided he had to go. By the time Boney had been defeated, the private Bank of England had spent £861m prosecuting the Napoleonic war. This was paid by the British taxpayers, but not paid off until 1914. By that time taxpayers had paid back: £2.1 billion. It the same with ANY war, bankers start it, taxpayers pay for it. It’s why our country is screwed.
@procopiusaugustus6231
@procopiusaugustus6231 Месяц назад
My dad was Merchant Marine. He joined in early’43 when losses were near the highest. His first ship was in May otherwise known as “Black May”. He was lucky.
@rubemaragao2368
@rubemaragao2368 Месяц назад
Extraordinary video! Thanks again, Mark.
@adrianzr.6820
@adrianzr.6820 Месяц назад
Mr. Felton always delivers…
@romangeneral23
@romangeneral23 Месяц назад
My good Doctor. I have chores to do in the house.... But now I need to watch this first!!!!
@patrickb1303
@patrickb1303 8 дней назад
Mark when talking about the US “we will never get to see what havoc he could have wrought on NY city” Mark when taking about England “luckily the great tragedy was avoided. 😢”
@scotthegley4723
@scotthegley4723 Месяц назад
An absolute masterclass of story-telling. Riveting and well researched as ever. Thanks MF 👏🏻
@richierugs6544
@richierugs6544 Месяц назад
i am loving the longer vids immensely!
@dlxmarks
@dlxmarks Месяц назад
Rick Blaine: "Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade."
@kevinvilmont6061
@kevinvilmont6061 Месяц назад
“I’m a Drunkard”
@joebombero1
@joebombero1 Месяц назад
Crazy hahaha. I just watched that film before spotting this video hahaha. Fun stuff.
@billace90
@billace90 Месяц назад
Yes! Rick was a Citizen of the World…🥃
@stephengarrity9702
@stephengarrity9702 Месяц назад
One of the best WW2 documentaries I've seen yet. Thanks!
@genie7172
@genie7172 29 дней назад
Great video. Grew up similar to what Mark Felton shared. Had family and neighbors who all served in WWII. Thank you!
@MrAsianPie
@MrAsianPie Месяц назад
“Mr Roosevelt, a plane has crashed into the Empire State Building.”
@jeffhallel8211
@jeffhallel8211 Месяц назад
Are you referring to the B-25 that hit the Empire State building on July 28th 1945? FDR had passed away on April 12th, 1945.
@thhseeking
@thhseeking Месяц назад
@@jeffhallel8211 There was a conspiracy nut who went around saying a *B-52* crashed into the Empire State Building and that didn't bring it down. He was either talking out of his arse or had misread B-25. There's a huge difference in size, quite apart from when they were actually flying. But sometimes facts don't matter to these people.
@davidlowry8765
@davidlowry8765 Месяц назад
Uboats attacked shipping the Gulf of St Lawrence. Canada had anti sub trains with artillery designed to shell surfaced uboats.
@bobsmith2637
@bobsmith2637 Месяц назад
The worst casualty of the Battle of the St Lawrence was a Newfoundland Railway ferry, the SS Caribou. Torpedoed by U-69 just before 4:00 AM on October 14, 1942, she sank in only about 5 minutes with 137 fatalities. The armoured train was supposed to be used along the Skeena river in northwestern British Columbia to guard against Japanese attacks, but I'm not sure if it was ever put into service.
@torkkanator
@torkkanator Месяц назад
Love the longer videos mark! Always great quality content. Thanks!
@paulhodos5191
@paulhodos5191 Месяц назад
Great video! I love hearing about the actual and aspirational Axis attempts to attack the lower 48 of the US. Dr. Felton, you mentioned U-156’s attack on Cape Cod in 1918. I hope you do a video on the u-boat campaign off America in 1918 too! I wrote a book about it in 2017 titled The Kaiser’s Lost Kreuzer. If Dr. Felton takes the story on I know he would do it great justice!! Outstanding research and production are his hallmarks!
@richardpatton2502
@richardpatton2502 Месяц назад
I’m sorry Dr. Felton but I believe Salazar was not a general. He was a college professor and minister of finance before becoming dictator as the president of the council of ministers. But he had no military rank. All the best to everyone
@eXtremeFX2010
@eXtremeFX2010 Месяц назад
I learned more here about WWII history than I EVER did from High School handouts.
@kustom4935
@kustom4935 Месяц назад
Mr Felton... Your work is absolutely fascinating. Don’t stop spreading historical knowledge. Many thanks from upstate, New York. Cheers 🍻.
@imalt8271
@imalt8271 Месяц назад
Excellent and interesting presentation.
@-.Steven
@-.Steven Месяц назад
Whoa! 15 minutes ago! Been waiting for a Mark Felton video!
@waggsish
@waggsish Месяц назад
Thank you Dr Felton, again!
@ironmann16
@ironmann16 Месяц назад
You know it's going to be a good day when there's a new video from Dr. Felton!
@SeltkirkTV
@SeltkirkTV Месяц назад
This would be the 2nd last time an adversary had entered NYC.
@earth7551
@earth7551 Месяц назад
The first one was in WW1 operation Black Tom i believe
@zillsburyy1
@zillsburyy1 Месяц назад
7:55 interesting stuff mark!!!
@charlesxix
@charlesxix Месяц назад
A video of almost 42 minutes, you're spoiling us. Thanks, it is appreciated.
@6bmw
@6bmw Месяц назад
My saturday is now complete. Thank you again Mark
@North-of-the-49th
@North-of-the-49th Месяц назад
We had German U-boats just outside of Quebec City! Insanely close. RIP to those who fought to keep us safe.
@craigoliver8712
@craigoliver8712 Месяц назад
And former enemies
@gregmiller9710
@gregmiller9710 Месяц назад
Thanks!
@Pembo-vn7qq
@Pembo-vn7qq Месяц назад
An incredible production as usual, good sir. Well done!
@sadielsantos8167
@sadielsantos8167 Месяц назад
Well done Dr Felton . Impressive documentary
@drmarkintexas-400
@drmarkintexas-400 Месяц назад
🎖️🏆🤗🧡💪 Thank you for sharing this
@dr.imhaus9359
@dr.imhaus9359 Месяц назад
Holy cow, 105 years...
@M3Busssin
@M3Busssin Месяц назад
Maybe one of the luckiest German soldiers to survive WW2. The man saw NYC and sank ships 1000 yards off the coast of Jersey!! How crazy is that?? To live to 2018 is immense too
@craigoliver8712
@craigoliver8712 Месяц назад
​@@M3BusssinWhat makes him lucky,getting to view New York?surprised he+his crew weren't robbed
@robbiebob6267
@robbiebob6267 Месяц назад
Dr felton..... well researched & well narrated....your voice is a natural fit for channel....very professional.
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