WW2 Dictators' Planes 

The parachute chair sounds like a comic book villains escape vehicle: Allied planes: **blows up Hitlers plane** Hitler on his parachute chair: "curses! My plan has been foiled again!" **flies away**

The man who flew Chiang out in 1947 was named Robert L Rousselot my late Great uncle ...he went on to be one of the founders of CAT ( Civil Air Transport) and flew as the chief pilot for Air America in Southeast Asia

Good to see Chiang being among the list, China is overlooked in general when it comes to WW2.

Mark's narrator's voice while advertising his Caldera Lab sponsor is unalloyed comedy gold.

Hands down the Best channel about history in youtube, period.

How Churchill made his many crossings of the Atlantic during the war dodging U-Boats might make for an interesting video.

Nothing gets my day going, with the exception Mark's Intro music.

I absolutely love this.. you pick a topic no one has thought of, that people wouldn’t bother looking into.. and make it more interesting than you’d ever imagine! Top stuff!

at At “And a lair or two, to make your nefarious plans”, I lost it. Well done, Mark :)

The Focke -Wulf FW 200 Condor has to be the most beautiful and elegant of all the Luftwaffe aircraft.

My Spanish friends father was the pilot of franco. When I stayed at their family holiday home near Valencia back in 2000,the father had an original portrait of franco on his wall. My friend and his father were opposite politically thankfully!

Thanks for your unbiased showing of history Mark, god bless and wish you a merry Christmas.

I’m so impressed by his Chinese pronunciation! he says “Chiang” like a regular speaker wow lol. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since Mark is such a well read historian but still! Very cool.

Really interesting Mark, you certainly open boxes of history that no-one else thinks of, I really love your channel, thank you.

Anyone complaining about the ad in the beginning should donate to this channel so Mark doesn't have to put an ad on his videos. Some of you don't understand how much effort it actually takes to make a video like this. Even though it's simple it's very time consuming to edit, and release. How dare you, Mark.

More history that the history channel no longer teaches.

2:47 - "Much safer" is likely less than entirely accurate, given the Condor's history of the fuselage breaking and the tail falling off, most often on landing, but occasionally during flight as well.

As the CIA would say, “He may have been a dictator. But he was OUR dictator.”

Mark: “So you wanna be a dictator?!” Real ones: “Yes!”

9:23 my grandfather, when was somewhere between 25 and 30 years old , was a worker in the Leonardo Da Vinci ' s International Airport ( Also called Fiumicino Airport, near Rome ) and remembers that he seen an airplane with three motors ( he still remembers very well that particular ), that , according to the other workers rumors, was the Mussolini's private airplane . I don't know how much Is true that story and if he only mistook an old plane for the aircraft of Mussolini, but when i' ve seen this video his story came up in my mind.

How mark continues to find good topics on an almost daily basis is truly amazing. The truth is that there's never, ever going to be a lack of a good story to tell. Each soldier in war has got at least 2 or 3 stories that are worthy of our attention.

"But for the truly upwardly-mobile despot..." 🤣 Fantastic line, right there.

This is easily my favorite channel. Great content!

Thank you Professor Felton and keep up the excellent historical work!!!!! I do so look forward to your videos as they bring to light sometimes forgotten but still quite relevant and important historical facts.

It's so interesting how an aircraft is such a status symbol for leaders or the "elite". Aircraft have always had a sense of mystique and freedom. National airlines have a similar symbolic prestige, but the expense often negates the usefulness of having a national air carrier.

Lad the opening sentence “so, you want to be a dictator?” 😂

A wonderful series of well researched documentaries, presented so very well.

Decided to go into work this Saturday for a few hours. I get home and see a new Mark Felton video, a great reward!

Its hard to imagine Hitler sitting in a seat dangling around after parachutting out of his plane if he ever had to escape.

Some of my dreams have been narrated by Mark Felton.

Mark, I wish you can see this. a few corrections to Chiang's personal planes: - the C-47 presented as a gift to Chiang was given the name "May-ling (美龄)", after Madame Chiang. It did not serve long as Chiang's personal plane. It was retired from service as Presidential transport right after WWII. But it continued to serve as VIP transport and decommissioned in 1990s. Currently on display in an Air Force Base in Taiwan. - After WWII, the ROC government purchased a DC-4 as Chiang's personal plane and the plane was given the name “Chung-May (中美)”, it was a combination of middle characters of Chiang couple's names （蔣中正、宋美齡）, and was also interpreted as abbreviation of "China-America" (中國-美國). The plane was retired from Presidential service after Chiang's defeat in mainland. The plane was later assigned to China Airline and was destroyed while performing a clandestine operation in Southeast Asia sponsored by CIA. But the name “Chung-May” became the name of ROC presidential transport until the 1990s. - 2nd generation of “Chung-May” was a DC-6 and served Chiang the longest. It was purchased after Chiang's defeat in mainland and served Chiang into the 1970s. It continued service as VIP transport until 1980s. This is the one on display in Taoyuan Airport. - 3rd generation of “Chung-May” was a Boeing 720. It was purchased in 1971. Chiang passed away soon after the plane was assigned to his transport. It served as ROC's presidential transport until 1990s. Afterwards, the name “Chung-May” was not used as ROC's presidential transport. The 720 is currently on display in ROC Air Force Museum.

These are my favorite episodes. The content that gives you a glimpse into their everyday lives. And this is also why this is in my favorite top 3 RU-vid history channel's. Its not just the events and dates like the 99% of the rest of RU-vid's historical content.

I attended the memorial service for Werner Seitz and Francos He-111 did a just above rooftop level flyover at the end. It was quite a sight to see and hear.

Back in 1999 in Frederick, Maryland I had a chance to climb into Franco from Spain's personal airplane. It was the Spanish copy of the HE111. She crashed and was a total loss in 2003.

I love the way that the Doc can take what could be such a bland subject, and turn it into a fascinating story you can't resist watching.

And now the weekend can truly begin. Cheers all from Speybay Scotland. Cheers Mark for another cracking production, I shall raise aglass of Glenlivet 15 yr old. Tks again.

"None of us Chaps are getting younger.But there is something we can do about it." Well everyone but Goebbels that is. Otherwise everyone else can do something about it.

Mark Felton; I must once again thank you for all your hard research and attention to detail. I don’t care for this topic alone however; you always seem to teach me something new regarding many topics I myself felt “well read” on. Bravo Mr. Felton. From all of us to you!

Going to watch the video, looks awesome so far!

Great story Mark, excellent narration as always. Thanks for uploading

My favorite youtube channel. Thanks Mark!

When mentioning Baur being a general in the SS instead of the Luftwaffe made me wonder: did the SS have its own airforce or was it reliant on the Luftwaffe?

Always very informative!

WW2 lasted for under 6 years but Dr. Felton has enough material for a 100 years! Great vlog as always 👍.

Best documentary channel ever. Thank you for your work.

Awesome Work Mark, 👍👍👍Thanks and Winter Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮

Was in hospital and just watched tons of Mark's videos, great info that iv not got from all the books and documentaries iv seen love his stuff brilliant info ,keep up the great work mark.

Absolutely awsome, like everthing from Dr Mark Felton!

It's a great day when Dr. Felton uploads

Wouldn't be surprised if you get hired to narrate a nature/history documentary, keep up the awesome work mark!

Can you feature Bruno Gesher. Survived Stalingrad in the Derlinwager Battalion after leading Hitlers private security. His drinking habit saved his life. Hitler loves him and Himler despised him. Boot camp and military training as an older man. Exceptional story.

Great content as always Mark! Thanks!!

Mark, great episode one of my favorites. Perhaps you could cover their private trains next ?

I love that nobody in the intro shot gives a single crap about the brakes being on fire.

Thank you for your amazing videos, Mark!

Thanks for the very interesting history lesson Mark.

"So you want to be a dictator?" haha best opening line i've ever heard from you. Also i wonder if Hirohito didn't want to fly after hearing what happened to Yamamoto.

I saw you on an a tv show on History Uk called Hitler’s steel beast. A documentary tracing the story of Adolf Hitler’s armoured private train. FYI I’ve been subscribed way before 1 million. Keep up the great work Mark!

Another BRILLIANT and INFORMATIVE program from Mark Felton. THANK YOU.

This channel is constantly entertaining and educational. Well done Mark Felton!

There's me thinking Mussolini's preferred plane was a Fieseler Storch, especially off of the Gran Sasso.

12:59 The Hawker Siddeley Trident supposedly for Mao's service ended up being used for his deputy, Lin Biao, to escape his rule, during an attempt to defect to Soviet Union. But the plane crashed on the way.

Amazing content as always Dr. Felton.

Fascinating as always Mark, much appreciated.

Hi Mark...as a student of WW2 history, special emphasis Eastern Front, I appreciate and value your uploads. The very high quality of your narration, editing, factual content, truly brilliant insights and your obvious passion on the subject make this an easy choice for me!

Mark should have his own plane, broadcasting his brilliant information to us all!

Thank you for another informative and very well done video.

Thanks again Mark for another great video!

Fascinating. Germans led the way on politicians using air travel. Wonder who came up with the parachute chair idea. Maybe a German 007?

Wow your Italian pronunciation of "pipistrello" was amazing, you're the first i heard actually trying (and this case also managing) to pronounce correctly Italian words, usually English speakers just pronunce them in an English way (ending up butchering the word) nice job🏅

Keep 'em coming Mark!

Excellent video Mark. Thank you.

You should do one on Churchill and Roosevelt's private planes.

Mark Felton you are a national treasure.

Thank you Mark! Another morning history video with my cup of joe, couldn’t ask for more. Keep it up

Interesting! Thanks for your presentation Dr. Felton!❤️🇨🇦

Hey, Dr. Felton...Do you do all the prep work yourself or do you employ research assistants? In either case, much respect. When one of your videos is posted, everything else in my life comes to a halt until I watch it.

Though it’s damage was paramount for ending the war, it’s a shame the allied bombing raids destroyed so many interesting pieces of technology that existed in Nazi Germany.

Well done, Mark!

Love these videos and the research is 100 keep up the great work.

Funny to hear Dr. Felton's voice endorsing a product. I think he could read me just about any ridiculous April Fools Day story and I'd believe it.

This is my favorite channel on RU-vid. And I am including my own in that!

Another great job Mark !

Always a pleasure Txs for sharing... you start in beauty products with history , success for sure 👍

It's my lifetime ambition to be an "upwardly mobile despot" 😂 at the moment I'm a mere minion! 😔

On 28 August 1941, Hitler's Condor plane was carrying himself, Mussolini, Ribbentrop, Himmler and others from a tour of the Eastern Front back to Lvov. As reported in the history book 'Hitler and Mussolini' by Santi Corvaja: "Soon after the Furher's plane left the air field, Mussolini, in a strange moment of exhibitionism, asked to pilot the aircraft. Hitler was so surprised that he said nothing and only made a face intended as a strange smile. Hitler had never learned how to drive a car, let alone fly a plane... Mussolini got out of his seat, went to the cockpit and flew the plane for over an hour, making the copilot, and everyone else on board, very nervous."

Another interesting video to view..thank you again for the history lessons of ww2 Very knowledgeable mark felton.

Another great video mark thank you 😀

Another excellent video, you never disappoint Dr. Felton.

Nice. You always pick the topics that haven't been done 1000 times on RU-vid. A real historian who can do short simple presentations that will interest the history buff & novice alike.

Thanks Mark - fascinating. I still haven't decided which plane to use when I conquer the world, but you video has inspired me.

The only channel in youtube where I actually enjoy listening to the adverts.

Now, who wouldn't want a personal parachute armchair. :) I liked the parallell in the begining with modern leaders! I'm thinking especially of the American presidents motorcade, 85 vehicles long, when he arrived in Rome. Powerprojection in absurdity.

Imagine you're Hitler's attendant trying to impress your boss and you accidently put his coffee on the emergency hatch button

Another fabulous video.

Interesting stuff! Thanks Mark.

Why didnt you include Hitlers early use of planes to underline himself as a young and dynamic politician during his rise to power? He was the first one to schedule so many appearences in so many distant towns which was quite an impressive feat.

This mans a legend

Great work Sir thank you

Another great bitta work from Mark... Oh, saw you on ' normal... ' telly today, a documentary on Hitler's train... Ironic really, since, all you're online stuff knocks mainstream TV's efforts out the park. Again, thanks for the perfect channel mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿