The Weekly World War 2 Show

Hey guys!

I didn't know where to post this. I thought this was the best sub-forum for my post.

I started a weekly series which I hope to launch every saturday. It's a 30-60 minute show where I discuss World War 2 related topics. I'm not an historian, just someone with a passion for World War 2. Please leave some constructive feedback and make sure to like and share the video if you enjoyed.
Greetings!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Hb7e-UV9w

 

Good luck with your video project.

A few thoughts though. Nero gets a bad rap on the "Great Fire", such events were common to Rome and many if not most modern historians place him out of Rome when the fire occurred. Further much of working class Rome was subject to Eminent Domain whenever a Emperor wanted to build a new prestige project, Quakes, fires and other disasters often provided the opportunity to "rebuild" Rome better than it was.

Secondly Hitler did not live to a ripe old age in South America. Likely he was diagnosed with a form of Parkinson's in the 1930's and with his drug abuse after this during the war, It is doubtful he would have lived till 1950 even if Germany won the war.

Again bets of luck!

 

Hey belasar! Thanks for your reply and for the information. I made a new episode which is shorter and more focussed. I also went into Rotterdam to record some!
Hope you enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhs2kBuUGqE

 

Whether you like it or not...you're a historian mate : )

 

Congrats on your second show! Personally, the shorter format works better for me. 20 t0 30 minutes is just about right to sit in front of a monitor (as a dinosaur, I still use a PC rather than a laptop or tablet). Was the bridge destroyed in 1943? By bombing, because to landing till June 1944.

When ever possible using your portable video camera to show us things most of us can't see (wrong side of the pond) is a real bonus!

Continued good fortune!

 

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
The bridge was destroyed in 1943 by bombing. I thought it was because allied bombers had to drop their load when they got under fire.

I would love to make more episodes like this! Visiting places which have their traces of world war 2 and recording them full time is a real dream for me. It takes time, and I can't afford trips to make a lot of trips.
I wll do my best to bring the best!

 

Wow thank you for taking your time to watch my episodes! I got some great ideas for future episodes, but as I said distance and money is the problem I would love to go out there with my camera and make videos about different topics. I will try my best!

 

Here it is: The Weekly World War 2 Show! #3 - Crash Site Wellington Bomber!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2kcO60lppc

I hope you enjoy!

 

Any teen age German soldier in 1944 would have been a "Hitler Youth" as a boy. Unlikely to be from the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division as it wasn't in the Arnhem area during Market-Garden. Seventeen year old's were quite common though throughout the Wehrmacht in 1944 however.

The remote control tanklette you describe as being found was likely a "Goliath" tracked mine (see below), a clever idea that never really worked very well.

Russia has a large collection of WWII era tanks, especially T-34/76-85's, so unless it was in very good condition, had some unusual modification or was greatly desired by a foreign collector, scrapping was it likely fate no matter what.

Another fine show!

 

Thanks for the feedback Belasar! This week I received a cache full of ww2 posters and maps which were laying in my uncles basement for years! I was very surprised what was in it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs228CXbvYg

 

Interesting video. I might be interested in joining in on this! Visually and with audio. I've read a lot of David Stahel recently.

 

Quite a bit in this installment, perhaps too much to easily digest. I would have suggested that you had concentrated on 4 to 5 items per show with a little deeper research on each and perhaps a scan of each document to allow your audience a better view of each.

The majority of the posters were occupation era and provided by the Nazi's and their allies in the country. They fall in three broad category's.

Administration: Several seem oriented towards food distribution and rationing and public order. These would have been fairly common, one in each community, many more in larger cities. These would be everyday items the populace in occupied Holland see week in and week out, something they needed to know, but also something that turned the knife in their guts as a everyday reminder that they were a occupied people.

Volk and Party: Germany attempted, with some success, to promote the idea that they lead a Pan-European Crusade against Communism, so posters for anti-communist meetings, winter relief (coats/scarves/gloves) for troops on the Eastern Front, joining the Dutch and Belgian SS, and unity of workers and farmers helped to play into this.

Victory Propaganda: Telling the locals about Germany's "Victories" (how many British ships sunk), Don't talk (Loose lips, sinks ships) or how it was the Allied blockade that kept their bellies empty was meant to erode confidence in a allied victory and turn the population to the Nazi camp. In the "Punch" cartoon of Stalin, German Propaganda lifted (stole) a image from a popular British Humor and Satire Magazine (1841 to 2002) to both show a unflattering image of Stalin and imply that the Allies felt the same as Germany. Classic mixed message propaganda.

The post war posters and notices were also fairly common, designed to fill much the same role that the occupation era posters did, but from a allied perspective. For me the interesting nugget is the Pacific war poster. Probably intended to act as a educational tool post war in schools since because of censorship the course of the war would be unknown in real time occupied Europe.

The maps were not likely "battlemaps" as they were too broad in scope but probably government use only, hence not for reproduction and considered "secret". This would also make them valuable to ordinary people to chart the course of the war and so be a prized, yet illegal possession.

In the WWII era, posters were a massive medium to impart propaganda and information. Often printed in the tens of thousands, they were common in any public space, but they were never seen as permanent and over printed by new ones as the message changed. Because of this most are forever lost to time. (many were posted outside, in the elements)

I don't mean to be too harsh but I suspect militaria and historical artifact collectors likely cringed on the way you handled them. As you noted, very fragile. I would look to preserving them and only handle them with soft cotton gloves. We have a sub forum about documents and how to preserve them, check it out when you get a chance. As a side note, I don't know if you have a "Antiques Roadshow" program or event near your location, but it might be worth looking into with these. They will give you a idea of the scarcity and value of these posters and maps. (some could be quite rare)

 

Thanks Belasar, I think you're right.. Most people still don't know much about those posters. I should've gone more indepth on a couple of posters and I indeed also could've handled them with more caution. I will take this advice to future episodes. Thanks for taking the time to explain the posters and the different categories. I'm now understanding the goal of each poster.

I will keep an eye out on those roadshows
Thanks again for taking your time!


Joe

 

I have written comments on your posts on You Tube, so I won't go over it again. I would love to see a future show about the occupation from the point of view of an older person. Perhaps you could find a member of your family who was there (an aunt or uncle) and interview them?

As a Canadian I know there is a close friendship that sprung out of the end of the war between our two nations. Many Canadian soldiers married girls from Holland and the Netherlands and others moved there after the war. I would like to know more about that from your point of view.