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Hitler's Hidden City




Greatest Mysteries of WWII: Hitler's Stealth Fighter
Horten Ho 229


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJzKjtjZnY&list=FL0iVxGolMCz12YjqUnqWgGg&index=10



Hindenburg Explodes (1937)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWSRIIg8KXQ&list=FL0iVxGolMCz12YjqUnqWgGg&index=27

best part 3:27

 

Hopefully we can all agree that the Nazi ideology was entirely wrong and inhumane and there will be no politically delicate discussions, only facts and information.

I'm a WWII nerd, watch every documentary I can get my hands on, read quite a few books on the subject and I'm always doing tons of internet research as a hobby in my freetime. At this point where I know pretty much everything about the big events (war, holocaust, political events in Europe 33-39), I'm mostly interested in small side-stories, such as the memories of "smaller" war criminals or soldiers.

I remember how a few years back, I tried to accumulate as much information as possible about the infamous "XX Typewriter", one out of a handful of typewriter models that had the SS-rune on top of the "2" or "3"-key to enhance writing of official political and war documents. There were two or three models that were commercially distributed, usually upon request of the customer, and one of them was the official Wehrmachtsschreibmaschine (army typewriter) in a large green wooden crate - army equipment for use at the frontline.

Typewriter:


After the war, those typewriters were usually converted so they did not have to be thrown away because the SS-rune became an illegal symbol after the war had ended. That means most owners polished the type bar blank and cut out the symbol from the key. Some of these typewriters survived, of course, and are now a relic of this unique era when politics had a functional impact on everyday life tools.

SS-rune, written by a typewriter:

 

here are some pics of my private collection (not really a collection,as most pics are from my family)

 

Interesting info. Don't forget, History Channel has some small stuff on WWII sometimes. :wink-new:

 

There is an excellent BBC series called 'The World at War' which has interviews with many people actually involved in the conflict; including Hitler's Chief Architect, and later Armaments minister, Albert Speer and Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, Hitler's de jure successor.

Emphasis added, no right-minded individual could think otherwise.

 

ave/ Joseph_Capelli thanks for sharing! 'The World at War' I also recommend, the main music is great.
Worth seeing is also "Die Wehrmacht" Hartley Peter, Helm Ingo

 

Hitler in Colour

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oh,i could upload more photos and documents if needed

 

Yes, please

 

Hitler's Secret Science

Part1


Part2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x8JKcDvnSA

Part3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8HjQH5nlLE

The hunt for Hitler's scientists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HT01AGtfjI

 

ok,ill try to scan the photos and documents at weekend

 

From my school we gone to ΡΟΥΠΕΛ. A Greek base during the WW2.

 

I went to the Belsen concentration camp, a couple of museums, some former historic buildings in Berlin as well as the SS castle Wewelsburg before (the inspiration for Castle Wolfenstein)... all quite rewarding sights for someone interested in history, I recommend!

 

Hahah, those crazy projects were quite amazing (although completely impractical)! The same engineer planned an even bigger tank called the P1500. In the end, both projects (P1000 and P1500) were never built and cancelled less than a year later.

This is the concept of the P1500 - massive and mighty impressive, especially for 1942. But then again entirely pointless because even it there was a road for it to run on, it would be crunched to pieces by this heavy monster, making a tactical advance impossible.

There were many (crazy) technological concepts during WW2, mostly because Germany pumped all their money (and debt) into warfare at that time, allowing a lot of fascinating engineering to be done. Most of it, however, was never completed, practical and would probably have never worked.

I emphasize this because there are tons of nutcases out there who still seriously believe in Nazi ufos, space travel and high-velocity tanks. No kidding: There is this tiny German neo-nazi community with some leader guy who always posts videos of their "conferences" on YouTube. They became sort of a meme among interested YouTubers because of their hilarious statements about the Nazi technology for which there is no evidence at all.
Want some examples?

- The Nazis operate a moon base since 1945 and plan an invasion from up there. They are mining for extremely efficient fuel inside the moon
- They also have a tank that can go 300km/h. No kidding.
- In 1935, the nazis invented space travel - going to Pluto and back in 4 hours, no problem and documented. Where is document? "Destroyed by jew-controlled government" Lolz

Hard to believe that there are people out there who really believe that --- but there are.

 

The Landkreuzer P. 1500 reminds me of another monster... Gustav

[video=youtube_share;Hf3fgfHoTOc]http://youtu.be/Hf3fgfHoTOc[/video]

 

Thanks for sharing pictures and videos. Nothing beats history of world war

 

Not all WWII but some great aviation pics here.

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13327

 

Oh man and here I thought the Nazi moon base was only in this cheap ass movie Iron Sky! Can't believe they really think like that! Though you gotta admit all the secret nazi technological crazy projects have a certain charm

Very interesting thread, I love WWII history, mostly when it comes to engineering, it's fascinating.

 

The Nazis had a lot of weird expansion plans and none of them were ever realized. However, some of today's fanatics are focusing on these plans and like to believe that it's all been real and not just a drawing any Nazi engineer could've done (which it was). Nazi Germany was very different from other dictatorships as they were massively focusing on expansion. Not just within Europe and Eurasia, but also towards Africa and even Antarctica. There was an expedition to Antarctica which was supposed to determine if they can claim land there and construct a base of some kind (project "Neuschwabenland"), but it never went past the expedition phase of the project. Nowadays some Neo-Nazis believe that there is a gigantic deserted underground military base that goes several kilometres deep, somewhere under the antarctic ice.

This idea is pretty cool, but it just doesn't make any sense. If they had the means to build a gigantic antarctic underground base, why did nobody ever look for it (and find it)? And how come they didn't have enough raw material for weapons to defend their country, but on the other hand they had plenty of iron/concrete/wood/metal to ship all the way to Antarctica to build some base that was never used? Stupid...