I know the Chancellory was only a few blocks away, but I wonder if they didn't know if that area had been reached and cleared yet, and figured they'd stop at the Reichstag first.
Don't ever worry about sharing history with me. I'm an avid fan of different periods of history, and am currently reading two books on WWII. If you're not familiar with him, Dr. Mark Felton is a British historian, and has a YouTube Channel where he posts excellent videos, mostly about WWII. He's very good at getting as many facts on a subject as he can.
Yes, I‘ve heard of him. Still, I consider his videos rather sensationalist. Sorry about it.
This story of his dealings with the German Tank museum, for example, was a little dodgy to me, especially with me being a historian myself:
https://daspanzermuseum.de/regarding-mark-feltons-king-tiger-still-in-lake-video/
Thus, Mr. Felton seems to me very similar to many other „British style“ historians: the narrative- which is always extremely good and clearly written- is the most important. Facts, not always.
That should be of no wonder. After all, Britain‘s rich literary heritage would be unthinkable without the British narrative tradition.
In scholarship, there are national traditions which pay more attention to facts, but whose scholarly works normally make for rather dry reading. My own writings are no exception in this regard 😀
Furthermore, one should not forget that Britain teaches her children unconditional hatred for my people, the fact notwithstanding that we are a slave colony now, not a country., after losing you-know-what, as well as being a partner in Nato.
Well, if I had my way, my country, what’s left of it, would be as isolationist as ancient China, ancient Korea, or as Japan during the „sakoku“ era. I think, then, people on both sides of the German border would be happy 😀
The only pity would be that we wouldn’t be having this conversation now 🙂
Thank you for having this debate with me. I am very grateful.
But could you help me: where is the fascination many Anglo-Saxons with the era 1933-45 stem from? I must say that it was dreadful for everyone involved.
My parents witnessed it as children, and my late mother‘s first word was „ quick, basement“ in baby talk. She still could hear the sound of the Merlin engines in her mind, although she was only two when the nightmare ended. My father just barely survived an air raid when he was seven - but here I am.
Most Europeans have similar, or much worse, memories of that time. That’s why so many Europeans were able to come together in past decades, talking ro each other about their life stories- and crying bitterly at what the others all had to go through. I think this was difficult for many, but cathartic as well, and helped to overcome the great hatred, another bitter legacy of this terrible era.
For my own part, I consider other parts of history a more enjoyable topic, especially the Middle Ages, where so much has not been researched yet. I love reading ancient charters of knights, clerics, burghers and rustics and everything contained therein.