He stole my pop-tart

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If real,

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Seems fake...

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Seems fake...

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I am hoping it's not. SO far, I don't see anything on the world wide web that says it's fake

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I am hoping it's not. SO far, I don't see anything on the world wide web that says it's fake

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That's because common fricking sense resides in the brain.

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That's because common fricking sense resides in the brain.

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Brief thread hijack:

ChewyDante: I know that you are a fairly learned WW2 history buff. If you have never read Albert Speer's book "Inside the Third Reich" I highly recommend it. He outlines as nobody else ever has the chaos, inefficiency and pure amateurism that characterized economic production, plans, and organization. Speer's inside experience is totally unique and extremely important to understand.

Loved that, Tangy.

Thanks for posting.

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Judging by the OP, I assume the video is some trolling biased race baiting bullshite?

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No Mr, Cynical. It is just plain funny. Unravel your panties.

It's obviously a joke, bruh.

That is the same officer that brings those kids snacks and drinks all the time and sits and hangs out with them.

Was not shot...definitely not real

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I downloaded the PDF version of it several years ago. Never got around to reading it. I have a pretty legit stash of WWII PDF books but then my laptop screen went to shite so I never really got to dive into them. If you're interested in any of them let me know and I'd be happy to pass them your way. The one memoir I was digging for but just couldn't find for download was Doenitz's. But I have Keitel's and a few of Leon Degrelle's which are very interesting since he was a foreign fighter in the Waffen SS and a dedicated Nazi until the day he died.

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Thanks for the offer, and, I will keep that in mind. I've got some books in the queue waiting for reading. Something made me pick up Speer's book again. I last read it about ten years ago. Today, now that I have ten more years of learning about the war under my belt, I find that Speer's Inside the Third Reich provides the deepest insight into exactly how the government and economy worked during the war.

As Speer walks the reader through the years from early 1942 when he took over armaments production to the end, and the reader has a solid background WRT what was going on at the war fronts, the reader gains unsurpassed insight WRT just how amateurish, chaotic and inefficient was the entire official government structure and war effort. The Allied structure and effort was superior -- and I set aside the factor of "potential" because clearly the Allied potential was always vastly superior.

The conclusion I draw with this reading is that the Manstein Backhand Blow in March 1943 near Kharkov would never have occurred without Speer's having managed armaments production since early 1942. Why? Because the new equipment that outfitted the SS Panzerkorps commanded by Hausser could not have been manufactured. German industry did not have the capacity to manufacture that level of production, but for Speer's organizational efforts during 1942.

That's why Stalin thought that he could end the war in Spring 1943. That's why he kept going with his offensive -- he thought that German armaments production was at the level where it was the previous year. He had no knowledge of Speer's (who as you know was a trained architect, not a man of industry) improvements in armaments production.

And of course,as you know, Speer's efforts improved production in 1943 and even more so in 1944.

Speer even improved German Railways support of the war effort! At the time of his taking over, the Reichsbahn was in a terrible state of organization -- completely unprepared for war. For example, locomotives were still being craftsman-made one-at-a-time in early 1942. Speer implemented an assembly-line factory production.

I feel quite strongly that Speer's book is more important to understand than any of the other books you've mentioned. None of the other authors were in position to observe the complete workings and structure of the Government's war effort.

Degrelle's experiences are quite interesting. I have read his book and seen some of his YouTube clips.