Hitler’s Personal Train: The Führersonderzug

It was Hitler’s military headquarters on wheels. His mobile steel reinforced refuge. His moving apartment with his own personal servants, bodyguards, communications centre, with all necessities on board. Watch how this steel behemoth appeared during World War II, learn of its functions in keeping the Führer on track with his strategies and plans, as well as marvel at the train’s defences against any possible assault. It was no wonder the Allies never had a clear opportunity to attack the Führersonderzug, as its movements and designs were always covered and wrapped together in thick layers of secrecy.

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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)


Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

Sources:

Amiard, Caroline, and Daniel Ablin, Le train d'Hitler - La bête d'acier (Paris, 4th November 2017).

Fandom. “Führer Headquarters”. Accessed 3 June 2022.

Hitler Archive. “The Führersonderzug, Hitler's special train.” Accessed 3 June 2022.

Hoffmann, Peter. Hitler’s Personal Security (London, 1979).

Joachimsthaler, Anton. The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, translated by Helmut Bögler (London, 1998).

Ramsey, Winston G. “Guide to Hitler's Headquarters.” Indiana University: After the Battle Magazine, Issues 17-20, 1978.

Seaman, Mark. Operation Foxley: The British Plan to Kill Hitler (Walderslade, 1998).

Seidler, Franz W., Zeigert, Dieter. Hitler’s Secret Headquarters: The Führer’s Wartime Bases, from the Invasion of France to the Berlin Bunker, translated by Geoffrey Brooks (London, 2004).

[oo]

I like how you censored the flags but still have the 'Windmill of Friendship' on the train.

[hendrikg]

My grandma often tells me the story that when this train passed through her village her teachers let her whole school stand next to the tracks and do the salute.

[Thoroughly_Wet]

"Thomas has done things in the past he's not proud of, but he enjoys being a very useful engine"

[haxsa]

As a train fan, it’s quite interesting to learn about trains from history. I just got off a train today

[gluznesad]

My grandpa used to live in a small village in germany during ww2 as a kid (he was 8 years old when the war ended) and this train was once parked in a tunnel nearby, while Hitler was visiting one of his headquarters. My grandpa and his friends tried to have a look at it but were send away by some soldiers. Unfortunately the allies found out about the trains location and started attacking the village because of it.

[patrickt]

Fun fact: the same type of steam locomotives used on the Fuhrersonderzug, called Kriegsloks, are still in limited service in the Balkans after more than 80 years.

[danielbauder]

I saw one of the carriages in a Museum in Speyer. And I also have this train complete in H0 Scale. The locomotive they used was even bigger. Mostly a Baureihe (Class) 01.10 Streamlined Express Engine. The second loco was for emergency replacement of the first was broken etc.

[cannonball]

"Pardon me, boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?

"Nein, nein, it's der Führersonderzug, track 29"

[remy]

i enjoy the shaky and chaotic feel of the train while you showed the differnt cars, when in use it most definetley woulve been completely stacked with guards, press employees, caterers, cooks, family members, and numerous high ranking officers, generals, and military personnel.

[Remembrance]

Reminds me of a story I read about a trip he made to the eastern front. Coincidently, at one of the stops, a train carrying wounded soldiers from the front had stopped as well, heading west. Instead of allowing the soldiers to see their Fuhrer who they had given so much, Hitler closed the windows of his train, as if he refused to see for himself what the war was costing his own countrymen.

[PassTheSnails]

The animation for this channel has honestly gotten so good

[Thomas-rlxd]

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel.

Thank you..

[Redatcarndal]

Now when you don’t censor the swatzica bands and the train front and replace the swatzica on the flag with the iron cross so it doesn’t get banned in Germany then simple history you have officially made a masterpiece history animation

[Redatcarndal]

My favorite history channel because no matter what stupid trouble they’ve got into with YouTube I like the fact their still doing uncensored videos and don’t censor the swatzicas and still keep in the blood and I commend and props to simple history for showing us the uncensored, animated and brutal reality of history and war

[davidandrews]

I have a feeling you’ll never see that train on any episodes of Thomas and friends.

[nikobellic]

"Thomas was only following orders."

[captain_commenter]

*Thomas the Tank Engine’s German cousin*

[ZeGreatStick]

Using this train is like wiping your search history clean after every time you search something on Google.

[daviddavidson]

Good Ol Addy, created the first non-smoking train. Ahead of his time by decades.

[thesenate]

Bro had a furher everything. Furhersonderzug, Furherwagen, Furherbunker, probably ended his reign with a Furhrerpistole.