Ernst Udet
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Nov 2, 2026
Robert ForsythGUEST
Well, I found, yes, I found it.
Robert ForsythGUEST
I wasn't actually sure how back, how far back I should go.
Robert ForsythGUEST
And I realized it in, I'll try to keep this brief, but I realized it, it goes back to, I start the book with the suicide of a man called Ernst Udett.
Robert ForsythGUEST
Um, he shot himself because he simply, I mean, in very crude terms, um, The belief is that he shot himself because he could no longer work with Hermann Goering, who was head of the Luftwaffe at that time.
Robert ForsythGUEST
And Goering was a larger-than-life figure, almost like a Caesar, a self-appointed Caesar.
Thomas777GUEST
To that point, though, there was another, I mean, there was an added, there was an added kind of layer of, of, of secrecy afforded him by accident of fate.
Thomas777GUEST
Hess approached Ernst Udet, who was, Udet was, he was part of the Richthofen Squadron, and he was an old comrade of Goering's.
Thomas777GUEST
You know, he was a, he was an air ace, really tragic guy.
Thomas777GUEST
He came to, he committed suicide in a, his, his suicide note, he, he wrote, he scrawled it on the wall of his apartment, and he, he, he, he professed love for his girlfriend who'd left him, and he, he said to Hermann Goering, "You abandoned me, Iron Man." That, that was, you know, the name that the Richthofen Squadron had for Goering.
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Thomas777GUEST
He was a gifted pilot.
Thomas777GUEST
You know, he was totally comfortable with these, you know, kind of nascent technologies that were incredibly complicated and required the pilot, among other things, to do pretty advanced calculations in his mind, including potentially in the heat of combat.
Thomas777GUEST
And interestingly, Ernst Udet, you know, poor Udet again, he was one of the First World War's greatest aviators.
Thomas777GUEST
I mean, he was The Richthofen squadron did not have any second-rate combat pilots.
ThomasGUEST
but that's, that's, that's misplaced.
ThomasGUEST
But what finally sidelined Gearing was, uh, Ernst, uh, Ernst Udet,
ThomasGUEST
who I think we've mentioned before, um, Udit was basically the armaments minister, the procurement and technology minister for the air ministry.
ThomasGUEST
Think of what Albert Speer's job was in
ThomasGUEST
infrastructure towards military purposes.
ThomasGUEST
Udit, that was his role within the domain of military aviation.
ThomasGUEST
But Udet was a complete disaster.
ThomasGUEST
He was another hero of the Richthofen squadron.
ThomasGUEST
To that point though, there was another, I mean, there was an added, uh, there was an added kind of layer of, uh, of, uh, of secrecy afforded him by accident of fate.
ThomasGUEST
Uh, Hess approached, uh, Ernst Udet,
ThomasGUEST
who was, uh, Udet was, uh, he was part of the Richthofen squadron and he was an old comrade at Gering's.
ThomasGUEST
You know, he was a, he was an air ace, really tragic guy.
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ThomasGUEST
You know, he was totally comfortable with these, you know, kind of nascent technologies that were, uh, incredibly complicated and, uh, required the pilot among other things to do pretty advanced calculations in his mind,
ThomasGUEST
including potentially in the heat of combat.
ThomasGUEST
Um, And interestingly, Ernst Udet, you know, poor Udet again, he was one of the First World War's greatest aviators.
ThomasGUEST
I mean, the Richthofen squadron did not have any second-rate combat pilots, and Udet was one of the best of the best.
Eric BrownGUEST
Now this is quite untrue, because I actually witnessed Hitler shaking hands with Jesse Owens and congratulating him on what he had d- achieved.
Eric BrownGUEST
[upbeat music] [camera clicking] Ernst Udet became famous in World War I, the top scoring pilot after Richthofen.
Eric BrownGUEST
[upbeat music] He had many lady friends, cigar smoking, champagne drinking sort of chap.
Eric BrownGUEST
Bigger than life.
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Thomas777GUEST
you know, the broad economic planning, you know, in a way that would later end up in the lap of disasters like Ernst Udet, as well as Erhard Mills, you know, kind of in a more limited way.
Thomas777GUEST
And some would, you know, be, you know, conferred upon Albert Speer, you know, as armaments minister.
Thomas777GUEST
At this point, Goering was king of like the four-year plans, okay? Goering coveted precious metals that Spain had, stuff like tungsten, stuff like copper, you know, that he reasoned could be bartered in direct exchange for military aid or, you know, acquired at fire sale prices, okay? Now, by fall, a general war was underway in Spain, okay? And at this point, Milch, Kesselring, Goering said, we've got to be very careful about escalation lest we find ourselves in a general war with the Soviet Union.
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ThomasGUEST
You know, the broad economic planning, you know, in a way that would later end up in the lap of disasters like Ernst Udet, as well as Erhard Mills, you know, kind of in a more limited way.
ThomasGUEST
And some would, you know, be, you know, conferred upon Albert Speer, you know, as armaments minister.
ThomasGUEST
At this point, Goering was king of like the four-year plans, okay? Goering coveted precious metals that Spain had, stuff like tungsten, stuff like copper.