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Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the audacious commando raid on the German occupied dry dock at St Nazaire in France on March 28th 1942. Made for the BBC in 2007 by North One. For more info on the documentary click here - bbc.in/2QzeYOz
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Sam Beattie is my great grandfather. Its nice to have this documentary to remember a man i never got to meet.
There’s great blood going through your veins ... be proud!
It is men like your great grandfather that has enabled following generations to exist. On behalf of my family past , present and future. Thank you. Dave
Nice 😊👍🏼
Tom Van Gool : Dearest Tom. It is comments, and most importantly, actions from guys like you that truly explains the importance of the incredibly brave men in this operation and others who gave their lives to give us the life that we have had and the hope and truth that their sacrifice has enabled us all to live as we do today. I realized the meaning of their sacrifice at the time of the Falklands war. I volunteered to serve but at the age of 36 I was too old :) how stupid. Please encourage more of your comrades like this documentary. God bless you and thank you. Dave
@@daveroberts7373 strange, the armed forces still accept at that age.
“How to tackle a bloke with your bare hands: knock him out, spoil his prospects & pinch his weapon ... and his gold watch too, if he’s got one!” LMAO
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That was hilarious 😂
@@HarveyJohnWillmott call
@MichaelKingsfordGray Fucking tosser!
That made me laugh!
That’s wasn’t just a job for Clarkson. He really put his heart and soul in the narration. He is the one producers should turn to if they want someone with genuine passion.
I wish Jeremy made more of these documentaries in a series
Same
Here's one more if you haven't seen it already - PQ 17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster
Inspirational! I completely agree with "persapapi4474" - Clarkson, get your finger out and make a series of this stuff - it's just fantastic, much better than watching you fanny about in some old tin crate spouting total guff! Come on man, make it so! 👍👌👏👊😁
He also did a great one on the VC combined with the story of operation market garden (a bridge too far)
He could have a short guy that was good at hurting himself and a tall guy that put up with that d1ckgead Clarkson.
No, wait BBC banned car shows.
I’ve only known Jeremy Clarkson for Top Gear and his automotive journalism, but I must say he makes a bloody good history narrator!
look up his victoria cross documentary
look up his victoria cross documentary
Too true. He is a delight to listen to and always keep up the interest. Brilliant man.
Another good one of JC's ua-cam.com/video/dnVZpVUevdI/v-deo.html
His doc on Isambard Kingdom Brunel is fantastic
British humor, "Well there we are, four minutes late."
Thats not humor thats our basic standards.
Aussies would say...
only a typical bloody Pom can say that lol.
Technically that’s 9 minutes late in the Navy hahaha
@@zaceriwata G day sir do i still need a criminal record to come and see you?
Seriously though thanks for both WW1 and WW2 I can't thank your country enough. Much love from the north of England. And me.
"I'm sure the youth of today would do the same as we did. I'm sure they would..."
is the saddest sentence of the whole documentary.
Thank you for your service Sir.
Doubt it, they are all gay and trans
The man of this era from Europe and America did extraordinary things under the worst conditions people today couldn’t handle it
@@joecummings9662 Of course they could. Humans adapt quickly.
@@DrMcMoistall we can hope is that we will be able to live up to this level of valour if time calls on us young adults.
Some years ago I was at Flambards in Cornwall looking at a diorama of the Campbeltown smashed into the dry dock gate. A man in a wheelchair was pushed to the same diorama so I move to one side to allow him to get closer. "That was my boat" he said. He then proceeded to tell the story, his story of the St Nazair raid. I do not know his name, he never gave it, but the emotion and the detail of his account was incredible. By the time he had finished, some dozen of so grown men had listened to this incredible man and looking around there was not a dry eye to be seen. Thinking about it gives me goosebumps; he pointed to some of the buildings and named those killed and wounded at each one. The date of my visit was March 28th, he made the trip that day each year to remember his fallen friends, as he could not do this anywhere else.
Clarksons documentary is indeed very good, but listening to that humble elderly man was in another class.
"Dont hang about here, its decidedly unhealthy." As bombs were going off on the deck. What a legend.
Classic British understatement.
@MichaelKingsfordGray Who is?
The hand to hand fighting clip, I love with its deceidely British Sense of Humour with "Trip him up spoil his prospects (Kick him in the Balls with your Ammunition Boots on) and pinch his weapon.... !
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That is a understatement
My father was one of the assault troops on this raid, Gdsman H C Lloyd 6 troop 2 Commando. I'm enormously proud of him. He & his comrades, many of whom I met in later years, were some very special characters.
Massive respect to your father sir. And to all men who were on that mission. Yeah I reckon I'd be a proud man if my dad had that story to tell first hand.
Lest we forget.
Thank you for your father
Those guys are true heroes
Unlike some so-called historian who claims that this whole thing is bullshit
@@grahamkeeton6643 I thank you gentlemen, on behalf of my father, for your kind words. He was the cliched picture of a commando, a colossus of a man, enormously strong, tough as nails but a kind, gentle man unless provoked, then a wholly different character emerged. He told me once, (virtually never spoke of his adventures) that the true cost of the raid was brought home to him when he went for breakfast on the morning after their return to Plymouth. There were places for the 25 men of 6 Troop involved in the raid, however, there were 6 of them huddled at one end of the table, of those 25 men, 14 were killed, 5 captured & 6 returned. Dad, among other wounds, fractured his skull when blown down a hatch by a shell exploding beside him, this was only discovered in November 1942 when boxing for the commandos, being KOd by a punch to the temple. This led to his return to the Grenadier Guards. He considered this a disaster, being unable to cope with all the BS he endured at hands of NCOs after the self discipline of the Special Service Brigade. He told me of the disciplinary problems subsequent to his leaving the brigade only a couple of years before his death, no one else had any idea of this. I kept his secret from my mother & siblings until then. I couldn't have wished for a finer father & I miss him terribly even 23 years later.
@@keithlloyd4254 Fascinating stuff Sir. Thank you for sharing .
@@keithlloyd4254 wonderful, wonderful story...and men.
In 1983 I was a village policeman in Southsea when I met a humble quiet man living in a council house who had been a commando on this raid. I befriended him and after two years he confided in me that he had been on this raid. He gave me a penguin book of the raid with a picture of him wounded on the raid. 30 years later when I retired I went to St Nazairre to pay my respects to him and all those on the raid. It was emotional . This short film narrated by Clarkson tells the story well. The bravery is in another league. I stood on top of the U boat harbour and thought about what they had done . Amazing guys. God bless them . Clark sons ex wife’s father held the V.C. Some people are so brave yet humble .
Wow, my dad was the village policeman in Rake on the Hants/Sussex border late 60s to 1981. Dr John Roderick was involved in the raid, was a lieutenant back then, shot in the leg and ended up a POW until the end of the war. Did his medical training and became a DR in Liss/Hill Brow area. Was my GP when I was a kid. Small world
Those humble people are truly the bravest ones. They are actually embarrassed that they get praise. A different breed.
@@yute-hube779 💯💯💯
God bless him.
In the 80s one Cdo was a security doorman at the old pensioners flat Old Saints Road.
He was an old bloke and loved the fact i was gonna join.
God bless the old
Does he still have a column in the Times? I ask because he writes there lie a completely different person (who much plays himself down for Top Gear.) He’s certainly adaptable.
Jeremy's talents are just unreal. He's a sensational broadcaster.
UK: Can you lend us a destroyer?
US: Sure, but we want it back in the same condition it is in.
UK: Understood
Destroyer - slightly used ,low mileage, never used in anger , minor wear and tear
Did not lend it to us it was ships for UK bases round the world
Neil Laidlaw it’s still a funny thought
US: So... Where is it?
UK: Oh, it's in drydock now.
US: Hmm.
UK: Yes, we're currently trialling revolutionary tactics for denial of enemy shipping.
US: How's that going?
UK: Smashing success.
US: ...So, where's the ship.
UK: Oh. It's still in drydock.
US: Hmm...
Seriously Phrasing the American version would be: listen here son there are two types of men in this world, men who won’t charge a machine gun and you. Now come on you sons of bitches you want to live forever?
I’m a 70 year old American Army medic vet. I’m impressed.....very damn impressed. Amazing, my cousins, the Brits!
Think you mean Uncle Brits, nephew. 😃
@@myview5840 ahhh you.... always a humorous nature you lot across the pond... much thanks and good tidings... wish you well in this new year
I am Scottish and many of us whilst having family who fought against Germany etc etc do not and have not ever called themselves Brits, or British. The term Britain also has no legal status or significance whatsoever. The UK legally exists and it is a bipartite Union between two Kingdoms. Scotland and England. Those two Kingdoms still very much exist to this day. No matter what the propagandists in Westminster and Whig historians try tell us. The UK is a political construct that is on its knees.
@@jambammz9908 Typical moaning, miserable Jock; still sour from the independence referendum. Congrats on trying to turn some decent, friendly sentiment towards your pernicious political agenda. Play a different tune for God sake; it's so boring listening to you lot prattle on with your po-faced, divisive drivel. I'm glad none of the lads this documentary are anything like you, otherwise it wouldn't matter what you called yourself, you'd be bent over Adolf's knee, speaking German instead. Bugger off, give us English tax payers our money back and throw Nicola Sturgeon into the Channel while you're at it.
@@jacobdrummond3013 Thanks for having my back there mate, can I toss it in the kitchen sink too? You know just for laughs
Us Americans love the Brits. Thank you guys for still being our friends.
whether we are friends depends if you support Trump or not.
I don’t want be your friend.
@@artful1967 I support trump and i'm british. Biden is senile and dementia ridden. The democrats have destroyed America.
@@artful1967 If it was not for our industrial might and our grandfathers sacrifices you would be speaking German. Watch your foul mouth.
@@artful1967Pathetic little worm you are 🤡 ⚰️
5 Commandos made it to Spain? I mean THAT is the documentary I want to watch!!!!!!
Only Jeremy would find an excuse to blow up a car during a history documentary.
It wasn't an Allegro... an opportunity lost!
Wonder what the 4 1/2 *tons* of Amatol would have done to that car.
Should have been a caravan
What car!!!!
Explosive training with Royal Engineers involves blowing up a lot of cars. I did a Robin Reliant & really old style Vauxhall Cavaliar. Best fun was turning a coke can, wire coat hanger & 2p coin into a bunker busting shaped charge, end result moulton coper shooting through reinforced concrete.
"So, chaps, your mission is to shoot everything that moves and blow up anything that doesn't."
"Jolly good, Sir. That's the spirit!"
BadTrip Nice! Precisely why the Allies won. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷
@A if you were an adult in WWII era, you would be one of the Nazi soldiers blown up on that dock hunting for souvenir of 'Allies of Jews'
@A Don't forget Australia. We've been invaded without a fight too. Instead of bombs and bullets, political correctness was the weapon this time.
@A rassist much> you have been a proud nazi........ or tumprard.
The majority of Squaddies are not whizzo Prang merchchants they are the most common who write about it
As in the navy it's the butcher the baker and the candle stick maker that are the vast majority of fighting men and are the vast majority that die.
So honoured to find this documentary. My Grandfather was on motorboat 262. He was a Sapper, Royal Engineer commando no 3. He was captured after this raid and spent rest of war as a POW. I often think of how he must have felt not being able to communicate back home for such a long time, although eventually letters written by him reached my Grandma. Training was brutal, it was a suicide mission, no one expected to come home. I wished he was here to answer questions, but (in his strong geordie accent) he would have told me not to talk about it. We should all be grateful for every single man who went, who didnt leave and who survived this mission.
Respect to him. I've read a little about what happened the smaller boats of the flotilla and ML 262 was apparently one of the very worst hit, repeatedly shot up with loads of casualties.
Men of absolute *steel*
We don't even come close 🙏🏻
I love how they raise the British flag after the Germans started shooting at them, almost saying “to hell with this, FOR KING AND COUNTRY!”
That's my favourite part of the video it's so funny, it's like it's saying " we fooled you Jerry we are the British"
Opening up fire whilst sailing under the flag of another country is illegal and a war crime. So as soon as they started shooting back they had to change flags.
It’s rules of engagement
Absolutely love this this part haha 'I'm not going down as a Nazi!'. May be rules of engagement under normal circumstance, certainly makes no difference under this heavier fire and questionably under any special operations. It's more self preservation you don't want to be captured as a spy, not due to rules of engagement hahah That's probably why they came up with certain rules of engagement. Look dress in your uniform and you're a prisoner of war, dress as them and you're a spy and will be shot.
Did they actually do this in real life?.
When I was 16 I built an Airfix model of the Cambelltown and read about the bravery of those brave men. I am 72 and still remember that clearly . Thanks to Jeremy for this documenary. Mike from Oz
Did you build it as per the "disguise"?
@Wayne Hitchcock thats fantastic. the book," the greatest raid of all time" by C.E Lewis is well worth a read too.
Mike, I also built that Airfix model and read a book about the exploits, I guess in about 1961. JC did a brilliant job.
Mr Clarkson was made for narrating this historic stuff. This is the second one of this kind that he has done.
Have you seen his documentary about the convoy PQ17? Again excellent narration, and a story of real bravery.
It's right in his wheel house.
Enjoyed watching every bit of it. 👍👍
That's a very nautical reply.😂
A superb documentary with great narration by Mr.Clarkson. Respect.
AL N that was fascinating. He does a fantastic job. Very to the point, no waffling, he cuts straight to the chase.
Few things get me choked up and emotional but the extreme acts of bravery of men like this really get me. What a generation! Men and Women.
I share that emotional feeling. When your confronted by such monumental bravery, courage and endurance it’s not difficult to shed a tear
Me too, i do not think i would of been so Brave
Jeremy Clarkson has presented this event with national pride. I have watched this a dozen times from time to time. A few times more for sure. The entourage to this production, also needs a top notch tribute. A brilliantly produced documentary. Respect to our fallen and survivors.
You can't deny, Jeremy is one passionate man.
@Real Thailand hell yeah brother you tell em, the BBC should hit you up next time.
@Real Thailand my guy, I commented on this video 8 months ago in appreciation of somebody’s passion. My snide remark was because I literally don’t even remember the details of the video, so I’m not gonna try to argue with you because you’re probably right. If that’s the case, I urge you to make your own WWII videos. You’re obviously just as passionate and 40 years of study is valuable. Instead of arguing your point in the comments of a video, where everyone seems dead set on argument, put that knowledge to use and share it.
@Real Thailand you just seem to hate clarkson
Thank you Jeremy, having served with the Royal Marines for 23 years, and heard many lectures and tutorials on this awesome attack, your portrayal is by far the best. We will remember them.
I've had the rare privilege of having participated in a joint training with Zulu company in 1996. Was an eye opener. Great lads. Awesome officers. Your guys really liked our M203 ;P
Richard Waterhouse as a royal marine cadet I thank you for your service and hope to become a royal marine myself on day
@@harleyokeefe5193 Good luck, it is not easy, but if it was, everyone would have the coveted 'Green beret'!
Richard Waterhouse ye ik, I’ve been prepping for a few months now still got a year till I apply and do the PRMC tho
Essence
The raising of the ensign at 26:02 gets me every time.
28 March 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the St Naizaire Raid. I watched this documentary “by accident” when it first came out 10-15 years ago as is left the tv on after Top Gear. I then discovered that one of my family members had been involved in this raid. He died in the 80s and until this program was aired no one really had any idea what he’d been involved in as that generation didn’t talk about “those kind of things”. Truly amazing story.
Being an American school kid in the 1970's. The Battle of Britain and the Spitfire were taught in our history classes. We knew more about the Spitfire than we did our own Fighter planes. Those pilots in the Spitfire and Hurricane were such heroes even way over here across the Atlantic. But as shown in this video there are so many many more just an incredible generation really.
Usually everyone talks about the spitfire winning the battle of Britain, but really the hurricane planes were the real hard hitters.
@@Joe-hl2ts The Hurricane was the workhorse of RAF.
@@HL5IHarrier hurricane is what I was thinking of sorry, I got confused. But anyway you're right most think that the spitfires won the battle of Britain but there weren't many spitfires made in time whereas the hurricane really did win the battle of Britain.
@@kikihapexamendiosisaklepto7397 da fuq??
@@Joe-hl2ts In the second half of the war, maybe that's correct, but the Lancaster was not even test flown when the Battle of Britain was fought.
Coming from an American, i really admire the British. Courage and bravery lies in them that they would face death with a sense of humor.
Kind ofa wizard
So us Brits about our American Cousins
"If you think something is impossible, never think so, try it" Wisdom at it's finest, I feel blessed to be able to hear these wise words.
I watch a ton of WWII docs,and, while I knew about the commando raid, this is one of the best production of ANY WWII documentaries I can think of. Well done, Jeremy, anytime I see actual archive study, I know it's accurate...nothing like first hand accounts, but, you have the actual remaining raiders, so, bravo,a fantastic piece of history.
@@highcountrydelatite if you really read my comment, it's more about the production value of this documentary, not splitting hairs over what's 'the greatest'.
I quite like jezza narrating something historic.
I agree, Clarkson is better at these things,
He has a genuine interest and passion for the subject and the people involved.
But I'm so used to Top gear and GT and I find it hard to comprehend a serious Jezza
Yes you can say what you like about him (and there are plenty of not-so-complimentary things I would) but serious-mode Clarkson is a measured and most importantly, genuinely enthusiastic narrator.
@Tenac 300 He is a legend at scamming the tax-man and being involved in off-shore companies to get out of paying his taxes and scamming other people out of fake investments as has been exposed by Gorden Bowden and many others that is being covered up by the BBC and our corrupt government/political parties etc.
"They said Hände hoch! And I said Hände hoch to you" absolute fucking mad lad badass!
It made me chuckle, like how he gave no fucks while blowing up there whole docks. And just replied to the German like hellooo haha
@@Parkerlee1000 it means hand up lol makes it even better
Laughed my head off at that bit.
every other did not say hände hoch..he would shot without warning. no badass
@@xtrollyx_aut Do NOT call that man a liar! He's better than you'll ever be!
Jeremy is secretly one of the greatest story tellers and has a fantastic narrator voice among many other quality's a national treasure of the UK.
So have all the past C-ntservative leaders since WW II who have pronounced England is still a force in the world 🤣🤣
Don't feed trolls
Always makes me wonder why this was never made into a film. It has everything and the ingredients to entertain, though beyond that, these men should be immortalized.
There is a film about it - called "the attack on the iron coast"
"The man was sat there with his leg blown off... Cheering us on!"
Amazing. The most British thing ever. Incredible stuff
@@alexandert2762 Truly.
Compare to footballers rolling around on the grass after a small collision
These guys are real life batmans and supermans, heroes in every goddamn sense of the word.
dont cuss god....thats bad juju mark my words
@@stanlee2200 no you're right, and I know that.. I've been trying to stop, its something I'm trying to work on... hey so when is the next superhero movie coming out
@@treykearns4867 i would tell you but theres a slight problem with my schedule...
Im dead
@@stanlee2200 sooooo, what are you saying? it's going to be a few days??
One of the best documentaries I have ever seen.
Over the years, I have watched many videos/films about this raid. This is the best I have found. My father was there on ML103, and survived and was one of the few to return. he previously was on 2 of the Norwegian raids. He went on to continue to serve with No 3 Commando at Dieppe, D-Day and Arnhem.
These people were very special, and I have only been able to uncover the details since his passing by getting his service records from the MoD. I think it is typical of that generation to not wish to talk about their service.
I am not sure any of the current generation could go through this without needing to plaster it across the many social media platforms.
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I really hope Mr Clarkson does more WW2 documentries like this... say what you want about him but he's a bloody brilliant writer and narrator. He really knows how to tell a captivating story.
What makes them good are the people who were actually there and guess who are dead or just died because someone fucked up the whole corona thing?
Wouter vanR what
@@woutervanr what the fuck are you on about you dribbling spastic?
@@odfkjdhgovj Ah, good point. An other reason for not making more of these is because there are clearly to many bellends (this is the moment you look in a mirror) in the country that don't deserve more great documentaries.
@@woutervanr So it's my fault that Jeremy Clarkson is not making more WW2 documentries? Can you explain what your first comment was supposed to mean please?
I served for 17 years, and these guys have my utmost respect for what they did that night. True hero’s everyone of them. To the lads that didn’t make it back, god bless and rest in peace.
honors to you as well
satan=staat ! sie sind für satan maschiert und WIR ALLe wissen , das sie nicht, NIEMALS im HIMMEL landen werden bei GOTT!
sie wurden betrogen um ihre seelen , weil sie bei satan unterschrieben ! MASSENMÖRDER NR1 = staat
scheiß auf dich und deine satanistische freiheit - ich stoppe hier , sonst kotze ich noch in allen regenbogenfarben !
alfa156c achtung spitfire........
@@reccerat4446 or dresden or hiroshima - firebombs , from satan
I cannot even fathom the immense bravery of these men. Heroes all, and so nonchalant in describing their actions. Amazing
I like his comment about "the youth of today would do the same as we did". I'm really not convinced of that. Even slightly.
You never know. War changes peoples' priorities. We've never really known war like this. Nothing unites people like a common enemy
I feel like the odds are stacked against it. But there would be some valiant defenders!
Please don’t shout, just get on with it. How British, god bless you all.
You can count on the calm, collected, disposition of Mark Felton if that's to your liking. He has that way about him.
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@ArmchairWarrior Over the top... That's it.
MichaelKingsfordGray Now there’s an educated response.
Who is shouting? 🇨🇦🤠
What the hell Hollywood, are you sleeping? This is blockbuster material!
Probably because it's British.
If Hollywood made this it would be the yanks that did it all 🙄
This story is "GI-Free", no Ben Affleck part etc etc, so no Hollywood interest.
The same applies to the Falklands Conflict - the "Wrong Side" won. Had Argentina prevailed, you can bet Mel Gibson would've been in it, as some Argentine commander/hero :(
Netflix had this under a series called "great raids of WW2" It was very well done, but I thought it deserved a full feature movie.
@@danielw5850 can blame american Hollywood for that. Its british proud history. If they can produce several blockbuster English movie. Why not this??
Generation of badasses. Never to be duplicated. Never to be forgotten. Thank you!
Well done to Jeremy Clarkson for highlighting this amazing story. It would make an epic movie to remember the bravery of the commandos.
YES!!!!
It just may be the greatest documentary……. In the world
Couldn't laser or GPS guided bombs be dropped from a high flying bomber plane?
@@Kevin-bl6lgOf coarse. I’m amazed they didn’t think of that ! Just like COD .
@@Kevin-bl6lg Well, I suppose they could have if any of those things existed in 1942.
"Oh stop shouting and get on with it" LOL, what a great story of these brave men. Makes you proud to be British.
@RubberDuck141 'Their actions HAVE got nothing to do with you!!!
'*
This is the sort of programming school children should receive....not the other type of programming: Marxist programming.
RubberDuck141 Their actions made Britain proud, so he has every right to be prideful of being from the same nation as these brave men. You’re probably too young to understand
@@wizardflaps Well, technically the "got" is redundant so it should be, "Their actions have nothing to do with you".
@@wizardflaps Grammar Nazi detected!!
When citation for Victoria Cross comes from the enemy...
That's just bad ass. You know real bravery when you see it. All done under immense fire. Just imagine what that must of been like!!!
After HMS Glowworm fought valiantly and very fierce against Admiral Hipper (even ramming it) and was sunk. The captain of Hipper Hellmuth Heye send a letter via the red cross to the british admiralty and recommended Broadmead Roope as VC recipient, an honour he was given post mortem and being the first VC recipient of the 2nd world war.
while not a medal recommendation, I like that time when 3 Brazilian soldiers died attempting to bayonet charging a german position in Sicily after running out of ammunition, the Germans buried them, made a cross and wrote "three Brazilian heroes" on it.
Respect between enemies is quite admirable.
@@terra2805 That's the true gravity of brave. Knowing your probably gonna die is in my eyes the bravest act of all knowing you were given the choice to walk away. God I'm proud of these men and to be able to say I'm British.
As you should be my friend. I find it amazing to know that there was a day when our people’s did not get along so well... for there’s hardly another Allie I’d lay my life down for if asked. It’s events like these, maybe, that’s brought us so far.
Speilberg take note..This would be one hell of a movie.
Best line , “well there we are 4 minutes late”
I love how in the most stressful situations they still manage to speak to one another in the most calm British way.
The Royal marine comando spirit.
It is still carried on to this day.
Their greatest asset is their unconqured ability to be cheerful in the face of great adversity.
It's the only way old boy....
@@desertmandan123 Keep calm and carry on... in every sense of the word, that still rings true.
I want to hear the story of those 5 dudes that treked the 300 miles to spain.
Same here. The story of the WWII Kraut airborne soldier sentenced to 25 years hard labor in a Siberian lead mine who escaped by trekking 7,000 miles to Iran is another that needs telling.
Excellent work Jeremy.
Very sad to say but I don’t think this happened. I think they exposed it few years back. His book has some critical/important things in it that simply couldn’t be true, and are central to the account
I think
Cornelius something he is called
The fact that the raid itself was deemed impossible by most officials and officers on both sides, debunks any notion that getting to spain was somehow impossible either.
The key difference between Fiction and Reality... is that Fiction has to make sense.
@@KowboyUSA If you are talking about _The Long Walk_
the story was told in the film _The Way Back:_
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Back_(2010_film)
but it is unlikely it ever happened in the way described:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Rawicz#The_Long_Walk
www.explorersweb.com/trek/news.php?id=19859
Rest In Peace to all brave men and the French civilians who fell in this operation, we will remember you.
"I remember Johnny Proctor lying there with his leg blown off, cheering us on."
Incredible chaps. Also, Clarkson is wasted on cars.
why so? cars are his other passion other than history, no reason he can't do other things.
@@johnsonpragantha2974 I think he was complementing his narration skills, deservedly so. Most things he does are usually worth the watch. I'd like him to do a documentary on Kohima, must be one of the finest actions by British, commonwealth and Native forces in any War. Starting the road to victory in the far east, The First proper defeat of a Japanese Army. At the going down of the sun we will remember them, All of them. 👍.
Lol if it weren't for "cars" or TOP GEAR u would have never heard of Clarkson.... Nice ignorant comment
Agreed..excellent narrator
@Ryan Lewis typical insulting youtube comment that wasn't warranted.
These men are the epitome of the Greatest Generation Ever. What a brilliant documentary, well done!
It was shit generation (just like every before and after) that created so much shit, it forced all the remarkable people to act strong.
I worked with 42 Royal marine commando in South Armagh 40 odd years ago, the finest men I've ever served with.
Many years ago, I had the pleasure of talking with Tom Sherman, interviewed in this video. A delightful man, he told of his escape from the raid by Motor Boat. Returning to the quay he found one of the MBs still afloat and went aboard. There was no sound from the engines, and going below there was a crew member working hard to get the ship moving again. Eventually he was successful and on the trip back to Britain, found that pre war the crew member had worked for the AA (Automobile Association) Thereafter if anyone asked Tom how he got back from the raid, he would reply, ‘The AA got me home!’ Incidentally Tom’s commando knife saved him from being badly wounded when it stopped a German bullet which nearly bent it in half. A remarkable man, a remarkable story.
Peter King
Gosh...Peter...that is a fabulous story...Thank you for sharing it with us.... It brings it all so vividly alive for us.
I will treasure that vision of those blokes getting that engine going and their return to England....I'm an "engine" man and can nurse most engines back into life.....
But I rather doubt I could have done so under those circumstances..... I am in awe. Totally.
God rest these brave men who did so much.
Stay Safe. Steve.
Ironically, you have the same name as one person who would be able to make this into a movie
Never so many owe so much to so few. Thank you.
Amazing courage, proud to be British, thanks
The interviews with Mountbatten and the various other survivors were conducted 32 years after the events described. I served in the Royal Marines around that time - the early 70's. A few years after I left the Corps lots of my oppos went to the Falkland Islands for their war. It is now 38 years since most of them came home. I always felt huge admiration for the WW2 generation but I think that each one which follows is just as capable. Commando training is physically still very much the same as it was in 1942 and in 1971 when I joined, so those who choose to undertake it now perform just the same with just as much courage, intelligence and a sense of humour as their forebears.
To all those generations of Commandos who served from their inception I salute you, including my father who was in 40 Commando.
Aye yours, gentlemen!
The Traveller the Mountbatten boat that got blown up by the IRA was used by him & his elite paedo pals., allegedly.
Shame so many of people and names we grew up with turned out to be such wrounguns.
Mr Watto I take it you know cause you got off it just before it blew.......
Mr Watto names? Maybe you’re referring to the children who were aboard?
jarrad Moore I said allegedly, so why the childish comment?
Mr Watto presumably because you are suggesting something which was not part of my original post? Which in itself suggests you are looking for an argument which in turn makes you a troll!
I live in South Africa and I am so very honoured and so proud of these brave human beings that gave their lives for our freedom. God Save the Queen
I am so happy that Bob Wright said he is sure the youth of today would do the same. It is so pleasant to hear someone from the greatest generation, who actually did it all, say the exact opposite of what many baby boomers claim of all others after them.
The great irony is that most boomers, save for vietnam (which saw a lot more combat than ww2 for the average american soldier), were driving around in corvettes they bought for the price of a 2023 cheeseburger
I’ve reached the part where he says it, it hits hard especially being of that age and I have to say, i’m not completely sure I believe him
when the 100 year anniversary of WW1 was around some one asked me would you have joined up? my answer "oh god i hope so"
As much as I hate what our beautiful country has become .... I no a lot of working class lads that would deffo give there lives to protect there family friends , culture and history!?!? It might be shameful in some people's eyes but if we try to wipe out our history then we can never learn from it. An I do believe in conscription!! If your a hairy arsed fighting age man an your country is at war then you should be at war
The bravery of these men involved in this mission is beyond comprehension utter legends of life...RIP to all those brave men...
As a German, you're taught in school that the war was basically over before it even started and that the success in the beginning was only because of the element of surprise. They gloss over most of the achievements to avoid a sense of pride in young students, rather showing the horrors of war and the crimes we committed.
It's terrifying to me, how the eventual loss of the axis powers wasn't as deterministic as it should've been, but rather an assortment of coincidences and feats of bravery and desperation, not to mention the sheer stupidity of the German regime that turned the tide of the war.
Not to hit on any of the brave fighters in this war. Because there was an immense amount of skill, bravery, luck, and hard work that went into the victory. But there German and Japanese had a zero percent change of winning the war. absolutely 0. They did not have the resources to take on all the super powers of the world, and you would have to fundamentally change who the leadership were as people in order to even get a 5%
@@collincotter1007 Don't forget Italy ;) While you're obviously right, a few events made a mighty difference. Especially Britain would've been done for if it wasn't for sheer luck and insane bravery. If Hitler was a bit smarter with his attack on Russia, it would've killed a heck of a lot more people. The thought that the outcome of WWII wasn't the worst possible case is fucking terrifying
@@TheDonutMan3000 yeah but no. Sorry I took italy out for their gross incompetence when it came to fighting, and because they swtiched sides after. Britain still had a massive fleet. Germanys uboats wouldnt be nearly as effective in the straights. Englands dark policy, RAF, and Radar system which the Germans didnt fully understand, made it impossible for the battle of Britain to win.
As for russia, they couldnt have made better decisions. Apart from maybe giving their boys better cold fighting stuff, it is a battle of resources. They needed pil. The German war machine was designed for short, fast campaigns in small countries. It was never designed to take on russia. They were always going to run out of oil, and always going to get run over by russia.
Again, that being said, it doesnt dimish anything these boys did. And are still considered the greatest generation for a reason
@@collincotter1007 I'm not really prepared to have a detailed discussion over this, and obviously I'm not really qualified for that either.
But let me clarify my point a bit.
Germany was in no way a match for the british navy, obviously. But the Germans had cut off all water routes to the island, starving the population. For some reason it's not really common knowledge, but the Germans had developed a novel trigger systems for sea mines and the British had no idea how to safely dispose of them, making it impossible for civilian ships to pass through with supplies. Through pure coincidence the british got a hold of a mine that wasn't armed, so they were able to reverse engineer a way to dispose them.
On the eastern front we apparently use different sources. Apart from the option to not attack Russia at all, the issue I see is that the German assault stagnated with the siege of Leningrad. I heard a pretty convincing argument that Leningrad would've fallen, if the Germans pushed through to Moscow. But that's obviously just speculation
@@TheDonutMan3000 no worries bud, i am enjoying the conversation and debate, no hard feelings. But again no. America was always supplying resources, and there was no way to invade the island. The luftwafa was getting decimated by the RAF and didnt have the resources to repair. They had no choice to but to go into russia. Not to mention Hilter and the Germans fundamentally hated everything about communist and the Russias. They needed oil. Desperately. The idea they pushing to moscow would have ended the war was in the image of france. France is clear, take paris and its over. But the idea that Stalin wouldnt put every single Russian inbetween him and the Germans is silly at best. They did not have the resources to take on the world. My 0% chance stands. Even if America didnt join the war, they wouldve lost. Russia was going to defeat them with man power alone. Germany over engineered, and their battle tactics didnt work. Its a 0% chance. But if you have anything else I am more than willing to listen. Im not trying to be disrespectful of course but reality is there
I'm almost 50 and have never been to war because of men like these, and thankful for it
So sad that each upcoming generation won't be as thankful and yet behave as if all they have, that was earned by the blood of those that came before them, is theirs simply because they exist
They have no idea of sacrifice and that is why I have nothing but contempt for them
absolutely right!
You can tell you haven't been to war because of the way you glorify it.
You could have gone to war if you'd decided to join the army.
You could have sacrificed yourself to protect us from the invasion of Argentina or Saddam's wmd.
You decided instead to not join the army, but promote the idea of other people sacrificing themselves, whilst implying that you would follow them - very brave.
55:45 that's how a hero sounds. They don't look down on others in pessimism. They are always humble and endlessly believe in others. They don't judge people based on their generation, they don't blame someone for something before they did it and they don't believe themselves to be better than the next person. Unlike you, clearly.
I disagree, I am a civil war veteran, seen more bodies than I can count, we love what the previous generation have shaped this World, we will always fight against tyrants, we will never surrender
Such brave and yet humble men! I salute you all!
Outstanding. Heart wrenching.
Sadly, I don't agree that the youth of today would do the same. They deface our monuments to these amazing men.
Clarkson really brought it alive. What an incredible piece of history.
Thank you for posting it. I shall never forget it.
Not all of us youths friend. I'm 23 and a student of history
@@JimmyThree-Balls apart from your immediate circle, and others on your course, and considering you're an attending a College/University, what's your opinion about the attacks on our historical monuments here in Britain, a couple of years back? Do you think the 'Woke fever' (for want if better words) is out of control in our institutions? or is it Main Stream Media, misleading us, and exploiting a few unfortunate instances?
Was it bad, but now settling down?
I'm sure you can understand that if the dismantling of our core principles and beliefs, is particularly concerning to people of my generation.
Also, great to hear from a fellow History lover! Can I recommend, Greene's 'History of the English, for the English', he takes much from Bede etc...
Be standing around discussing gender and woke shit,modern kids are mostly hopeless.
It’s about 0.0000001% defacing statues. Loud lesbians with purple hair. The silent majority would do the same.
You paint with too broad a brush. It's a matter of necessity.
this should be ccompulsory viewing for all school children in the uk
100% 👍🏽
History needs to be remembered
Let's just hope they pay attention in English class. Unlike you, Ian.
@@KyleOzz That's a bit of a zinger
@@KyleOzz Making a typo is not proof that he didn't pay attention in English class. There are typos in published books that have been written and read by people who definitely passed English.
“Don’t stand about here, it’s decidedly unhealthy” Brilliant
Hahaha. I've a feeling the language may have been a bit more colourful.
@@quantumjet253 most probably.
Thank you for your service, every day is poppy day
I read the book from the school library when I was 14 or 15. Made a huge impression on me then and it is still epic. The Greatest Raid of All! I'm now 71.
I am a "yank" but I am glad to see these brave men are getting the recognition they truly deserve. Their story should be taught in your schools for sure.
Exactly this should be rammed down kids throats just to put into perspective of how brave our lads saving this once great country was..!
Can anyone else just admire the fact that the Germans were sort of complementing them when they got captured. Even though the brits had caused hell there’s still some humanity in the German soldiers unlike how some media portrays it
@@robertcrawshaw9978 sabaton
Yes, well afterwards they would just murder them on capture as per the commando edict issued by Hitler. So bugger your attempt at diminishing their cruelty. The better men won.
Ye old pub
@@Chewable396 if you're a soldier bc ur only other option is to find out what cruelties await you wherever the trains go,
or you're straight up just gifted to hilter like my uncle was, you dont really have alot of options whether or not to fight for germany...
Like yeah, there were actual nazi soldiers (esp the higher ranks), but the vast majority of people fighting did it, because there was no other option.
Not because they wanted to or were nazis.
So why dont you bugger of and find out where your sense of reason and logic went?
(Sidenote for when you found it:
Yes, that meant that they didnt do their job very well and tried to fail in a way where they at least didnt get killed.
Like my granpa who purposefully didnt shoot oncoming planes for example)
@@littleloner1159
What exactly are you trying to prove here? The “clean, honourable Werhmacht” lie? That Hitler wasn’t democratically elected by an overwhelming majority, that he didn’t have the zealous support of Germans? What does the rank cowardice of your family who served the regime have to do with anything I wrote? If anything, it just goes to show the truth of my words: THE BETTER MEN WON.
WE didn’t massacre POWS as official policy.
WE didn’t have official doctrines of reprisals against civilians to cow them into servility.
WE didn’t have plans drawn up for the liquidation of half of Europe’s population.
WE were greeted as liberators everywhere we went.
Go seethe elsewhere. God damn. 70% chances that your dear grandpapi and uncle shot some Polish or Belorussian girl in the back of the head.
Jeremy Clarkson shouldbe cherrished as a national treasure, excellent narrator.
He raped a female student at university.
Su~re he did (sarcasm).
If I had a penny for every fake accusation of that sort made against famous people, I'd be a millionaire.
@@robertwanko219 Don't believe everything you see on the internet or newspaper.
We know what happened to Johnny Depp because of these false accusations.
@@mr.tobacco1708 I too, have been accused, and wrongly so. Fortunately my wife and two other witnesses were present and truthful, but it was still a hard, hard thing to endure.
There are at least two independent sources who have claimed that Clarkson raped a female student in a female toilet at Sheffield College where they were both studying. The college hushed up the incident.
Respect from America. Those are some extremely brave men
The plan sounds very much like any good plan: "Well, let's imagine the enemy is sleeping....". Sometimes, yes, they do.
As fascinating as I find war stories as a history teacher and find it incredible how brave people can be in the end I always end at the point thinking amidst all the cheering for the heroes there are those who didn't return to their families. Each one having 2 parents, 4 grandparents, maybe the same as in-laws, brothers, sisters, friends. That's 12+ relatives mourning for them. For each one. Both English and German. It brings me to tears thinking about that. This is not about blaming anyone, it's just empathy with my fellow human beings, no matter who, what, where, when.
Don't count on the youth of today, sir. You were all of the best of us. Thank you for your service! 😢😢
As a former commando soldier this makes me proud of my forebears achievements. The ethos certainly hasn’t changed in today’s world. Great video
Thank you for your service sir.
It is stories like this that make one proud to be British!
That was a great story. I love these old war stories listening to how these men changed our world.
I am an Australia Army veteran. 1st, thank you to all who have served and are serving. It is so sad that all they got is a small rock. Someone in the UK or the world needs to start a petition up to get a bigger Monument for all these brave men. Maybe send it to King Charles as his father's side of the family fought in that particular particular battle.
What a time it was when the enemy would recommend their enemy the highest medal for gallantry.
War is so absurd on so many levels! 🙃
Seriously. Get Clarkson to do more stuff like this. Awesome
Yup
Get Clarkson to do you. Right up the ****ter.
He can't, the bbc hate heroes like these men, sadly
What an inspiring story.
Brilliantly done by JC.
Just brilliant
This battle deserves a movie
seeing humans this badass speaking of their service brings a tear to my eye
i toast my beer to many more years for these magnificent men
They are known as The Greatest Generation for good reason.
75 years ago, young men summoned all their courage and ran headlong into near certain death.
Today, they run to their "safe spaces" because they heard a comment or opinion they didn't like.
A precipitous drop in valor I must say.
Blah blah blah brainwashed bullshit. All brits and yanks are heroes. Everyone else is a terrorist. Yeah yeah you're fighting for freedom, the rest of the world is fighting for enslavement. Yeah yeah heard if all before fools. 🇦🇫 🇵🇰 🇮🇶 🇸🇾 🇮🇷 🇱🇾🇾🇪
@@georgewing5514 so you think the Nazi's were good people. thats good to know
@@bert5003 I couldn't say, I never met them you fool.
@@georgewing5514 don't have to meet them to know that the end goal of exterminating an entire race is pretty evil and anyone that kicks their ass back to where it came from is a hero. But you know you can disagree and be a Nazi sympathizer and be on the definitively wrong side of history.
Jeremy Clarkson has to be the best television presenter ever. Guys a legend.
I totally agree!
Very good he’s got the face for radio though ha ha just kidding I think he’s the best tv presenter. He loves motors and understands the appeal of them. Especially when he drove the Eagle GT. I thought he was going to shag the exhaust pipe the tv crew see him on all fours around the back of the car and said he was just checking if it had a spare 😂😂😂
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'Jeremy Clarkson has to be the best television presenter ever.'.
of course. That's why the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation got rid of him. Jeremy didn't fit in with the BBC's anti-British far-left values.
@@johnthomaso4208 Values like non-violence in the work place? John, I do hope you do not condone the unprovoked physical and verbal attack by Clarkson on a member (an effective one) of the production team. The BBC (who as a result lost one of its most highly rated programmes) would have appeared to do just that if it had retained Clarkson's services after such an attack, acknowledged (to his credit) by Clarkson himself. None of this is relevant to the quality of his presentation in this video or of his prolific other work. My view, for what it is worth, is that the BBC acted justifiably and with integrity and were not driven (as you possibly are) by the pursuit of some political agenda.
Would the young generation of today do the same, no. We owe a lot to the brave people of yesteryear. We have no heroes, we have no one to help us anymore. We have something missing in this world today it's called sacrifice it's gone. Feelings for one another don't exist. For family yes but it's not enough. Could you say goodbye to your family knowing you are not coming back. I very much doubt it. What we had in time's gone by has gone never to return, it was called hope we have lost it for ever.
They're referred to as the "The greatest generation" but to me that just doesn't quite go far enough.
These men are legends and their sacrifice and bravery should always be remembered.
Thank you gents.
true and now you have skip rats and other vermin even our bloody government leaving these blokes pennyless
My father who was based in Debach, England in the US Army Air Corps, Eighth Air Force, talked often about how great the British soldiers were. Luckily, he survived 33 missions bombing Nazi targets in Europe.
He was part of The Lucky Bastard Club. You only could gain entry only if you survived more than 3 missions.
The British did a great job covering our guys as we returned the favor to them.
@@OneAdam12Adam Thank you for your father's help in keeping us safe.
We appreciate all he and his friends did for Europe.
the whole world owes everything to people like this.
This was great to watch… The courage these men had is off the charts! God bless them all.
Thank you Gents for your monumental contribution for peace and freedom of so many people and countries united for this cause.
So much respect from Canada.
My grandfather fought in the Netherlands in a Sherman tank.He never shared his valiantly or his story with us because, perhaps it was easier to be the loving and funny man he was than share such horror.
Peace to you all and your cherished comrades that perished.
Love and respect
K... I'm a fourth generation retired soldier and when it comes to war doc's my grandfather, my father and myself have seen them all. English, French, German. Name it, we've seen it but this doc is easily in top five best I've ever seen. Brilliant piece of work.
Jonny proctor lying there with his leg blown off cheering us on! 😂 That is so british! Absolute HEROES
My uncle was in the Canadian navy and was trained as a crewman for the MTBs to land commandos at St. Nazier. His crew never went but shared insight to the training for the boat crews. Those men had balls.
War does not make heroes, but it does reveal them to the world.
These men are national hero’s and treasures and should never be forgotten. Their monumental actions and sacrifices helped save the nation and the world. When i see what these men accomplished it makes me so proud to be British
HEROES. WTF Is thi's obsessio'n with bloo'dy rando'm apost'rophe's' ?? If you put one in heroes, why not put one in treasures? I give up.
josh taylor - So you are so proud of man who fought to stop the German people from being free form this corrupt SLAVE system that we live in that they escaped from - Google Paisley Expressions and the Jesus, Hitler and Wizard of Oz post on there just now exposing the TRUTH about WW2 and how "free" we really are - Part 2 of that soon is going to expose even more including how this totally FAKE pandemic is going to take away what is left of our "freedom".
William Woods your so dumb really, just leave the comments
One can still notice the steely determination in the eyes of the veterans.
A truly brilliant documentary - JC is probably the foremost broadcaster we have in the UK.