Thank you for reminding me of the roles the mersey ferries played in the raid. I remember my dad telling me this when i was a kid taking the ferry. Had completely forgotten all about it.
Wasn’t the Zeebrugge Raid just the last & actually delayed act of the horrendous 3rd Ypres/Passchendaele Campaign that hadn’t previously been activated in summer/autumn 1917, because of the disappointing & frustrating outcome of this operation (Third Ypres)? Or else was it then later launched & also deployed as a limited counter-action to the 1918-German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht), partly to distract & divert their forces & particularly, also promoted then for use in its propaganda worth for British public consumption & morale, as well as then to raise the Royal Navy’s flagging profile within the country by it neutralizing the German U-Boat facilities & coastal protection flotillas based in both Zeebrugge & Ostend at the time?
I've always thought this would make a good Documentary movie. What has been totally overlooked in this action is the screw-up band of 'the boys from Dover' saving the blockship crews' lives by stowing away on the suicide ships. The Dover patrol was where the british sent all there screw-ups, malcontents and troublemakers. They were a loose band of oddballs and misfits who just didn't fit in with any military standards. Their job was to intercept gerrman uboats through the dover channel. When Keyes took over their score was zero. Right from the gitgo they began netting subs and the company began to get a sense of pride. The dover patrol stowed away on the blockships. They wanted in on the action. All of them! The blockship crews were given 0% chance of escape, death or imprisonment being the only two choices. The blockships were sunk in the concrete, artificial canal which was topped with manned machine gun enclosures. The stowaways had brought their firearms. They fired back and provided covering fire that enabled everyone to escape. Although everybody was wounded. If it weren't for the illegal stowaways the blockship crews wouldn't have made it out. That's where a movie should be focused..
Thoroughly enjoyable presentation.
My great grandfather, Percy Dean, VC.
Thank you - my great grandfather and grandfather made it through WWI but never told their stories.
Thank you for uploading very informative.
Thank you for reminding me of the roles the mersey ferries played in the raid. I remember my dad telling me this when i was a kid taking the ferry. Had completely forgotten all about it.
Wasn’t the Zeebrugge Raid just the last & actually delayed act of the horrendous 3rd Ypres/Passchendaele Campaign that hadn’t previously been activated in summer/autumn 1917, because of the disappointing & frustrating outcome of this operation (Third Ypres)? Or else was it then later launched & also deployed as a limited counter-action to the 1918-German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht), partly to distract & divert their forces & particularly, also promoted then for use in its propaganda worth for British public consumption & morale, as well as then to raise the Royal Navy’s flagging profile within the country by it neutralizing the German U-Boat facilities & coastal protection flotillas based in both Zeebrugge & Ostend at the time?
I've always thought this would make a good Documentary movie. What has been totally overlooked in this action is the screw-up band of 'the boys from Dover' saving the blockship crews' lives by stowing away on the suicide ships.
The Dover patrol was where the british sent all there screw-ups, malcontents and troublemakers. They were a loose band of oddballs and misfits who just didn't fit in with any military standards. Their job was to intercept gerrman uboats through the dover channel.
When Keyes took over their score was zero. Right from the gitgo they began netting subs and the company began to get a sense of pride.
The dover patrol stowed away on the blockships. They wanted in on the action. All of them! The blockship crews were given 0% chance of escape, death or imprisonment being the only two choices.
The blockships were sunk in the concrete, artificial canal which was topped with manned machine gun enclosures. The stowaways had brought their firearms. They fired back and provided covering fire that enabled everyone to escape. Although everybody was wounded.
If it weren't for the illegal stowaways the blockship crews wouldn't have made it out. That's where a movie should be focused..
Could someone please explain the significance of the Mademoiselle from Almatiers' fourty-year celibacy already? Again, Alsace-Lorraine or what?
Always assumed the Mademoiselle was a Madame but that could just be my dirty Mind lol
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