The Genius Move That Turned Japanese Ships into 39,000 Tons of Scrap

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  • @gbentley8176
    @gbentley8176 Місяць тому +216

    Two of my school teachers, just after the war , were captured by the Japanese and severely tortured. One escaped from Java. They told us of their exploits and how many died whilst they survived. I remember them regularly and understand they wanted the next generation to understand the need for peace and democracy. This Remembrance day I shall think of all my teachers and family who served and pray for better times.

    • @higgme1ster
      @higgme1ster Місяць тому +7

      Good Grief, it's only two days away. I've got to remember to put out my American Flag on my front porch.

    • @axeguy3856
      @axeguy3856 Місяць тому +4

      Yep. Gotta dust off the old beret and my sewn RCR cap badge. Had to get it off my faded Belgian beret and back on to standard crap Issue green beret. It’s been a dozen years. Don’t mind standing in the rain at a cenotaph. At least they won’t hear me coming, lol. 🇨🇦

    • @axeguy3856
      @axeguy3856 Місяць тому

      Had a teacher that escaped Hungary in ‘56-always good for an eye-opening conversation. In the mid-90s, I used to play chess with a vet in Fort Wayne, Indiana who was a Marine captued on Corregidor. He was a Jap POW for 4 years and learned to play chess with finger bones as pieces. (Wasn’t a big fan of MacArthur either…for obvious reasons.) But he let me help him take his American flag down in the evenings i was there and we folded it properly and with proper solemnity. That generation is never going to repeat itself. I was the first Canuck or officer he let handle his flag. I will never forget the honour.
      Also, the uncle of a friend who was a kid in a Japanese internment camp in the Dutch East Indies-not sure which island…but the tales were harrowing.

    • @metagen77
      @metagen77 29 днів тому +1

      There is more war heroes in schools than in the actual military, amazing

    • @pontusvongeijer1240
      @pontusvongeijer1240 28 днів тому

      and thats why Donald Trump. ❤😂❤

  • @maxmccain8950
    @maxmccain8950 Місяць тому +202

    Pure, unadulterated bravery. Respect.

    • @elessartelcontar9415
      @elessartelcontar9415 Місяць тому +2

      Sigh. Not pure. Wearing civilian clothes OR the uniform of your enemy instead of your uniform is a war crime called perfidy. Anyone caught committing perfidy is subject to summary execution under the Geneva Conventions. The same applies to spies. These men were war criminals.
      In the United States, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 states that anyone who uses perfidy can be punished by death or other punishment, depending on the outcome.
      Summary execution is illegal in military law under almost all circumstances. However, there are some exceptions in emergencies and perfidy in warfare.

    • @adriansmith-ro9nc
      @adriansmith-ro9nc Місяць тому +2

      ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧💪💪🇬🇧🤨👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @smedleyfarnsworth263
      @smedleyfarnsworth263 Місяць тому +5

      @@elessartelcontar9415 Get over yourself. These men were in no way war criminals.

    • @erwinpadgett1050
      @erwinpadgett1050 Місяць тому +3

      @@elessartelcontar9415 Timeline was 1943! So stick to something you know about! Not your wondering comments about 1943!

    • @BartSliggers
      @BartSliggers Місяць тому

      They did not attack a battle cruiser or something.
      The attack was on merchant vessels manned by civilians; what a petty target to risk life and limb for.

  • @peters9929
    @peters9929 Місяць тому +140

    I'm from Queensland , Australia.
    Z forces trained on Fraser Island just off Hervery Bay.
    There is a plaque on the sea front explaining what these brave guys trained for.
    As a kid I must have read that Plaque a 100 times, just dreaming of what they did.
    RIP brave commando you are always remembered.

    • @Journeyman53
      @Journeyman53 Місяць тому +3

      When I went to Tech in Cairns in1969, the "House on the Hill " was still there. A sword bearing the MZ diamond patches was out front. I believe the building has since burnt down.

    • @adriansmith-ro9nc
      @adriansmith-ro9nc Місяць тому +3

      🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍✌️💪🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @axeguy3856
      @axeguy3856 Місяць тому +2

      A dozen years later, my Dad volunteered for a small op in the Suez ‘crisis’. Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Gurkhas in 4-man teams. He never spoke of it until just before he died in 2022. I imagine it will come to light but i’ve had no luck getting beyond Queen’ Bn 22 regiment SAS

    • @axeguy3856
      @axeguy3856 Місяць тому +2

      A dozen years later, my Dad volunteered for a small op in the Suez ‘crisis’. Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Gurkhas in 4-man teams. He never spoke of it until just before he died in 2022. I imagine it will come to light but i’ve had no luck getting beyond Queens’ Bn, 22 regiment SAS, 1955

    • @Journeyman53
      @Journeyman53 Місяць тому +2

      @@axeguy3856 Peter Wright mentions that in his book "Spycatcher". A really good read. Still banned in the UK I believe.

  • @ianallen5053
    @ianallen5053 Місяць тому +118

    The Krait was berthed at Church Point for years forgotten about. I used to fish next to it as a kid. My dad had told me the story about it & I was always in awe of it. Thankfully it was it was rescued & repaired before it was too late & now has a fitting home. Fond memories of that old boat as a boy 🙂

    • @watchman4todayreloaded192
      @watchman4todayreloaded192 Місяць тому +6

      Glad that the Krait got better treatment in the end.

    • @thomasrussell4674
      @thomasrussell4674 25 днів тому +2

      Wow. I'm still in awe. I wonder when it left church point. The Krait vets are absolute champs and heroes of a strength of character we almost could not imagine today.

    • @twiki1963
      @twiki1963 21 день тому

      Where is Church Point?

    • @pdoggo64
      @pdoggo64 19 днів тому

      ​@@twiki1963I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Australia... Raid originated there and the ship is in a museum in Sydney

    • @ianallen5053
      @ianallen5053 19 днів тому

      @@twiki1963 one of the northern suburbs of Sydney. Located on Pittwater, Broken Bay

  • @Errr717
    @Errr717 Місяць тому +71

    Pure courage and determination. To travel covertly for 2,000, successfully attack the ships, and then to travel back 2,000 is absolutely amazing.

    • @rednihb
      @rednihb Місяць тому

      Would have been 1700 miles if they used Sri Lanka as the base, and Sri Lanka ( or Ceylon as it was called then) was under the British at that time

  • @JamesPrpich
    @JamesPrpich Місяць тому +154

    They must have thought this was a one way trip. N GPS, Japanese ships all around no casualties!What courage these men had.

    • @Gonefishing6572
      @Gonefishing6572 Місяць тому

      Just how old are you. It looks more and more that technology is truly making you young one absolutely stupid. Go back to school and really learn something damn something damn ijit.

    • @davidhatton583
      @davidhatton583 Місяць тому

      Well…THEY had no casualties. But as usual when the Japanese military was frustrated… they took it out on the locals. There is a reason the Japanese are still hated and distrusted in Southeast Asia.

    • @kotnapromke
      @kotnapromke Місяць тому +2

      Не путайте мужество и глупость.

    • @FD2003Abc
      @FD2003Abc Місяць тому +8

      ​@@kotnapromkethis was courage

    • @michaelhounsell3888
      @michaelhounsell3888 Місяць тому

      ​@@kotnapromkestupid like you moron.

  • @salernolake
    @salernolake Місяць тому +42

    Coda to this story. A year later, Ivan Lyon led a second raid on Singapore, Operation Rimau. They were within 80 km of Singapore when their luck ran out. Their Chinese fishing vessel encountered a Japanese patrol vessel that challenged them. Cover blown, they took out the vessel and beat a retreat. Over the next four months the commandos hopped islands attempting to escape. All of them were either killed, or captured and then executed. Lyon was the first to be killed while fighting a rear-guard action to protect his men.
    We shall not forget their sacrifices.

    • @thomasrussell4674
      @thomasrussell4674 25 днів тому +1

      He sounds like an absolute hero among men.
      Hats off to this brave exemplar of true grit!

    • @AndrewRook-d2r
      @AndrewRook-d2r 18 днів тому

      Wh whataguy

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 Місяць тому +12

    Thanks for the video - this remarkable operation deserves to be much better known here in the UK. These men were true heroes and should be household names...

  • @ronaldmarcks1842
    @ronaldmarcks1842 Місяць тому +82

    A fabulous story, thanks so much for bringing it to my attention.

    • @chrismillard4651
      @chrismillard4651 22 дні тому

      There's a movie called "The Heroes" made in Australia about it. I remember thinking it was great when I watched it last... will have to watch it again.

  • @hiddentruth1982
    @hiddentruth1982 Місяць тому +65

    Still one of the most daring raids in history.

    • @adriansmith-ro9nc
      @adriansmith-ro9nc Місяць тому

      SBS🇬🇧💪✌️👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @peterhall6656
    @peterhall6656 Місяць тому +10

    As an Aussie I was unaware of this massively ballsy effort ( and I worked in defence science with some out there guys back in the 70s). I actually know a Russian who worked on mobile SAMs and his group shot down Gary Powers. He was a Jew who was born in Kiev in Oct 1940. His mother took him to beautiful downtown Siberia to escape the warm and sensitive Wehrmacht and Ukranian anti-Semites. He escaped in the 1980s via Israel to Australia. We get on the piss every October to trip down memory lane.

  • @andrewpeli9019
    @andrewpeli9019 23 дні тому +2

    I appreciate that the British sent their criminals to Australia and generations later they use it as a farm for devious allies.

  • @delavan9141
    @delavan9141 Місяць тому +21

    One way to reduce the amount of unrelated footage would be to show the journey on a map so we can get a sense of the journey and the distances--2,000 miles while showing unrelated footages. TIt would have been SO easy to show the journey on more detailed maps, but the maps briefly shown were either useless or of barely any use at all. Why not show the journey of both craft with dotted lines--AT LEAST! A second craft was introduced but not shown where it was, it's journey, and what was going on with the main craft. A timeline could have been shown depicting what was happening where with the two craft. It was quite a journey to be able to get a good sense of without maps. Then "three days of island-hopping" such an easy thing to show a map of. And if you don't have access to the actual route and islands, just show the layout of the vicinity. You could also show locations of enemy strongholds, harbor layout, etc. In fact, there is SO much more that could be very easily added to eliminate all the useless stock footages that we must endure. For example, at 10:00 you begin to describe a complex night operation while showing unrelated daytime images. It would have been SO easy to create timeline maps showing the routes with the things you describe of the trip and raid. Instead, while discussing the actual tension-filled raid, we are shown ridiculous footage of a canoe being carried through what appears to be a Canadian forest--twice (so far)! And I'm just halfway into the story. In fact, the continued footage of guys paddling canoes through a NorthAmerican forest got to be SO effing ridiculous I could hardly contain myself from ceasing to watch this ridiculousness any longer. Then you describe the routes of the three canoes at night while continuing to show canoes in a North American forest. Jeeze, couldn't you muster the effort to draw us a map? Please put a little more thought and effort into these. I've got five and a half minutes left to watch and I don't want to make this any longer. (Ok just got to the end and the commemorative plaque mentioned crew that were lost but this wasn't mentioned in the narration--what happened?). And it wasn't a "move," it was a mission. And what's with the harbor mine? That had nothing to do with the story either.

    • @Ducksalot-v7h
      @Ducksalot-v7h 23 дні тому +1

      Lol then you do it 😂 so easy

    • @ae4164
      @ae4164 20 днів тому

      ​@@Ducksalot-v7h Almost as easy as vapid fanboyism.

    • @218philip
      @218philip 20 днів тому +1

      Thank you for your critique, it helps people to better understand the video.
      Hopefully the producer accepts the points made.

    • @Ducksalot-v7h
      @Ducksalot-v7h 17 днів тому

      @@ae4164 first time seeing channel not a fan but just found it amusing that someone has so much to say without doing anything themselves. I hope you have a great Christmas

    • @ae4164
      @ae4164 17 днів тому +1

      @@Ducksalot-v7h Must be hard work never ever not once criticizing anything without having personally done the same thing better. Odd that you call it "Christmas" when obviously you must have always just known it as your birthday, no?

  • @chrissherman2713
    @chrissherman2713 27 днів тому +4

    The finest episode of this channel that I have seen. Well done.

  • @cfb3903
    @cfb3903 Місяць тому +51

    Wow! Balls of steel!

  • @thomasedwards5431
    @thomasedwards5431 Місяць тому +37

    One of your best videos! Thank you

  • @Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate
    @Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate Місяць тому +6

    “Cockleshell Heroes” - is the film of the 12 SBS that used a submarine to be dropped off in their canoes. Only 2 that actually survived their operation, the rest being drowned, capsized, murdered by the Germans. There was a pair that had to stay behind on the submarine as their Klepper Canoe was damaged during its removal from the torpedo hatch.
    A very good friend that’s a archaeologist/conservator was asked by former Royal Marine Commando/SBS member and former British politician Paddy Ashdown, for her to examine the damaged canoe some years ago, to clear up any doubts of deliberate damage to the canoe but as she said later it wasn’t sabotage but bore the marks from the metalwork in the submarine torpedo loading system, instead of a Fairbairn & Sykes dagger cut.
    It’s a shame it couldn’t have been cleared up properly a lot sooner as it would have been a question hanging over the heads of the two that couldn’t even set off - in those days any hint of cowardice would follow your career no matter what you went on to achieve.
    It was one of the earliest missions (the SBS being formed a bit earlier than the SAS) and led by Blondie Hasler and his sergeant they managed to complete the mission into occupied France and were able to escape by walking into Spain (that takes bimbling to a different level and might be one of the earliest/longest yomps ever)

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 Місяць тому +1

      Bimbling,yomps. Interesting slang.

  • @ianmclaren9721
    @ianmclaren9721 25 днів тому +4

    The breathless commentary is over the top.

    • @218philip
      @218philip 20 днів тому +1

      So are the irrelevant stock photos, at least identify the ones that really are of the actual event.

    • @scrow7752
      @scrow7752 12 днів тому

      100%
      breathless + too much unnecessary descriptions.

  • @robertpayne9009
    @robertpayne9009 Місяць тому

    Thanks!

  • @edwinwhitaker5679
    @edwinwhitaker5679 Місяць тому +15

    According to an episode of World War Weird some years ago these limpet mines had a strange aspect. To create a delay of about 5 hours before exploding each mine had an aniseed ball placed next to the detonater. Once these had dissolved the arming mechanism would set off the main charge.

  • @stem50
    @stem50 Місяць тому +20

    Bloody Marvelous Raid Chaps !

  • @kissthesky40
    @kissthesky40 Місяць тому +44

    This might be your best one.
    So many subplots of epic scale in War.

    • @unhingedadventures6278
      @unhingedadventures6278 Місяць тому +1

      Many Australian soldiers and islanders served in z special force. They were coast watchers, stationed on the islands, behind Japanese lines, they reported Japanese troop and ship movements. Many were caught and executed by the japanese, but many survived, and played a crucial role in the fight against the yellow peril.

  • @daystatesniper01
    @daystatesniper01 Місяць тому +21

    This was good Dark , very good indeed

  • @stippolyte
    @stippolyte Місяць тому +24

    Good story video as usual, one small point, the British officers are leftenants not lootenants.

    • @SteamCrane
      @SteamCrane Місяць тому

      Yup. Brits can't pronounce anything right.

  • @neylemcp9209
    @neylemcp9209 Місяць тому +6

    seeing the photos is exactly what i saw thank you

  • @4OHz
    @4OHz 23 дні тому +2

    Great narrative - you do it every time. Thanks for bringing history to life!

  • @jennifersivewright3117
    @jennifersivewright3117 29 днів тому +2

    Ivan Lyon was a distant relative of mine. A hero to my Dad. My Dad corresponded with his brother for years and knew his son.

  • @robharding5345
    @robharding5345 21 день тому +1

    These brave soldiers risked everything in their pursuit of duty. for their country, and we of the modern war free generation owe them more than we can ever offer. With our deepest appreciation and respect, many will have died, if not all of them by now, but we stand in awe at their bravery, and we salute every last one of them,

  • @JamesPrpich
    @JamesPrpich Місяць тому +49

    They should make a movie out of this!

    • @kissthesky40
      @kissthesky40 Місяць тому +6

      I was just about to write that also. What a story!

    • @GTGibbs
      @GTGibbs Місяць тому +4

      Agreed 100%

    • @alecwilson5629
      @alecwilson5629 Місяць тому +3

      This sounds loosely similar to the movie "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warefare"
      Which was based on a true story of an operation similar to this, but against the Germans.

    • @davidwestfall4336
      @davidwestfall4336 Місяць тому +2

      I agree!

    • @JamesPrpich
      @JamesPrpich Місяць тому +2

      Is there a book about this mission?

  • @DraigBlackCat
    @DraigBlackCat Місяць тому +14

    One reason for keeping the raid secret was to keep open the option of a repeat raid.

    • @sheepsfoot2
      @sheepsfoot2 Місяць тому

      One lot was caught by the Japs and executed !

  • @drmodestoesq
    @drmodestoesq Місяць тому +7

    So much great footage of people paddling Peterborough canoes through the Canadian wilderness. I wonder if they caught some pike.

  • @PhilipFear
    @PhilipFear Місяць тому +27

    Men such as these still exist, although they are fewer and farther between....
    But those men were the very antithesis of the types of men who would become units like the SAS, Rangers, SEALS, and other such specialized units who risk everything to strike at the Enemy in defense of their Country, Homes, and families....
    God Bless America, and our Allies, and the men and women who serve them....

    • @paulmanson253
      @paulmanson253 Місяць тому +4

      Err,sorry but antithesis means opposite. Howabout archetype ? Which means original pattern or model. I just looked up epitome, which I thought meant the same thing. Only to find it means a short summary. Problem is,nobody teaches Greek and Latin anymore. And learning words by context usage is a slippery slope.

    • @guyde-vires522
      @guyde-vires522 Місяць тому

      Actually, you are dead wrong.
      As a person who served in the RAF REGIMENT.
      There wasn't a man who wouldn't have volunteered for such a jaunt.
      It's a mixture of courage and daring lunacy that we all had.
      Everyone has it

    • @PhilipFear
      @PhilipFear Місяць тому

      @@paulmanson253
      I thought it was "the essence of "
      So my bad....
      But my point was there aren't as many around who would volunteer for such duty now (in 2024 ) as back then....
      And I'm talking the general population, not out of those in service in Special Forces already....
      Let's face it, that takes a Patriot, and there aren't as many of us around any more....
      But then the leadership we had back then, and what we've had lately doesn't compare that would bring that out in our people as much anymore....
      It's hard to give our blind devotion to a government that has been caught over and over again LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH to "We the People" so blatantly as we have by our leadership (Especially the DemocRATs) lately....
      Especially since JFK's assenation in the 60s....
      Not to Mention, Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King....
      And since the WOKE MOB took control over our Culture it's really been crazy, like up is down and left is right....

    • @paulmanson253
      @paulmanson253 Місяць тому

      @PhilipFear In a word,yes. The fathers of the kids I chummed with as a kid,were,almost to a man,WW2 combat veterans. Us kids were in awe of them. Steven Ambrose the historian remarked on the men he used to go hunting with. Ditto. Comparing them to the weasels of the current crop of wannabes,yuck. Civilization actually has a pretty thin veneer. Which few understand. And a significant percentage of current adults seem determined to wreck it. All of a sudden,that whole period,from the death of the Grachhi to the ascension of Augustus, that incredible period of Rome,has a resonance I never expected. Not in this culture, not in my lifetime.

  • @keithburton3713
    @keithburton3713 Місяць тому +25

    Very interesting story great video keep them coming

  • @JohnRichard-GOCU
    @JohnRichard-GOCU 23 дні тому +1

    Amazing men who answered the call and served with all they had while not knowing if they would see another day or their story would ever be known.

  • @ramluma
    @ramluma Місяць тому +3

    Tomorrow is November 12, 2024. It is Veteran's Day, in the USA. To all veterans: Thank you for your service. No one truly understands the sacrifice of your unselfish service, unless they have been through your experience, to protect America, and the Constitution of the United States of America.

  • @lilwoody4789
    @lilwoody4789 Місяць тому +30

    Those must have been some awesome canoes to be able to float with the weight of those guys massive balls.

  • @wuffothewonderdog
    @wuffothewonderdog Місяць тому +14

    The crews are always dressed in Duffel coats, Jerseys and flat cloth caps in the tropics.

    • @stuart8663
      @stuart8663 Місяць тому +3

      He has explained before that some video is purely indicative- only to assist in the flow of the story. So you're right but they had native garments as well.

    • @pipclements316
      @pipclements316 Місяць тому +1

      @@stuart8663 I agree, but find it distracting as an amateur historian. I saw a film on TV with Jason Donovan which appeared to be based on this story.

    • @HFFCANADA
      @HFFCANADA Місяць тому +1

      ​@@pipclements316as an intermediate historian 😂 you can gain some insight from video's and documentaries which I've found appealing but real history wasn't made with a camera, it was recorded in books.
      Books are where you'll gain so much more insight and it's unburdened by the constant stream of people changing the history and how they interpret thing's or skew things based on their own biases. They cost a bit yes BUT
      Youll get it directly from the source. Tacitus, Livy, Sen Augusta, Clyestenies even Marcus Aurelius's writings are mostly in their words.
      Plus you don't have distractions from your phone.

    • @YesYes-xb6he
      @YesYes-xb6he Місяць тому

      Camouflage

  • @geeeeeee3
    @geeeeeee3 Місяць тому +4

    Never heard of this. Thank you.

  • @kennethhigdon1159
    @kennethhigdon1159 Місяць тому +12

    This would make for a real banger of a Sabaton song

    • @dogefort8410
      @dogefort8410 Місяць тому

      A bit obscure? Also, a lot of bravery for one song

  • @peterrobbins2862
    @peterrobbins2862 Місяць тому +2

    I met a few of the z force men when i was younger and a lady involved in the organisation, i think they also used to use the house on the hill in Cairns

  • @edengel9376
    @edengel9376 Місяць тому +1

    Years ago, i met a woman who was in a Japanese prison camp when she was young. Her family ran a business on an island that was taken over by Japan. The town was fenced in as a prison camp. They were hungry, and for her sixteenth birthday they boiled and ate a cat that they had caught as it went across their compound. She said it was their best meal ever.

  • @paulbarthol8372
    @paulbarthol8372 Місяць тому +18

    Kudos to the video editor for running clips of Arctic seafarers for a story set in the tropics.

    • @kenjones2973
      @kenjones2973 Місяць тому +1

      Not just the tropics, old son. Singapore is literally bang on the bloody Equator. Darks impeccable record of attention to the accuracy of its visual content can only mean one thing. The ambient nocturnal Temp must have dropped from 36 deg C and 95% humidity to 35.5 deg C and 98% humidity. I would also be reaching for my Balaclava and duffel coat under such changed circumstances. Hope no one caught a chill.

  • @lewbarrett
    @lewbarrett Місяць тому +6

    Krait has good lines, especially for a work boat. Clearly capable as she transited the South Pacific , which requires a good vessel. She’s kept at the Australian National Maritime Museum in beautiful working condition and is free to board if you’re in the neighbourhood. Thanks for the story. BTW, it’s pronounced Ko-foo-coo. Ma-roo. Kofuku Maru. Maru is a word used as a designator on Japanese commercial vessels, meaning circle but in English we would probably say “ship”.

  • @daverei1211
    @daverei1211 Місяць тому +2

    Sounds like a great idea for a movie.

  • @sonofadutchman9315
    @sonofadutchman9315 Місяць тому +3

    The Krait, the actual very same vessel that took both crews from Australia to Singapore, twice, is stationed at the Australian National Maritime Museum, in perfect working order, ready to go and do it again if required.

  • @BonesyTucson
    @BonesyTucson Місяць тому +3

    That is an epic level of fitness!

  • @shlomster6256
    @shlomster6256 Місяць тому +6

    Great storytelling!

  • @lexwaldez
    @lexwaldez Місяць тому +16

    Absolute mad lads.

  • @toolmakerbest1584
    @toolmakerbest1584 Місяць тому +2

    Great story, thank you!

  • @davidraborn3654
    @davidraborn3654 Місяць тому +4

    Upping your game. Great vid.

  • @darinwood2183
    @darinwood2183 22 дні тому +3

    Why hasn’t this been made into a movie?

  • @BrendanAus
    @BrendanAus Місяць тому +4

    Facinating bit of Australian war history.

  • @duncbee
    @duncbee Місяць тому +2

    The raid is inspired by the Cockleshell heroes raid carried out by the Royal Marines. Hence the use of Folboats as they were Royal Marine Commando kit. The journey however was significantly more dangerous. Australian units were part of the larger Imperial Army and did not operate independently so the combining of UK and Australian forces was the norm.

  • @shorton6707
    @shorton6707 Місяць тому +4

    Amazing. It is also amazing that you didnt show a few photos of the Krait today.

  • @garydargan6
    @garydargan6 Місяць тому +2

    There is a photo in the Australian War Memorial collection showing Krait moored at Timor behind a party accepting the surrender of the local Japanese garrison at the war's end. The Raiders were the start of Z special force which carried out a number of raids in the region. One of the later members was a Malay pearl diver from Broome. His language skill and local knowledge were invaluable. After thexwar he returned to Broome where he was a leader in a strike against the companies exploiting Malay and native labour. As a "reward" for his service because deported.

  • @ferdinandparan-yz6uo
    @ferdinandparan-yz6uo Місяць тому +2

    Unequaled bravery despite the dangers they face

  • @gunsaway1
    @gunsaway1 Місяць тому +14

    That mission took big balls

  • @LarryMeixner
    @LarryMeixner Місяць тому +5

    10:06 the canoes shown are non collapsing wooden 'Voyager' types from northern US or Canada.

    • @lenrichardson7349
      @lenrichardson7349 Місяць тому +1

      The pictures hardly ever match the story.

    • @dansola5570
      @dansola5570 Місяць тому +1

      Not to mention the fishing poles

    • @Andi25259
      @Andi25259 Місяць тому

      And the evergreen trees from northern forests.

    • @billwebb9643
      @billwebb9643 8 днів тому

      Well he wanted footage, and I doubt any of the guys on this mission happened to pack along a video camera.

  • @clarencehopkins7832
    @clarencehopkins7832 Місяць тому +3

    Excellent stuff bro

  • @reuben9213
    @reuben9213 Місяць тому +8

    It took a lot for the men involved to not get publicly recognized for their exploits at the time , but being who they were , they knew what they have done was rewarding enough . Even though they did get the recognition later . A hell of a crew . I doubt any are still with us to this day , but if there are , my respect gentlemen . If not , R.I.P. soldiers and may God take care of you .🙏

    • @GrahamBradd-uw8ph
      @GrahamBradd-uw8ph Місяць тому

      I the orthorites should of took it right up to the japs and let them know as much as they could that it was only a handful of very very brave ausies that kicked there arces and not all the inosent people that died while being suspected of the raid wrecken it would hurt for them to have more egg on their faces knowing it was only 6 men that caused so much damage not forgetting the backup team

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 Місяць тому +12

    🎖️🏆⭐🙏❤️‍🩹🛐
    Thank you for sharing this

  • @CaptMarkSVAlcina
    @CaptMarkSVAlcina Місяць тому +4

    Ok they have made a movie about it , it’s called The Highest Honour, made in 1982 and it’s on UA-cam

  • @michaelmarrone5768
    @michaelmarrone5768 Місяць тому +1

    Seeing that barnacle encrusted mine reminded me of a time when I was sailing back from Hawaii and spotted what we took to be an old mine. Looked just like that.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 Місяць тому +2

    Bravo Sir thank you

  • @paxYmo
    @paxYmo Місяць тому +7

    The boats were made by Grants. My friend had a 4 person with sails and leeboards😊

    • @pipclements316
      @pipclements316 Місяць тому

      Why did they use Canadian canoes in the film? I find this distracting from a real piece of WW2 history.

  • @DCherbonnier
    @DCherbonnier Місяць тому +1

    It was a brilliant and brave operation, however, The raid took the Japanese authorities in Singapore completely by surprise. Never suspecting such an attack could be mounted from Australia, they assumed it had been carried out by local saboteurs, The local civilian operation and some interned POW's paid the price for the raid's success.

  • @julieputney4317
    @julieputney4317 Місяць тому +1

    Absolutely amazing and inspiring

  • @sambowz9077
    @sambowz9077 Місяць тому

    Great Stuff!

  • @steveolive9991
    @steveolive9991 Місяць тому +1

    This commando raid is similar to the the British raid -- Operation Frankton -- in Bordeaux, Fance, 1942.

  • @amadeusamwater
    @amadeusamwater Місяць тому +6

    Similar to an attack the British carried out in France, but that one didn't end as well.

    • @Charles-k9g5y
      @Charles-k9g5y Місяць тому

      If it’s the one I’m thinking of then it was a success in that it destroyed the dry dock.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 Місяць тому

      ​@@Charles-k9g5ythat was St Nazaire. Jeremy Clarkson did a brilliant documentary about it.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 Місяць тому +1

      Bruneval was a brilliant success, as was the British use of a midget submarine to blow the bottom out of a Japanese battleship.

    • @amadeusamwater
      @amadeusamwater Місяць тому

      @@Charles-k9g5y The commandoes didn't fare as well.

    • @amadeusamwater
      @amadeusamwater Місяць тому

      @@nickjung7394 The Japanese apparently were less alert about such matters than the Germans were.

  • @briansmith8967
    @briansmith8967 Місяць тому

    Amazing! How were the mines set off? Timer?

  • @sailordude2094
    @sailordude2094 Місяць тому

    The British also did this against German shipping in a French port called Operation Frankton. They also had a sentry looking down on them, luck was with both. BTW, "Operation Jaywick was followed by Operation Rimau. Although three ships are sometimes claimed as sunk in this raid, no corroboration of this has ever been found and in all likelihood no vessels were sunk; but the participants, including Lyon, were either killed in action or captured and executed."

  • @raydonica6723
    @raydonica6723 Місяць тому +7

    Wow!!!!!

  • @gabrieldee345don5
    @gabrieldee345don5 Місяць тому

    Excellent video.

  • @greggweber9967
    @greggweber9967 Місяць тому +1

    "You say that you have orders to go to Camp X. There are three of them within 20 miles of here. You fellows need some imagination."

  • @berjo77
    @berjo77 Місяць тому

    Next time I’m in Sydney I’ll have to go see the little miracle boat!

  • @robertdeen8741
    @robertdeen8741 21 день тому

    I was once told a tale about Royal Marine Comandos using canoes to put lympet mines on ships in Toranto harbour timed to explode when the Swordfish arrived. I believe the gentleman who told me about. I also know the Brits like keeping things classified for ever. Ive been called an idiot for believing it. One commenter said the mines were too heavy for canoe!?!?
    I'd give my left testicle for some form of confirmation.

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 Місяць тому +6

    The movie “The Wackiest Ship in the Army!” was based on this Operation. It was a Comedy, staring Jack Lemon. Also the British tried this kind of operation again only using a Submarine in place of surface ship. The Raider’s were caught and killed sadly.

    • @dazzamac70
      @dazzamac70 Місяць тому +2

      No, that movie was based upon the real USS Echo and is totally different from the MV Krait.
      The followup operation on Singapore involving a submarine was Operation Rimau - all operatives were either KIA or were captured and eventually executed approx 1 month before the Japanese Surrender!😢
      Unfortunately a lot of the operatives from Operation Jaywick were also involved in Operation Rimau in which all were lost!!!😢

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk Місяць тому +1

      The Highest Honor 1982

    • @Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate
      @Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate Місяць тому +1

      “Cockleshell Heroes” - is the film of the 12 SBS that used a submarine to be dropped off in their canoes. Only 2 that actually survived their operation, the rest being drowned, capsized, murdered by the Germans. There was an extra pair that had to stay behind on the submarine as their Klepper Canoe was damaged during its removal from the torpedo hatch.
      It was one of the earliest missions (the SBS being formed a bit earlier than the SAS) and led by Blondie Hasler and his sergeant they managed to complete the mission into occupied France and were able to escape by walking into Spain (that takes bimbling to a different level and might be one of the earliest/longest yomps ever)

  • @KangoV
    @KangoV 26 днів тому

    Amazing. Deserves a film?

  • @jackoboyle2833
    @jackoboyle2833 Місяць тому

    Those men had a well deserved pint (or two!) of Guinness when they got back.

  • @neylemcp9209
    @neylemcp9209 Місяць тому +1

    i remember seeing the krait way back 50+ yrs ago or there abouts it docked in the clarence river in our town i think it was on tour of east coast AUS..i was about 10 back then and iv never forgoten the story of the krait

  • @jeffreybaker4399
    @jeffreybaker4399 Місяць тому

    Anybody know where Dark Seas got the thumbnail for this video? I recall it as being from a doc that was quite good, I'd like to see it again but I have no recollection as to the name or who made it. Thanks.

  • @Jumbo-k4t
    @Jumbo-k4t Місяць тому +4

    Very sad that UA-cam wont allow Australians to talk about our country or anything that we've done ?

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham8393 24 дні тому

    I had a Folboat back in the day [70s] and we had many an adventure. Got it for mowing a lawn IIRC.

  • @jsilva7586
    @jsilva7586 Місяць тому

    first someone sees them just below their ship and never raises the alarm then a patrol boat pulls up alongside but doesn't recognize them as being in disguise and never speaks to them. luckily the enemy was incredibly incompetent

  • @henryknetsar3677
    @henryknetsar3677 Місяць тому +2

    I was stationed at Exmouth, WA, where the ship was modified. It isn't the edge of the earth, but you can see it from there. The sandbags of old defensive bunkers around the lighthouse are still there. OK, they have turned to sandstone, but you can still make out the weave of the canvas bags they used. We all knew it was active during WWII, but never heard THIS story. Very cool story.

  • @mcmoose64
    @mcmoose64 26 днів тому

    The Krait has been restored and is my on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia.
    Lest we forget.

  • @paulkweiner6577
    @paulkweiner6577 Місяць тому

    Wow ! What a story !!!

  • @PaulCanham-e9h
    @PaulCanham-e9h Місяць тому +1

    On ya lads, what a generation.

  • @markwilliamwestonwilson1503
    @markwilliamwestonwilson1503 29 днів тому

    The highest honour is a must see film about this raid , please watch it

  • @malcolmpicton4088
    @malcolmpicton4088 Місяць тому +1

    Guts and determination

  • @KeithRanker
    @KeithRanker Місяць тому +1

    Unfortunately, while this raid succeeded, the British tried again, and the Japanese were prepared.

  • @davidlafranchise4782
    @davidlafranchise4782 Місяць тому

    So did they pick up the 6 guys?? It seemed like Krait left without them?

  • @PercivalFakeman
    @PercivalFakeman Місяць тому

    I have seen this ship. I think it was on a dock in Sidney Harbor, or maybe Cairnes. It was memorialized with a plaque. It was great to hear the full story. It is not big at all. It would have been tossed about during high seas.

  • @sheepdog1102
    @sheepdog1102 Місяць тому

    Nerves of steel and balls of titanium!

  • @mauricedavis2160
    @mauricedavis2160 Місяць тому

    Thank you Dark Sea !!!🙏👌⚓🦉

  • @philipinchina
    @philipinchina Місяць тому +1

    Great respect for the men. Not for the people who made the video.
    What does the incidental music contribute?
    Stock footage of Mk 14 mines. What had they to do with the operation?
    Why the phoney white flecks around the 17 minute mark?
    Stock footage of fishermen in foul weather gear suitable for the North Sea. Why?

  • @ankles632
    @ankles632 Місяць тому

    Footnote : Sadly most of the canoe crews from Jaywick were killed or executed as a result of operation Rimau.

  • @desmondtighe9410
    @desmondtighe9410 Місяць тому +1

    At 1.37 there are 2 flags on the screen. One is a Japanese Rising Sun flag and the other appears to be two horizontal zig zag lines . Do you know what this is ?

  • @davidyoung8521
    @davidyoung8521 Місяць тому +1

    This would make a great movie.

    • @curtmeister24
      @curtmeister24 Місяць тому

      I'm not sure that a good full length movie could be made. OTOH there are plenty of other untold stores like this one, so maybe someone could take several of them and make a movie that has several 'subplots' so to speak.