I had not seen this documentary before. All these men have probably passed now and I am so happy that their thoughts and recollections were recorded. Thank you for this.
Small mercy they're gone, but their legacy is preserved here at least. They've seen and done enough without having to witness the atrocities of the Pronoun War their great great grandsons are waging.
This was originally aired on TV - the release date was 30th March 2004. Sadly all the men featured in this amazing documentary will now have passed. Thank goodness we have the opportunity to see and listen to them. Thank you for posting this.
@@distantthunder12ck55 good to see the men who went on the raid and stopped a battleship capable of causing great problems to the Russian Conveys. Kudos to the RAF but also rest in peace those who died in the raid. Regardless of which side they were on.
This is so impactful, the detail to which they can recall the events despite their age. Make sure you watch this until the end, the last 3 minutes are an emotional rollercoaster.
Oh my goodness! What an incredible feat! How courageous these men were. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up watching this story. I wish I could have met them, saluted and shaken their hands.
I can't get enuff of watching these heroes and their stories. This one was truly amazing and I got a lot out of this. Thank you for continuing with your solid World War Two stories. These guys should never be forgotten.
@@spikenomoon Merlin 20 series were only single stage supercharged and were lucky to get to 20,000 Ft loaded, a B17 would go to 30,000 ft and a B24 would go to 28,000 because of their 2 staged TURBOcharged radial engines !!! Lancasters average bomb load throughout the war was only about 6,000# compared to their "Could carry 14,000#" !!!! could and did were two different stories !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 It helped win the war. I believe we lost a lot of crews because of horrible engines and other engineering failures. The old sky coffin. ⚰️
43 25 onwards. My Mum LOVED Tommy Trinder. She belonged to a group of parents who helped to support our local Scout Group. It was very much a social group as well and they organised a coach trip to see Tommy Trinder in London. He was acting as compare for other performers with his usual banter in between. My Mum said that he really knew how to work an audience. He reached a point which would have normally produced a response from the audience. My Mum was the only one who came out with what he had hoped for. My Mum called out, "YOU LUCKY PEOPAWL". There was laughter as Tommy looked directly at my Mum, "Thank you Lady, I nearly thought that I'd died there". Several more occasions in the evening, he played directly to my Mum. My Mum was full of it when she got home. A memorable occasion.
They look good but so vulnerable. My uncle flew a dive bomber called the SBD … nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” in the Coral Sea . The only effective way to fly it is very high and straight down, very fast.
Wow. Powerful how some of these old men - once young and thoughtless of the killing they were involved in - now feel real compassion and sorrow at the thought of all those who died in the war.
The British military men in the second world war were tough , resilent, and brave . They did not think twice about going into danger , they were magnificent men , full stop !! I worked with a lot of these men who had fought in the war , and trust me they were really tough guys who didn't talk about their war years unless you heard them talking amongst themselves . I can gaurantee that some of them were Real Killers in their war years , some of them had a Scary look if you said something that upset them , then they would break into a smile and joke with me , frightening ! I was just a young boy 18 years old and admired them very much . They are all gone now , God bless them , but I think about them often ! I hope in the event of another war , God forbid ! That our young men would be as tough and resilent.
THIS WHY the enemy wanted to take over the educational system, brainswash the kids into questioning their gender, their loyalty and patriotism --turning them into wimpy, easy-to-conquer sheep. *Thank God for those parents who are trying to raise the others who are morally upright, and courageous.
Oh my god what a story. Dambusters is one of the great inspirations to me of the war. My dad was a flyboy from America. My mom was an army nurse. I was born in Munich after war's end.
We all owe so much to all those brave men and women of that generation who made our freedoms possible! Sadly, I am so afraid that what they did for us is being forgotten and discredited today! My generation, the sons and daughters of these heroes is almost gone too--“WHO WILL REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE and WHAT WE OWE THEM?”
Their Grand kids who was brought up with them aswell , im 45 now and remember many of them in my town along with their stories, my own gramp who was in the merchant Marines..
Went to RAF Coningsby a couple of weeks back. They have an original Lanc and Mozzy under restoration in the hangar. Along with various recovered items from battles, and some incredible personal log books from flight crews... very touching....went with my other half who, until then, had no previous insight, into ww2 history. She was quite overwhelmed. The restoration for both planes is estimated at about 5 years to get them airworthy. A true tribute to fine, fine men and women involved. Truly humbled. My sincere thanks to such brave souls.x
If only the men that started these damn wars could fight them……rest in peace to all those that lost their lives, a generation almost gone but never forgotten!🙏
Thank you for this excellent video, which tells the story from both sides, so to speak. So many lives lost, so many sadly affected. I have learned a lot from this video. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m so grateful for these old guys coming on this documentary and telling it like it was. So honorable, and so heartfelt. Most importantly, history told by the ones who lived it!
I wouldn't be so sure, I remember an interview from a survivor of the raid on St Nazaire and he said he's convinced that the younger generation if called upon would answer the call like they did when faced with tyranny and oppression of the free world, he hoped they would not have to but I found it comforting to know that some men who have faced the ultimate test of bravery have confidence in the generations to come
Perhaps you should rethink that statement. Had it not been for that war, we would not have hade 70 years of relative peace, but rather the fascist oppressive dictatorship, that some right wing nutcases are trying to force onto us now. That particular war told us everything we should know about how we need to avoid another lunatic behind the wheel in the so called free world.
@@pastorpresent1 His perspective is very different being on the German side. They were the antagonists, conquered all the surrounding countries at a terrible cost in lives, only to lose everything as well as millions of their own people when they lost the war.
@@malificajones7674 Exactly. The Germans fought for nothing - millions died from their war of aggression, only to lose their own people, their cities, their resources, and for the next couple of decades, their sovereignty. It was tragic and wasteful, down to the hubris of one man.
Thank you very much for this. The appreciation this film has given me for BOTH sides of those so dreadfully effected by this war, is priceless. Thank you for your service, and thank you sharing from your hearts. Priceless 👏🏻
Visited the place where Easy Elsie had emergency landing after the raid. She is now a protected place. Located outside of Porjus in North Sweden. collected some 303 casings thnat had exploded when they put her on fire and a little piece of armored glass, Another Lancaster made Emergency landing some 100 Km on an island in the river Kalix Älv just about Överkalix. Have lots of photos from her resting place.
Great documentary, I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Iveson, Alex McKie, Freddie Watts and Willibald Volsing at an Aces High Gallery signing for the 60th anniversary of the sinking of the Tirpitz. I found Dams Raid a fascinating story too, and met the last 5 remaining aircrew of the Chastise raid, and have some great items signed by them both, that I’ve cherished to this day! I remember learning of Tony Iveson’s passing at the time and felt the loss of a true hero, as I did when I heard of other pilots and aircrews I met at signing’s, that had passed as I met some a few times and they remembered me (especially the Dambuster’s), it was such a great experience meeting all of them and wished I’d started going to such events a lot earlier when more of them were still around. R.I.P.
A very good documentary, as said, these fine men have probably all passed away, heroes to a man. As I watched it I realised seen it before but still well worth viewing again. Although they were the enemy, the death of all those aboard Turpitz was still a tragedy. Lets hope the like never gets repeated.
Fascinating and great to see so many very brave men. A thought - the Tirpitz was about 42,000 tons but the IJN's Yamato was well over 70,000 tons (from memory, I didn't look the figures up) and the Yamato was also sunk mainly be aerial attack.
People talk about or you might hear someone say....oh it's a miracle over something simple....a real miracle...this video was made with living history by people that used to try to kill each other....time,age, wisdom changes thangs sometimes for the 👍👍👍👍👍 great video 👍👍
Even if losses were incurred, Churchill said. "The Unsinkable Ship" has to be destroyed. A great loss of life from those who took part in the war, we never learn.
@@jongulliver984 Re Hank Iveson. There is a memorial plaque to GC Iveson at the industrial park on the old Holme on Spalding Moor airfield. Bob Iveson became the CO of 617 Squadron.
It was a wonderful historical coverage documentary about Germans (Terbitt ) battleships sank by dambusterd air assaulted. During WW2 . German radars officer was a good German through British prospective, but he was a traitor for his motherland Germany 🇩🇪...
_" German radars officer was a good German through British prospective, but he was a traitor for his motherland Germany"_ True. But he was right, in the same way that the Russians working actively underground, together with the Ukrainians, for the defeat of Russia in its monstrous, imperial ambitions are right too. And the most interestihg thing of all is that the vast majority of Germans today would share the above sentiment. (Germany has come a long way in its self-awareness of its past)
971 sailors lost their lives when the "Unsinkable German Ship " The "Tirpitz" sank . They and many others left their families behind, never to see them again.
I appear to have misunderstood something early on in this video! I thought they were to fly to the USSR first, bit apparently that idea was scrapped! Still, we owe so much to the jangled nerves of these brave aviators!
I worked at Emerald Golf course in New Bern NC. The tennis pro was Hans Mueller. Formerly Oberst Lieutenant for light anti aircraft batteries. G S Tirpitz. On board during attack. He told me how it was. Got blown overboard when the magazine went up. We were friends.
This is a forgotten story, which is close to my heart. Woodhall Spa, where the initial briefing was carried out, was close to where I lived, when I was on exchange with the RAF. 9, and 617 sqns, went on to become Tornado sqns. Northern Norway was our designated operational NATO zone on my first tour with the RCAF. Our “adversary” was the USSR, but in WWII, Canadians and Brits died in huge numbers, defending the North Atlantic convoys, supplying the USSR with desperately-needed war materiel. I flew over Tromso many times, then visited it 10 years ago, on a luxury cruise. My point is that although the USSR paid a far-higher price in WWII, the allies paid a price to support them. We had no strategic interest in Northern Norway, other than protecting the supply convoys to Russia. The ones who suffered the most were the Merchant Marine. Civilians who crewed the supply vessels, who were sunk in the frigid Arctic waters. Even Winston Churchill, the vehement anti-Socialist, went to incredible lengths to risk his vital assets for the Soviets. Don’t let the Brits forget that 😡
Great documentary, and to hear both sides of the story from brave men regardless of the side they were on. The cost to the sailors was immense. But the airman on both side got away with it. Did someone like an German officer who like England, - Vesner worked in the radar, did he delay the sending of the fighter planes. It would seem so. Vesner was smuggled by the Norwegian underground out of Norway.
I like that at 21:55 Old Bold Pilots Assoc... Thats cool because when I was in Alaska there were OLD Pilots and there were BOLD Pilots...but there were No "OLD BOLD" PILOTS!!!
I had not seen this documentary before. All these men have probably passed now and I am so happy that their thoughts and recollections were recorded. Thank you for this.
Small mercy they're gone, but their legacy is preserved here at least.
They've seen and done enough without having to witness the atrocities of the Pronoun War their great great grandsons are waging.
The last 'Dambuster', George 'Johnny' Johnson died in December 2022, aged 101
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Me,too, have the movie,.
How good. Informative and unbiased insight. Amazing
This was originally aired on TV - the release date was 30th March 2004. Sadly all the men featured in this amazing documentary will now have passed. Thank goodness we have the opportunity to see and listen to them. Thank you for posting this.
It was released in 2014.
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@@distantthunder12ck55 good to see the men who went on the raid and stopped a battleship capable of causing great problems to the Russian Conveys.
Kudos to the RAF but also rest in peace those who died in the raid. Regardless of which side they were on.
This is so impactful, the detail to which they can recall the events despite their age. Make sure you watch this until the end, the last 3 minutes are an emotional rollercoaster.
Oh my goodness! What an incredible feat! How courageous these men were. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up watching this story. I wish I could have met them, saluted and shaken their hands.
I can't get enuff of watching these heroes and their stories. This one was truly amazing and I got a lot out of this.
Thank you for continuing with your solid World War Two stories. These guys should never be forgotten.
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We thank you all for your service. Rip the fallen . If only the world would remember and learn from the mistakes from the passed.
If you don't learn the lessons of the past then you're an idiot. Lessons that were brought by the lives of the airman on many raids.
I don't watch these episodes for the missions i watch them for the men that fought, died, lived, and became friends
Absolutely agree ❤
It's not the size of the dog in the fight...It's the size of the fight in the dog... Thanks Winston.
What a machine the Lancaster is 💪
One of the biggest bombers apart from the Volcan
The biggest bomb of bombers. It was very inefficient terribly underpowered.
@@spikenomoonit certainly was built or flown by know it alls
@@spikenomoon Merlin 20 series were only single stage supercharged and were lucky to get to 20,000 Ft loaded, a B17 would go to 30,000 ft and a B24 would go to 28,000 because of their 2 staged TURBOcharged radial engines !!! Lancasters average bomb load throughout the war was only about 6,000# compared to their "Could carry 14,000#" !!!! could and did were two different stories !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 It helped win the war. I believe we lost a lot of crews because of horrible engines and other engineering failures. The old sky coffin. ⚰️
Amazing story! The ending brings a tear to your eye.
43 25 onwards. My Mum LOVED Tommy Trinder. She belonged to a group of parents who helped to support our local Scout Group. It was very much a social group as well and they organised a coach trip to see Tommy Trinder in London. He was acting as compare for other performers with his usual banter in between. My Mum said that he really knew how to work an audience. He reached a point which would have normally produced a response from the audience. My Mum was the only one who came out with what he had hoped for. My Mum called out, "YOU LUCKY PEOPAWL". There was laughter as Tommy looked directly at my Mum, "Thank you Lady, I nearly thought that I'd died there". Several more occasions in the evening, he played directly to my Mum. My Mum was full of it when she got home. A memorable occasion.
Growing up American I always loved the B17 but when I saw the Lancaster in the Dambusters film well,
I had a new love
They look good but so vulnerable. My uncle flew a dive bomber called the SBD … nicknamed “Slow But Deadly” in the Coral Sea . The only effective way to fly it is very high and straight down, very fast.
Wow. Powerful how some of these old men - once young and thoughtless of the killing they were involved in - now feel real compassion and sorrow at the thought of all those who died in the war.
At the end its the humanity that pulls me in, keep on watching these videos
this video is like a Christmas present for anybody interested in WW2 history! Subscribed!
We are now seeing history repeating its self once again in our time.
People should behave in other peoples countries then?! , and not abuse the sanctuary them or their parents was given..
The British military men in the second world war were tough , resilent, and brave . They did not think twice about going into danger , they were magnificent men , full stop !! I worked with a lot of these men who had fought in the war , and trust me they were really tough guys who didn't talk about their war years unless you heard them talking amongst themselves . I can gaurantee that some of them were Real Killers in their war years , some of them had a Scary look if you said something that upset them , then they would break into a smile and joke with me , frightening ! I was just a young boy 18 years old and admired them very much . They are all gone now , God bless them , but I think about them often ! I hope in the event of another war , God forbid ! That our young men would be as tough and resilent.
THIS WHY the enemy wanted to take over the educational system, brainswash the kids into questioning their gender, their loyalty and patriotism --turning them into wimpy, easy-to-conquer sheep. *Thank God for those parents who are trying to raise the others who are morally upright, and courageous.
Respect and thanks to all veterans
Oh my god what a story. Dambusters is one of the great inspirations to me of the war. My dad was a flyboy from America. My mom was an army nurse. I was born in Munich after war's end.
Amazing documentary! Thank you so much for telling this piece of history. It is really great that some of the men became friends after the war.
Fantastic documentary!!
I love the idea of a guy who faked his way past the eye exam being inducted into the highly skilled precision bombing wing, fake it til you make it?
We all owe so much to all those brave men and women of that generation who made our freedoms possible! Sadly, I am so afraid that what they did for us is being forgotten and discredited today! My generation, the sons and daughters of these heroes is almost gone too--“WHO WILL REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE and WHAT WE OWE THEM?”
Their Grand kids who was brought up with them aswell , im 45 now and remember many of them in my town along with their stories, my own gramp who was in the merchant Marines..
Very different times. respect
Went to RAF Coningsby a couple of weeks back. They have an original Lanc and Mozzy under restoration in the hangar. Along with various recovered items from battles, and some incredible personal log books from flight crews... very touching....went with my other half who, until then, had no previous insight, into ww2 history. She was quite overwhelmed.
The restoration for both planes is estimated at about 5 years to get them airworthy.
A true tribute to fine, fine men and women involved. Truly humbled. My sincere thanks to such brave souls.x
Excellent doc. It's great to hear 1st hand accounts from some of the veterans on both sides where involved in this dramatic story.
Herr Wesner was so very brave..and saved the lives of many...I would love to know he lived a long and happy life after the war
Absolutely fascinating.
Thank you for sharing this documentary. ❤
If only the men that started these damn wars could fight them……rest in peace to all those that lost their lives, a generation almost gone but never forgotten!🙏
I think you’ll find that war was started by one man and one man only reminds you of the situation in Ukraine today really
That was an outstanding film, the a German gentleman, and the Englishmen at the end, were really wonderful people.
I think its great that they managed to get people from both sides for this. Because you can really see the human side of the consequences of war.
Thank you for this excellent video, which tells the story from both sides, so to speak. So many lives lost, so many sadly affected. I have learned a lot from this video. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m so grateful for these old guys coming on this documentary and telling it like it was. So honorable, and so heartfelt. Most importantly, history told by the ones who lived it!
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@@SaRa-rh9nl ? …I don’t have a clue what what you mean.
They don't make men like that anymore. True heroes, every one of them.
I wouldn't be so sure, I remember an interview from a survivor of the raid on St Nazaire and he said he's convinced that the younger generation if called upon would answer the call like they did when faced with tyranny and oppression of the free world, he hoped they would not have to but I found it comforting to know that some men who have faced the ultimate test of bravery have confidence in the generations to come
What a fantastic documentry. Relly well made and very interesting
Yes. "A crazy war," all for nothing ,this war-veteran said in the documentary. Everyone in his right mind would agree with him.
Perhaps you should rethink that statement.
Had it not been for that war, we would not have hade 70 years of relative peace, but rather the fascist oppressive dictatorship, that some right wing nutcases are trying to force onto us now.
That particular war told us everything we should know about how we need to avoid another lunatic behind the wheel in the so called free world.
All for nothing? Really?
@@pastorpresent1 His perspective is very different being on the German side.
They were the antagonists, conquered all the surrounding countries at a terrible cost in lives, only to lose everything as well as millions of their own people when they lost the war.
@@malificajones7674 Exactly. The Germans fought for nothing - millions died from their war of aggression, only to lose their own people, their cities, their resources, and for the next couple of decades, their sovereignty. It was tragic and wasteful, down to the hubris of one man.
Thank you very much for this. The appreciation this film has given me for BOTH sides of those so dreadfully effected by this war, is priceless. Thank you for your service, and thank you sharing from your hearts. Priceless 👏🏻
Thank you for your service
Visited the place where Easy Elsie had emergency landing after the raid. She is now a protected place. Located outside of Porjus in North Sweden. collected some 303 casings thnat had exploded when they put her on fire and a little piece of armored glass,
Another Lancaster made Emergency landing some 100 Km on an island in the river Kalix Älv just about Överkalix.
Have lots of photos from her resting place.
Great video. Thx. This is the stuff of legends.
Amazing these guys became friends
❤ thank you all for your sacrifice❤
Great documentary, I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Iveson, Alex McKie, Freddie Watts and Willibald Volsing at an Aces High Gallery signing for the 60th anniversary of the sinking of the Tirpitz.
I found Dams Raid a fascinating story too, and met the last 5 remaining aircrew of the Chastise raid, and have some great items signed by them both, that I’ve cherished to this day!
I remember learning of Tony Iveson’s passing at the time and felt the loss of a true hero, as I did when I heard of other pilots and aircrews I met at signing’s, that had passed as I met some a few times and they remembered me (especially the Dambuster’s), it was such a great experience meeting all of them and wished I’d started going to such events a lot earlier when more of them were still around. R.I.P.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Hats off.
A very good documentary, as said, these fine men have probably all passed away, heroes to a man. As I watched it I realised seen it before but still well worth viewing again. Although they were the enemy, the death of all those aboard Turpitz was still a tragedy. Lets hope the like never gets repeated.
Yes, every one of them was someone's son. 😢
Hero's of the skies!!!
Nothing but respect for you all.
Thank you
Thanks all for the posting. Brisbane Australia
Fascinating and great to see so many very brave men. A thought - the Tirpitz was about 42,000 tons but the IJN's Yamato was well over 70,000 tons (from memory, I didn't look the figures up) and the Yamato was also sunk mainly be aerial attack.
What a very sad thing war is 🙏🏻
The personal storys of all the men from both sides is very moving
People talk about or you might hear someone say....oh it's a miracle over something simple....a real miracle...this video was made with living history by people that used to try to kill each other....time,age, wisdom changes thangs sometimes for the 👍👍👍👍👍 great video 👍👍
I'm still surprised there's parts laying around. Figured people would have taken them as trophies
Brave men! Thank you for your service!
Even if losses were incurred, Churchill said. "The Unsinkable Ship" has to be destroyed. A great loss of life from those who took part in the war, we never learn.
Amazing they had cameras there to film the battle and deaths.
I can attest that 'Target Tirpitz' is a fantastic book ❤
Wow. “I was strong once but it’s all gone”
Excellent stuff bro
Great documentary. Well written and great result and a lot of luck for the British.
Enjoyed the video
" you could'nt have the nazi's in charge could ya " says it all really , when men were men , god bless the lot of em !!!!!!
Best war doco
What a brave special group of men.Thank you all
At 25:03 it was said the bombers had 2.5 Tonnes of high explosives, the Tall Boy weighed in at 12,000 lbs around 5.4 long tonnes
Great docu.. With deep respect for this guys..!
It is quite amazing how they got thioose bombs onto the target with pin-point accuracy from 15.000 feet
ships will always lose against tall boys and grand slams
That's just too much bomb in one place.. 💥
That's what she said.
Yer mom
Today, known as Daisy cutters, And moab's.
617 and 9 squadron did it together!
Great story guys!!!
My late Grandfather was Ground Crew for the Dambusters Squadron.
Tony Iveson first was a Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain but later retrained as a bomber pilot.
His son Bob flew harriers in the Falklands I believe.
@@jongulliver984 Actually Bob Iveson is the son of Group Captain Hank Iveson DSO DFC and Bar former Halifax pilot.
Thanks Anthony, my mistake, however that's some family tradition as well!
@@jongulliver984 Re Hank Iveson. There is a memorial plaque to GC Iveson at the industrial park on the old Holme on Spalding Moor airfield.
Bob Iveson became the CO of 617 Squadron.
You give so much positive information thank you
You're sitting on the water. What could go wrong. 😢
It was a wonderful historical coverage documentary about Germans (Terbitt ) battleships sank by dambusterd air assaulted. During WW2 . German radars officer was a good German through British prospective, but he was a traitor for his motherland Germany 🇩🇪...
_" German radars officer was a good German through British prospective, but he was a traitor for his motherland Germany"_
True. But he was right, in the same way that the Russians working actively underground, together with the Ukrainians, for the defeat of Russia in its monstrous, imperial ambitions are right too.
And the most interestihg thing of all is that the vast majority of Germans today would share the above sentiment. (Germany has come a long way in its self-awareness of its past)
I want Basil Fish to be my adoptive grandad, he's great 💙
My Great GrandFather's Served On KMS'S BISMARCK,TIRPITZ,SCHARNHORST & GNEISENAU 😃
He seems to have been a lucky chap all of those ships were sunk I believe.
Bit like uncle Albert bit of a Joanha
Good swimmer then.
971 sailors lost their lives when the "Unsinkable German Ship " The "Tirpitz" sank . They and many others left their families behind, never to see them again.
Thanks for sharing. Whoever is reading this comment, I wish you success, health, love and happiness!
Absolutely nice... Pero nakakaiyak
1,700 young Men died ..Rest in Peace All Vetrans
Just kids really..and so brave😔
I appear to have misunderstood something early on in this video! I thought they were to fly to the USSR first, bit apparently that idea was scrapped! Still, we owe so much to the jangled nerves of these brave aviators!
They did this in an earlier attempt to sink Tirpitz. It’s in the video at around 9:40.
They had done that previously and had damaged it
I worked at Emerald Golf course in New Bern NC. The tennis pro was Hans Mueller. Formerly Oberst Lieutenant for light anti aircraft batteries. G S Tirpitz. On board during attack. He told me how it was. Got blown overboard when the magazine went up. We were friends.
Real men will soon only be found in history books
Terrible for the German crewmen; but we have to remember their ultimate purpose.
fantastic to watch this so very interesting
Incredible ✌️
Benny Goodman! He had the right name at the right time eh?
25:34 shake your screen (on cell phones) and watch the ship shimmy!
Superb.
"And Too,633 Squadron & The Flyers of The Dam Busters, We Owe Much"
Brilliant!
The Tirpitz was a sitting duck.
A very well armoured, armed and defended duck.
Drivel
I can’t b lieve wht I’m hearing omg wow amazing smh unbelievable
This is a forgotten story, which is close to my heart. Woodhall Spa, where the initial briefing was carried out, was close to where I lived, when I was on exchange with the RAF. 9, and 617 sqns, went on to become Tornado sqns. Northern Norway was our designated operational NATO zone on my first tour with the RCAF. Our “adversary” was the USSR, but in WWII, Canadians and Brits died in huge numbers, defending the North Atlantic convoys, supplying the USSR with desperately-needed war materiel. I flew over Tromso many times, then visited it 10 years ago, on a luxury cruise.
My point is that although the USSR paid a far-higher price in WWII, the allies paid a price to support them. We had no strategic interest in Northern Norway, other than protecting the supply convoys to Russia. The ones who suffered the most were the Merchant Marine. Civilians who crewed the supply vessels, who were sunk in the frigid Arctic waters. Even Winston Churchill, the vehement anti-Socialist, went to incredible lengths to risk his vital assets for the Soviets. Don’t let the Brits forget that 😡
Great documentary, and to hear both sides of the story from brave men regardless of the side they were on. The cost to the sailors was immense. But the airman on both side got away with it.
Did someone like an German officer who like England, - Vesner worked in the radar, did he delay the sending of the fighter planes. It would seem so. Vesner was smuggled by the Norwegian underground out of Norway.
I like that at 21:55 Old Bold Pilots Assoc... Thats cool because when I was in Alaska there were OLD Pilots and there were BOLD Pilots...but there were No "OLD BOLD" PILOTS!!!
God bless everyone who fought so sad rip
Excellent.
Crazy war - for nothing 😪😪 He summed it up perfectly.
Are those Tornadoes in the background at 42:06 and 45:08?