European Reacts: America Stole A German Submarine And Stuck It In Chicago
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His videos about the Seabees, especially the one where they stole a train.
Fun fact we Americans are the inventors of submarines the turtle sub in 1776 and the Hunley, CSS H. L. Hunley, or CSS 1863 by the confederates. in the civil war the French stole it off of us prior to world war 1 then the germans got their hands on the French plans during world war 1 as a result the U boat subs were invented by Germany
@European _reacts I noticed your post asking what people like you watch. I greatly enjoy learning about history, different cultures, geopolitics, and different cultures. And if general politicatics overlap with those, so be it. Sorry, I have gotten way behind on your reactions. However, I have not forgotten. I will still be watching them this week. The last week or so there has been a lot going on in US politics that is important to pay attention to simply because of how much every area of our lives is currently affected by politics if we like it or not. It heavily impacts everyone ability to get by paycheck to paycheck. Which is currently a huge problem in the U.S. I would absolutely understand if you want to be reacting to more of that and current events. As they obviously do impact the world. Not only the U.S. Obviously ultimately it comes down to what you want to do with your channel. Don't let people dictate what you want to do with your channel at the end of the day it's your channel and what you enjoy reacting to. Regardless of what you just I would say the majority of your subscribers will stick around. Regardless. Love your channel and reactions. Much love from Minnesota. ❤
The guy that created the V2 rockets and had Jews working as slave labor in his factories became head of NASA after the war you should look up Operation paper clip where we got a whole bunch of fascist Nazis to be our scientists and and use the excuse to have Nazis working for the US government because of the Soviet Union Vernon von Braun was his name
The fact that they stole a Nazi sub is such an American thing to do. Cracked me up.
After the war the German manufacturers were pretty awesome about this sub. Basically we told them we had the sub and wanted to repair it so it would look better in the museum, and we wanted to buy some replacement parts. The Germans *donated* a *complete* set of spare parts as well as manuals and the factory specification, saying that the sub was German engineering and that anyone who went to see it was going to see it in prime condition even if it was in America.
Got to give some respect to those factory guys for that.
That's just one more awesome part that adds to the story. Germany didn't care that America had the sub, all they cared about was that it is the last of its kind in existence.
Oh yeah, German engineering is top notch, that's why the USN grabbed a U-boat to study.
@@ninjabearpress2574 Did you watch this video? jw
@@Syv_ You always want to get hold of the enemy's technology, see what makes it tick.
I find myself watching the same TFE vids over and over, enjoying the reactions of others.
Yes, for the past 15 years, my mom and I take an annual trip to Chicago to attend a large art fair. The first year we went, we decided to visit the Museum of Science and Industry. My dad told us not to skip the Uboat exhibit. He saw it on a class trip in 1961. I said "aw dad they change exhibits all the time. It won't still be there 50 years later." But he was right. Its still there!
Yeah I mean I doubt they would ever change that one out. That thing is a monster to move to a storage area or any other places, might as well leave it up and running.
It's a submarine mounted inside a building. I don't think anyone wants to try moving it elsewhere.
Apparently one of the original tour guides was the radio operator
One of the best museums ever
The U505 has indeed been moved from it's old location behind the Museuem to an underground shelter in front of it. UA-cam has some fairly poor video of the process of moving it.@@Eagerstriker
The photographer going along was actually a genius move! It wasn’t just for bragging rights either! The photographer was there for one purpose, intelligence gathering! He would take pictures of sensitive materials and equipment aboard the sub! And the fact that film doesn’t instantly start to dissolve in water like the water soluble documents do meant that even if the mission failed and the men died it would be a possibility that the film could be salvaged and the pictures taken developed! Think of the way microfilm is used in spy movies set in the Cold War and you’ve got the right idea! The photographer was basically the captains insurance policy!
The cameraman never dies.
Felix the cooperative Polish guy was real. The joke was merely about his absence being the inspiration for "Where's Waldo?"
In 1971 my father became the Director of Building Services at the Museum of Science and Industry. I would go in with him when he would go in on Saturdays and would go through U-505 before the museum officially opened. It is hard to imagine 45 to 50 men in the space for all the time at sea. Also, he was in the Merchant Marines in WWII so he was a radio operator on the cargo/tanker/etc. ships traversing the Atlantic and the Pacific. This was my First Fat Electrician video a few months back becuse of the topic! He is a great storryteller and I love your reactions on all topics! Keep it up!
The first time I went to the Science and Industry your dad probably was likely there. I have always been impressed with the knowledge and innovation on display in the various Chicago installations. As an adult I worked at the John G Shedd Aquarium and a big benefit was that I had free access to the entire museum system as well as the zoos and planetarium for free.
When I was a kid, it was outside for a long time before being moved in 2004, the process started in 97 to repair some of the damage due to Chicago weather. The display it is in now is amazing. When it was outside the only way you could see it was though windows, now you enter at deck height and it's pointing right at you. Here's a video of the move for everyone that is interested, moving this thing from the lake to where it first sat was incredible and the move in 04 was equally as cool. ua-cam.com/video/DUuQIpVuhCg/v-deo.html
Ive been in this submarine! Its at one of my favorite museums in Chicago.
I also toured that sub when I was 13 when visiting my uncle. I'm 61 now.
Me too
One of the best museums in the world!
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The original "enigma" machine was developed by Poland, prior to the war.
The Enigma machine was invented by a German engineer Arthur Scherbius shortly after WW1.
Getting an enigma machine out of this is so amazing. If you haven't seen it yet look for stories of Alan Turing the Brit who cracked the code.
The U-505 used to be outside and axcess to it was made by an enclosed walkway. In 2005 the entire Museum was remodeled and an indoor exhibit space representing a German U-Boat pen ( like Saint-Nazaire) was built to house it and all the artifacts surrounding it. I've been on it too many times to count.
I live in Chicago and have been to the sub a lot. But never knew how it got here. Crazy story. 🇺🇲
I first saw it in the 70s as a very young child. Chicago has some of the best museums in the world
Yes! I have a good story about this U-boat! In 1977 Chicago's field museum had the "once in a lifetime," exhibition of King Tut that I had learned about in school! Somehow I talked my parents into taking us to see it because we lived in Milwaukee, Wi. about 80 miles away. Somehow they agreed and one Saturday we set out for the 80 mile drive to Chicago.
Once we got there we found out that the exhibition was sold out and we would not be able to see it! How could a museum be sold out? Crestfallen my parents decided to take us to the Chicago Museum of Science And Industry where the u-boat resides to this day!
It remains a cherished memory that I still think of today because this is not the type of thing that my family often did! Thanks for the memory!
Grew up on the south side of Milwaukee. We went to the museum in grade school. It was in 1975, the U-boat was an amazing sight. America rocks!
When I was a kid I was on vacation with my family, and we went through the u-boat at the Museum of Science and Industry. Even as a kid I was shocked at how narrow and cramped it was.
Out of all of this, I like their photographer the most😂
The reason for the photographer is to photograph any important docs and other intel in case they need to quickly get off the sub.
The capturing of the enigma machine was like finding the Holy Grail.
They sailed the sub through the St. Lawrence Sea Way to the port of Chicago. The only overland part of the trip was a few miles from the port to the museum.
I saw it in '81 for my 10th birthday; I even got the plastic model of it that you could get made in the machine there. I think my Mom still has it somewhere.
saw this u-boat in 68 with my dad on a high school class trip! it's fun to walk thru. they also showed the film of them saving it , and some of the photo's they guy took
I recommend you visit Chicago and go to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the U-505 submarine (and the Art Institute of Chicago, The Field Museum of Natural History, The Shedd Aquarium, The Adler Panetarium, The Brookfield and Lincoln Park zoos, world class food and entertainment. But do so between late Spring and early Fall. By the way, Chicago is on Lake Michigan, a lake with 5 quintillion gallons of water.
I grew up by Chicago and saw the U Boat on several occasions. One time I even took a tour inside the ship. It was amazing and one of the first things that crossed my mind was how tight the quarters were in the ship. So for the US to literally save the ship and steal it. Preventing it from sinking while its filling with water. Was an amazing and mind blowing realization while standing in that ship.
Chicago is not really inland. The city is on Lake Michigan. You can sail from Chicago to the Atlantic.
Ive been inside of it (There are wires and shit everywhere….I don’t know how anyone could put it back together)
I also played with a replica of the decipher machine they recovered!
Hands down my favorite museum! You must visit Chicago and dedicate a long day at the museum!
The museum is very interactive and really fun! (Like playing with their indoor Tornado) lol
“Sweet Home Chicago”!
Watch the film Das Boot. It's a German film about german submariners in WW2, very good film.
I got to see the sub on a high school science department field trip to Chicago. It's at the Museum of Science and Industry, and it's pretty cool. Same museum has a really neat room with Coleen Moore's fairy castle dollhouse which is also really cool and amazing. If you're in Chicago, it's worth an entire afternoon visit or even longer. The museum is right on the shore of Lake Michigan.
"That was a great story, if true."
That reaction slayed me. One of the few times I've seen a reaction that genuinely made the joke even better.
I have seen Sub 505 at the Museum of Science and Industry! They also have one of the last of two intact surviving Stuka dive bombers at the Museum. Many German subs of various types survived the end of the war, but Churchill chose to have them scuttled.
The US has some beautiful museum ships. The USS Alabama is a great tour. Our other navy is insanely stronk.
The 2nd largest navy in the world is the fleet of US museum ships.
I'm a motivational coach now. Oh my gosh, you said it's so cautiously and I started dying.🤣😂
The only real technology that was important was the enigma machine and codes.
I wouldn't count out the torpedoes
Oh no that’s where you’re wrong! That sub was a wealth of knowledge! Of course you have the enigma machine but you also have the hull so you now know her maximum dive depth and that of all the other subs in her class! And the engine gives you her speed, maneuverability, and acoustic signature as well as the signature of her entire class since they’re all built to the same specifications! The batteries give you how long the sub can stay submerged and how long she can run silent! Even the food on board can tell you likely resupply points if anything is out of the usual like certain fruit or vegetables that are only in season at certain times of the year and in certain climates at the time she was captured! And then there’s the crew! Every little thing they know could be of use! Do they avoid a certain establishment during shore leave because a lot of high brass like generals and majors like to go there, thus making such places prime targets for intelligence gathering or bombing runs! While the enigma machine was invaluable the whole sub was a treasure trove!
@@sanguinembwun6475correct, the us already had submarines, so we didn’t need any of their tech to improve ours. But knowing how it works allows us to better combat it.
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago (Chicagoland) and would see the submarine parked at Navy Pier. I was born in 1965, and at that time Navy Pier wasn't turned into the attraction it is today. As a child, whenever I was in the city, I used to get excited seeing it from the museums just south of there. Today they call it museum row and it looks so much better and safe. I moved to Texas with my company, so I haven't been to the museum since they restored it and moved it there. But I still remember that boat parked in Lake Michigan alongside Navy Pier. I LOVED visiting the museums there, great place to visit.
Cool! It's now in the Museum of Science and Industry.
Ships and boats are much easier to maintain and don't rust nearly as bad when they're stored in fresh water, rather than salt water. This is why a lot of museum ships, like this submarine, are in the Great Lakes.
The photographer is a "Plan B". If they can't keep the sub from sinking, they at least have some photos of the interior/equipment to analyze.
I’ve been going on it ever since I was a little kid, it’s an amazing exhibit and a must for anyone visiting Chicago
I toured that sub about 25 years ago, they have a hole cut in the side to walk in and out and you can see the amazing thickness of the inner and outer steel hulls - outer is about a foot thick and inner is like 7" or so thick at least as I recall it from back then.
I went to Chicago for the first time this last summer just to see that u-boat after watching Nic’s video! I love WWII history but had no idea that was even there until he posted his video! The exhibit is amazing and so worth seeing in person.
Your going to love this one, haha I can year the laughs already. hot choco sip, lets go...
The footage of U-505 being placed underground is recent. It used to sit outside of the museum.
I’ve recently learned that Gallery almost got court martialled for his stunt since the allies had acquired a working enigma machine years ago along with having also cracked the code. The submarine itself however was probably much more value for reverse engineering thus the cameraman. Lieutenant Albert David did receive a Medal of Honor for what he did though.
the America's Fleet of museum ships being the world's 2nd largest navy is not a joke, FYI every museum ship is still fully operation or can be brought to operational status very quickly. It is insane.
You know, I visited that museum in Chicago when I was a teen. We saw a German submarine and toured it, but it was so small I would have sworn it must have been from WW I, but apparently not. Very interesting,
Class trip to Chicago, toured the u boat in the 80s. Lots of fun!
Andre, I completely love your intelligent, gentle humor.
I got to tour the submarine in Chicago when I was a student in elementary school during a class field trip. That was in the 1960’s and since ALL my male relatives had served in WWII, it was very cool to see a real U-boat !
It’s really here, dude. I first toured it at 12 years old and have been on it more times since I moved to Chicago 34 years ago. About 20 years ago it had suffered enough outside the museum in brutal Chicago winters so they dug a 3 story underground exhibit area for it and restored it to museum quality. It is worth seeing if you visit here. Be warned it is not included in the museum entry fee and requires a separate ticket. Those sell out quickly so don’t just show up at the museum and expect to get in to see it same day.
The real reason to send the photographer is, in case the team can’t stop it from sinking, they can still get a good haul of intelligence from the mission.
Born and raised in Chicago. Have been on that Submarine many times in my 61 years.
We didn't "steal" anything. It was captured in battle, and, taken as a trophy, a long standing naval tradition.
True, but the Fat Electrician has a joke about what steal means so he likes to use the word. Strategically transport equipment to an alternate location.
The Maritime Museum in Manitowac, Wisconsin, has an American WWII sub. They give tours through it. People don't realize it, but many of Americas WWII submarine fleet was built in the Great Lakes. Then, they were floated down the Mississippi River.
Love this story . Awesome video as always. Much love from Wv USA 🐈⬛
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Yeah the whole section on how they got it there was really interesting. The museum explains it really well
The reason they risked their lives to save the sub was so that they could get the communication encryption machine and find out the rotor ring settings. see: enigma machine ring settings
Yes, driving to Chicago to visit my grandmother, often included the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Uboat was a main attraction
Love your comment about the photographer going…”Jesus, what is this?” 😂
I remember touring the Sub as a child, loved that museum.
I went to grade school in Chicago, and the Museum of Science And Industry was one of our favorite destinations for field trips… Mainly because of the submarine, which I’ve aboard three times😂
Went there while going to school in the Navy in 1991
When an american tells a story you can be sure, it IS a story!
To put some truth to the story...
-U-505 was captured on June 4th '44 - 2 days before D-day !
-The Crew was absolutely war tired, some fought already since '39 and the skipper himself was not even a captain... he actually was a 1st Lt.
-The value was absolutely nill. EVERYTHING including the enigma codes were already known to the allies. It was just the first time they could get their fingers on a live T5 self homing torpedo.
-The boat was not sunk because both the skipper and the 1.WO were heavily wounded from the shelling of the destroyers. Lange, the skipper, lost consciousness wile setting up the charges.
-The crew just ran for their lifes after the order to abandon ship. Wile already unarmed and helpless drifting in the water the radioman was shot dead.
-U-505 was the first US captured vessel since 18FKN15!
Fun facts: The guy who actually lead the boarding team, Lt Albert David, died 1 year later on a stroke. He got the medal of honor postumously cause during the war nobody gave a shit!
It was the brother of the admiral, a priest, who brought U-505 to Chicago. As a war memorial not a war trophy! ... so people don't forget the atrocities. Looks like he failed too!
20:35 The map of pure disrespect! 🤣🤣🤣 It took the whole world 5 years to wipe out the nazis.
Germany is smaller as Texas!
This might explain alot. What i was taught as a young girl to deal with bullies. "Don't start a fight, finish it." My dad said just because i am a girl doesn't mean people can beat me up for being tiny, they get one hit hit them back, hit them harder they'll never bother you again.😂
So yeah thats a bit more of the american mindset.
I've seen it on a field trip, but I had no idea about the story 😂
The guys taking photos was actually very important.
If they had not been able to keep the sub from sinking then his pictures would be the only intelligence they would recover.
Not gonna lie I have to disagree with you. I love the way he tells stories because he gets right to the point. And it's fast. I like fast. I wouldn't be able to learn anything if he slowed down honestly.
I did indeed tour it, I don't remember it all that well as I was a child at the time. It is cool to learn the story behind it, I just learned how amazing it is!
I have seen that Sub, and it IS amazing. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin which is just 70 Miles north of Chicago. For about a Decade I worked as a machinist at a large German owned factory and heard about this from some of the older German born employees and was told to go check it out. The Museum of Science and Industry is such a fascinating place to visit in general.
Yes, I’ve been on the 505 at the Museum of Science & Industry (MSI). The whole exhibit associated with the boat is incredible. MSI overall is huge and you can easily spend 2-3 days there.
If you've ever played the game Battleship, then you should know that the pegs in the game are the same shape as the Hedgehogs.
Just to put in perspective the scale of the museum fleet, there are more than 150 ships serving as museums in more than 30 states. Many of said states are nowhere near an ocean.
Went to electronics technician A school in Great Lakes in '76, toured the U505 at the Museum of Science and Industry while there. It was above ground at that time, guy that led the tour told me and a buddy, if you go out that door right there, you can access the conn and go through the boat. Who wouldn't, though he did say I didn't tell you that. Dan Gallery wrote a series of very good books, some very funny about Cap'n Fatso, and one you may have heard of, called The Brink. It was a cold war movie about an American captain that fired a nuclear weapon at a Russian sub. Fascinating story, and Gallery is worth reading.
I took my Nephew to Chicago this summer for the Marvel exhibition. Chicago is south by only an 1.5. Hours by train. The U-boat exhibit is phenomenal. It’s a really great museum
The Hedgehog was developed by the British and adopted by the US Navy.
I've toured the U-505 in Chicago about 20 years ago. I served on both US Nuclear subs and Diesel subs and that German boat is small. I wanted to look around some more but the teenager giving the tour had other things on her mind than tourists. Take their money and pump them through.
The Uboat is no longer in the water as of 2 years ago. They revamped the exhibit so you can see all of the hull. I remember going aboard when I was a kid too.
Another great reaction! Thanks for the smiles!!❤
I have visited that boat msny times as a kid. That was when it was still outdoors. You were allowed to look through the periscope, you could see the vehicles driving by on Lake Shore Dr. as well as the boats on the lake.
Yeah, it's still there.
I've seen it. Had a walk through tour. It was great. Then I spent the night under a wooly mammoth at the natural history museum. The displays were all back-lit and it made for a great night. Was an awesome trip all around.
I got to see it on a field trip in 1971, when I was in 8th grade. Very cool.
I will always remember my school trip to the museum and touring this u-boat. That was in the early 70s. I was a tall kid, and I remember very well how small it was, a very cramped space. I could never have been in the submarine service!
The Navy sunk one of these after doing research on it in the Potomac River in Maryland. They still guard it against divers . It had the anti sonar coating on it , probably a derivative of the modern coating on stealth aircraft.
back in 72 when i saw it you could go through it from torpedo room to torpedo room (back to front) they had hatchways cut in the side of it. the periscope was dismounted and on display you could look out over lake michigan with it.
The thing to remember about americans, brits, and germans is that we are all cousins in competition with one another.
You can adjust the playback speed under settings. There is a custom option. The other day listening to the FE channel I set it at .90.
I live in Chicagoland and have been to the Museum of Science and Industry many times and yes, the submarine is there, and I've been in it. Pretty cool! Really claustrophobic!
We took a tour when in school , my dad saw it being towed down the street to the museum.
it is very small inside, those sailors really had it hard.
The depth charge does not blowup the sub. It sends out shockwaves that literally shakes the sub to pieces. Imagine what would happen if someone threw a stick of dynamite into a pool while you were underwater.
21:48 It is funny how you are mentioning how fast Nick talks in his videos, I watch all videos on UA-cam at double playback speed. Otherwise, I start getting bored because people talk to slow for me.
Having grown up in Chicago, I have toured the sub (and seen the enigma machine) many times, and have even taken my kids to see it several times. You would love Chicago, and really should visit here, which is the real heart and soul of America. (Not only that, it would really p off the fascists here, who hate liberal democratic Chicago and who want you to believe that barbeque in the south and hot weather are the only things that America has to offer, haha!)
My 3 year old loves seeing that sub.
2:15 they tended to over engender things like look up "toilet flush sinks U-boat"
I think you would like La speed story told by SR-71 pilot it's hilarious and a bit slower lol
You're voice makes me feel happy
The museum of Science and Industry is really cool. I lived close to Chicago and visited there many times. It is great for children. You can walk inside the submarine with a tour guide. I also remember walking inside an Apollo space capsule, and visiting a coal mine. If you are going to visit Chicago, I would recommend the Science and Industry, Field Museum (many dinosaur displays), Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium. Oh, and see the Chicago Cubs play.
Thank you for reacting to my suggestion.
FE got the story exactly right. My father knew Adm Gallery during the Korean War and thought highly of him.
If you think the U-Boats were successful you should read up on just what the American submarines did to the Japanese navy and merchant marine in the Pacific from 1,000NM farther away.
Adm Karl Donitz, the head of the U-Boats and the creator of the Rudeltaktik (Wolfpack) wrote, "The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis." He got that right.
I've seen U boat 505 at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry during a school field trip. Very interesting and a unique piece of history.
I imagine the reason to bring the photographer was to get pictures of the technology if they weren't able to actually save the ship.
6:50 When you realize not just the Germans had crazy technology in WWII lmao 😂
Germany wasn’t really ahead of the us and britain in anything other than rockets. They just rushed tech into production too fast.
I HAVE TURED AND WALKED THROUGH U-502. THEY EVEN HAVE MOVIES OF THE CHAPTURE.
The U-505! I have been in it several times, and have taken my kids, as well. The biggest impression I got was that you had to be short and thin to work on it. 😂 I don't know if they ever made a movie about this....but they should have.
i've been on that U-Boat in Chicago a few times. If you are in Chicago, definitely go. This exhibit along with the rest of the Science and Industry Museum is fantastic.
It is a weird feeling to be able to walk through a German submarine in downtown Chicago.
thanks again!