The Limping Lady - Deadliest Spy Of WW2 - Virginia Hall
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Battle of Samar
The only time Yamato engaged American ships, and it failed to do anything at all.
Can you IMAGINE reading your own grandmother's obituary only to find out that meemaw was world class spy?
So that's how she knew I stole from the cookie jar.
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I found that out about my grandma she was a Brit spy and there’s a photo of her standing next to hitler blew me away
This woman was amazing!! She could hunt, speak four languages, and organize a way to give nazis the clap………all with one leg. I am so glad she was on our side.
She reminds me of Shannon Kent. She was a military linguist who specialized in gathering human intelligence but tragically she was lost along with three other servicemen in Syria about 5 years ago.
@@1977Yakko two other servicemen and a contractor linguist. They are still missed.
She was shit at climbing a fence though ;)
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@@1977Yakko I came here to say this. I followed Shannon and still follow her husband Joe on IG. She was amazing at her job and an amazing human being. She is sorely missed, both by the military/special operations community and her family.
"Too many of my friends died for talking too much." Words to live by.
Are you a spy or sum? ;p
@@loveitftw I can neither confirm nor deny....
@@DanPeacock and so you'll have a long life ahead of you comrade 🫡
@@loveitftw, now why do ya wanna curse me like that? :)
@@DanPeacock I'm about to ruin this man's whole career. :>
She basically wrote the book on how to not tell on yourself. Nothing she did was for herself. She loved and believed in humanity. Like a paladin cosplaying as a rogue. My kind of woman.
Not humanity but her country and her values. The nazis were human to.(physically anyways)
@@dwimrel😂 But not mentally, right!
@@paulvamos7319 even mentally, in the nazis were mildly annoying compared to what China alone did. Then there's Russia, Cambodia, North Korea, just off the top. Human nature will always revert to the most brutal state unless tempered by God.
@@dwimrel I meant mentally not human! 🤣
@paulvamos7319 that is a mistake that many make. We try to distance ourselves from evil by saying they are less than human. They were ordinary people put into extraordinary circumstances. Only a few dozen members of the leadership were hard boiled nazis. The rest were people like you, like me. We all are fully capable of great evil, it just takes the right push. The only saving grace for humanity is we are also capable of truly great things as well. The thin line that keeps you and me from one side or the other is chance and choice.
Unlike the Nazis she had a leg to stand on.
Nice! 😂
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you win the internet Sir! Bravo!
She gave them a swift kick in the ass. Had the same effect as a wooden baseball bat.
Eyyy~
The best type of spy is the person that nobody who would believe could even possibly be a spy. Imagine trying to convince a superior that a one legged woman is a trained spy.
She wasn't trained. She just did shit and did it well
Great way to prove the technique. Who here is the spy mastermind? 😂
One of the north Vietnamese’s beat couriers was a 70+ old lady with a broom. It just happened to be a hollow broom filled full of messages. She was never caught.
Not just convincing a superior that a one-legged woman is a trained spy... convincing that superior that the one-legged woman spy is absolutely bodying your war effort and you need an entire division of reinforcements to find her and stop her... and then, telling that superior that, well, uhh... no, sir, she got away. And took 12 prisoners with her. Yes, sir, *those* 12 prisoners.
WWII Germany: Blitzkrieg!
Virginia Hall: "Clitzkrieg"...😏
You Sir, have won the best comment. I am dying of laughter here LOL
@@defiance1731 just doing my civic, comedic duty. Thanks! 🐺🍻😎
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You are ridiculous for that comment. 🤣
@@willnordstrom9100 thanks! 🐺👍🏾
After watching like 6 different videos from him about crazy bad a** heros from WWII its actually insane to think about how many real life main characters there were during that time, even if ONE, a single one of these people messed up and something went wrong with ANY of thier duties the entire war could have legitimately played out differently...
Of course there were others that didn't get the happy endings. She said to !any of her friends died because they talked. For every awesome ending there are a thousand shot in the head or slit throats. They all thought they were the MC as well. Their stories are just worse endings. That's why when we get to hear the success stories it's amazing. The others died trying. One slip up, small mistake or just a single instance of bad luck and you die without your story ever being told or remembered by anyone.
@20:58 " Too many of my friends died for talking too much." Coldest Spy line ever. Absolute gangster quote.
Agreed!
Reminds me of what Sir Christopher Lee told Peter Jackson while filming LOTR. He was asked to make a certain noise when he was stabbed and asked if Peter knew what sound someone who had been stabbed in the back makes because I do.
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@@ignatiusq.snerdiiesq.7007Christopher Lee was a badass. He ran intel for Popski’s Private Army. Highly recommend looking them up, because they were fucking bonkers back in the day.
Virginia Hall. She did her job so well even her enemies clapped for her.
don't you mean "got clapped by her"? she was the one-legged man in the ass kicking contest, and won
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This wins my internet day
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Your comment is massively under rated! I see what you did there. 🤣
I kinda want to write a screenplay about her. THIS is the definition of a strong independent female.
Yeah these feminist nowadays don't have a clue what a real strong independent woman is.
@@jamiebray8532”i love the kind of women who can actually just kill me” 😂
yup.. feminists pls take notes
No, THIS is the definition of a REAL strong and independent woman.
Yes unlike the fake ones Hollywood creates with no character development etc.
"...Brothelkrieg..." Thats a funny colloquialism for her operations but i think there was a squandered opportunity to call it the Titzkrieg lmao
Her actions as a spy during WW2 makes the shenanigans of Hogan's Heroes look at best, mildly creative.
Fr like people think the movies are dumb but they never look into what actually happend😂
@@Deki_Srpska That one of my favorite things about @the_fat_electrician is that he literally shows, "reality is stranger than fiction." Just like "The Dirty Dozen", "World's Greatest Meth-lete", "Proportional Destruction", and essentially every subject of his long form videos; They Had to Document It or you'd never believe it.
@@CP_BlessedDad yes
So you're downplaying their achievements and sacrifices?
@@CanadianTehGamer no
This is a prime example of "you cant make this up." Imagine being Heinrich Müller, chief of the Gestapo, which was feared in all of Nazi-occupied Europe for seemingly seeing, hearing, and knowing all and catching just about anyone they wanted just looking at the wanted poster for this lady for 5 years and still never catching her. The feeling of shame knowing you got outplayed throughout the biggest war in history, start to finish, by a women you know has a wooden leg, knows what she looks like, and was deep behind enemy territory pretty much the whole time and still failing to catch her.
Also finding out she was American, and not Canadian.
Ya know.. that really had to suck... probably worse than losing the war entirely. 'You had one job!'
She was the entire reason you had to preface it with “Just about”. 😂😂
So, I'm a Girl Guide leader and last year I did an evening on Women in War - I choose Queen Elizabeth the 2nd (I'm British - even the Queen rolled up her sleeves and was a Truck Mechanic), I did the WATU - Western Approaches Tactical Unit, where a bunch of 18 year old girls spanked seasoned Naval Officers (including those that had fought in WW1) in a series of Wargames to reverse engineer German U-Boat tactics and develop counters, and the Night Witches.
*WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I NEEDED IT!?! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTE UNIT OF A LADY!?!*
Appreciate this. Being a woman in the forces, not enough is mentioned about our work. Never mind there is much more to service than point a rifle and shoot. Many of the early spies were women. Many early code breakers were women. :)
yes because when the royal family joins the military they definitely get the same experience everyone else does
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Loose lips sink ships
Chief Shannon Kent is another hero who gets no air time. Unfortunately, most of her fight against ISIS is still highly classified
I had my 18 year old daughter listen to this. She does not want to listen to anything I send her. But she did listen to this and loved it. Thank you so much.😂😂
Clicked so fast
Ditto
Fuckin same🤘🤣
I just noticed it said 6 minutes ago and clicked on it
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Thank y'all for covering Virginia Hall. Ferocity and determination were innate to her. True American hero!
Never heard of her before but this woman was a true G this is nuts
I’m currently reading books that chronicle the 82nd 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, which included my great-grandfather, who was their Chaplain (Protestant). He served and dropped with the 82nd Airborne 325th GIR from start (Africa) to end (Germany). Participated in every campaign, Tunisia to Sicily, Italy, England in preparation of D-Day (-1) into Normandy, Market Garden, their encirclement in the Battle of Bulge, through the discovery/liberation of a concentration camp, and fighting through Germany till linking up with the Red Army. It’s truly remarkable how the stakes and situation of WWII led to such incredible acts and tales of such bravery by so many.
Seems a trend in the books these books, that some of the ‘best’ men, most loved and respected within their unit were also some of the first to lose their lives in combat, undoubtedly due to them taking the initiative and exposing themselves to risks for sake of others. The 12 spies in France who were caught, (and many others) should remind us that many braves souls fought, and the ‘hero’ is just the one of them who survived to tell their tales. (Arguably) some of greatest acts of bravery and selflessness in war will inherently never be heard since those have paid the ultimate price.
For every hero we remember, for each one who came home, there is someone who did not. As the chaplain, my grandfather was responsible keeping records of each man KIA and/or casualty. The number of men KIA or WIA in his records exceeded the size of their unit by over a thousand…… when a medic could do no more, it was my grandfather’s job to pray with or over that man in their last moments make their soul right with their god, then correspond with their mothers and families. He didn’t speak about the war when he returned. We didn’t fully understand the burden he carried till finding the lists with his signature years after he passed. In one of most deadly wars in history, it was his entire job to look the death in the face, all of it. When they discovered a Nazi concentration camp, it was he who presided over the their (proper) reburial and service for the victims and to help process the horrors they witnessed.
You might think, being a Chaplain, with the Red Cross on his arm, he was never in the fight or much danger, but he was only ever as far back as the medics and never far from the frontline. During the Battle of the Bulge, he receiving a Purple Star and Silver Star while they were pinned down and cut off. He’d spent a day and night running back-and-forth across the battlefield to a water pump to supply the wounded men and medics held up in a barn. The men surprised he time he returned.
In memory of my great grandfather, and the burden he carried, I like to acknowledge the nameless men in the footnotes of each of these stories who were lost to history, who thanklessly risked and sacrificed the lives all the same.
Phenomenal comment.
Thank you for sharing his bravery. Inspiring.
@@GlamorganManor my great-grandfather and the surviving men in his unit didn’t consider themselves the hero’s. To them, the true heroes were men like Charles DeGlopper. On D-day +6, their unit got pinned down by a machine gun nest, with their escape route covered, DeGlopper picked up his BAR, stood up in full view of the enemy and advanced on the German unit ALONE, so as to draw their fire long enough for rest of their unit to get out. DeGlopper was shot, and men recall seeing him stand back up, pick up his BAR, and firing another mag of 30-06 till hit again. After being shot at least 3 times, he used his last strength to get up again, raise his BAR and get off another mag before being cut down. By then all the men had made it out of the ambush. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, and the reason manny of them made it through initial phases of the Normandy invasion.
He’s an example of what I mean when say seems the hero’s take the initiative, and inordinate risk for sake of the others, and end up being some of first to lose their lives. Seeing bravery like that, and getting to survive thanks to men like him, is why those that returned could not claim themselves to be the true heroes, when they got to go home.
(I’m surprised anyone read this long comment! So many people these days say or think “TLDR” and move on when confronted with more than 1 paragraph. Thank you for reading my comment. These books written from all the men’s stories and letters home are filled with incredible information about what each day was like.)
If your greatgrand farther the Chaplin I think he is, he is the only paratrooper to earn 5 combat jumps. And has a exhibit at the 82nd abn div museum.
I'd love to see Hedy Lamar discussed! She did a LOT behind the scenes that we're still learning about! And she didn't get recognition until sometime the '90s.
Oh yeah! I just recently learned about her and her basically inventing the idea of frequency hopping. Pretty cool stuff
"The Brothelkrieg" 😂
I fucking love it. Thanks for coving this hardcore lady. Virginia Hall definitely deserves to be known by more people.
Even with a missing leg she figured out a way to hit the Nazis in the genitals.
Lost a foot and still walked away fine what a legend.
My dad was Army MI and also worked with the OSS during WWII. He knew 4 languages and used to do espionage too. When he passed away in 1998 our family tried getting his military records from WWII Korea and Vietnam but were told that his military history was still classified. Our family still doesn't know exactly what dad did during WWII.
It was more than that, she wanted her mother and only her mother to witness her success in life from not being “ladylike” and to emphasize the importance she had only her mom show up as the witness so her mother had no other distractions or excuses to not pay attention. Very brilliant
As an electrician this was never what I thought it would be when I found your channel but I’ve never been disappointed by it 😂
I can see how his name might be deceiving 😂😂😂
He is a badass! 😂
Lol right. I clicked the name once to educate myself on some electrical and was like "this ain't got shit to do with electricity". Been subscribed and watching ever since 😂
"weapons of ass destruction" crushed me...... Glad Virginia was one of ours! She would make a great video game character. Pure Solid Snake shenanigans.....
Good god imagine if she was a German in the states💀
It was the way of the true Heroes of WW2 my grandfather a half-track driver was hiding a silver and 2 bronze stars in the locked steamer trunk in his bedroom no one knew until we opened it in 92 after his passing. These people were made of something better than we are today.
You won me over with the first comment. I do have daughters and they will be educated on the story of this heroic woman. I think her story should be taught in schools, but we both know that won’t happen in the current climate, so it’s up to us to pass her story on and my goodness it’s a great one! God speed Virginia Hall an example to us all about virtue and overcoming hardships. What a fantastic American Lady! Thank you mate for covering her story 🥰
the minute I heard of her deceased father coming to her in a dream while on death's door all to say "Get up, we have business to take care of", I knew she would have major main character energy and just wreck house
My veteran father who just turned 80 and I absolutely love your show!!!! He and I have watched every episode you made ✌️🇺🇲🦅
Tell your father I said thank you.
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Amen and God bless America, thank ms to your dad for his service
Thank you to your father.
Thank you to all of you for your kind words , he's been through a lot , had to have his legs amputated not too long ago 😔partly due to vascular disease from the agent orange stuff in Vietnam, but he is well cared for and his favorite episode is about Sergeant reckless😊🙏✌️🇺🇲
This woman should have a film or series made telling her outstanding story. Complete Legend!
Absolutely yes. if Hollywood can get their shit together and stop pushing the message for once, it could/would be a win for both sides.
After being down south some years, "snipe hunting" is when local folk take you out to the woods at night & leave you stranded in the middle of the woods 🤣😭
Drunk history did a great episode about her but TFE's story telling and attention to the details makes this one so much better.
...I've never heard of this woman, so I'll just chalk it up to her being just THAT good of a spy.
THE SHADE she threw on her own mom.
"Why arent you married?!?"
*Getting the DSC*
"When did this happen?!?!"
Sent this video to a friend whose a grade school teacher, she is going to be showing your video to her class. She said this is a very inspirational story and kids need stories like this
Update: at first the class said they didn't believe the story, they were astonished by her determination. The girls in the class were truly inspired.
Truly a Strong Independent woman that COULD be used as a role model...but we have what Disney gives us...
Disney? THATS A MAN BABYYYYYY 😂
Revenge of the Bloodhound, that is literally a strong woman, and a hot one at that.
My favorite Disney Princess is LT Ellen Ripley.
The second is Klinger.
Being a paraplegic and a double amputee, I loved the bit about the Dr. Telling her your leg is trying to kill you so I am going to kill it first as that hit damned close to home. Don’t ever change the way you tell these stories as that is your gift. Even the words from your sponsors are hilarious.
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my mouth was on the floor for basically this entire episode. Every time i think that the list has been topped... "Brothelkrieg"
"Your leg is trying to kill you so I'm gonna kill it first" most medically accurate description of an amputation I've ever heard😂😂😂
There is an even earlier tomboy American that never took no for an answer. Sarah Emma Edmonds faked her enlistment during the Civil War under the name of Franklin Flint Thomas and proceeded to be the American version of Mulan. She was at tons of major Civil War battles such as both battles of Bull Run, Antitime, and Vicksburg. While not officially recognized, in her memoirs she wrote that she also worked as a spy escaping execution once and even dawned Silver Nitrite face staining to blend in with Confederate army slaves when gathering intelligence for the Union. her Wiki is a wild read, like most spies are.
I've heard about that, I love her story
Fat electrician needs to do an episode on her next!
Bump.
Not trying to sound like an ass, but do you have a reliable source? From everything I can personally find, the only record of her doing anything comes from her own memoir
@the_fat_electrician
Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack"
British officer who went into battle with bagpipes, a broadsword and a longbow....in WW2. Has the last confirmed longbow kill. This man is a legend and needs his own episode.
Yeah but he was Br*tish.
@@jffry890 So what
Think he's done it already. Wait one, Imma go look it up.
Edit: NM I must be thinking of the McNasty episode. But Mad Jack has been brought up before, just not yet given an episode.
Infographics has a great Mad Jack episode but would love to see TFE do an episode with his twist on it, plus love seeing that history teacher Terry guy do his reviews of TFE, which TFE actually gave free merch to, awesome addition to these vids!
@@jffry890he's already covered brits what's your point
My husband says I need to watch this immediately. He just watched and said I would love it and he wanted to see my reaction!
I’ve been binging your videos since I found them a few days ago and I have been astonished at the number of absolute main characters in their own various corners of these wars making victory happen. It’s a group effort, absolutely, but the ratio of MC’s is amazing.
I cannot express enough my love for these untold stories. The fat electrician is by far my absolute favorite creator. Followed by Brandon herrera, then demolition ranch. This guy is an absolute genius.
Me too. Add Donut and Sean Ryan!
Hey I'm subbed to those too!!!!
@@ThelostMiragemost of us are, tbh. One big community
This. Was. AWESOME! Why can't we have a franchise of spy thriller movies about her?
she is not lame or gay????? 😝
@@Zacknafin yes, that's it
@@Zacknafin ... put a chick in it, and make her a lesbian!! ...South Park
@@Zacknafin Having a bad leg, she is technically "lame." :P
Thanks for the new doc! Got an idea on who you could do next. Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart, known as "The Unkillable Soldier." Served in The Boer War, (under an assumed name because at the time he was too young to enlist), WWI, where he lost an eye, and hand, he would pull the last two useless fingers off himself, when the doc refused to amputate them, served in the meatgrinder that was the Battle of the Somme, pulling grenade pins with his teeth, and tossing them with his good hand. He would receive the VC for his actions at the Somme. He would take a bullet to the back of the head during the Battle of Bella Wood and survive. Marry an Austrian Countess, at 60 years old, called back into service at the start of WWII, survived two plane crashes, tunnel out of a WWII POW camp, sent to China personally by Churchill himself, meets Mao, and tells him off to his face, falls down a flight of steps in Rangoon, breaks his back, survives that, marries again and settles down in Ireland, with his new wife. He was also knighted by King Goerge VI. He passed away in in 1963 at 83. He wrote his memoirs entitled "Happy Odyssey." in 1950. There should be a movie about this guy!
I’ve heard of this guy, thanks to Sabaton’s song. He was an absolute badass.
So sorry to hear about the accident. I hope all is well and you make a speedy recovery! Love your content!
This woman deserves an entire season of Archer as a tribute. Absolute champion.
Honestly I could see archer fanboying hard over her and his mother being jealous as fuck about it
Pretty sure Virginia Hall is who Mallory Archer is based on..
Just a whole season of archer in ww2 getting rescued by a woman with one leg over and over lol it writes itself 😂😂
@@engsoldier21b I'd watch the absolute shit out of that, my man.
My dad was attached to the OSS. He would parachute behind enemy lines to assist the resistance. I have a paper that was written years later by an officer. The paper was written about the effectiveness of them sending in people, spies, and equipment behind enemy lines. My dad was a radio operator and was mentioned a few times in this paper. Ironically he never talked about it.
No... no he wasn't
My dad also parachuted behind enemy lines only he was a B-17 pilot who was shot down on July 26, 1943 by German Senior Lieutenant Carl Decker flying a FW-190. Decker was shot down and killed on July 30, 1943 by an unknown American P-47 pilot. Germans kept detailed records. The Americans not so much. My dad spent the rest of the war behind enemy lines as a POW in Stalag Luft III (the Great Escape) and Stalag VIIA until liberated by the advanced forces of Patton's Third Army in April 1945.
He never talked about it. I had to find out everything many years after he died on active duty by doing years of research.
He remained in the Air Force flying B-47's and B-52's during the Cold War. He died of a heart attack on active duty at the age of 51.
I had the best and coolest parents any kid could hope for. I ended up joining the Marine Corps in 1967 to avoid being drafted into the Army. I served 21 years in the Marines as an infantry officer with 3 years in combat. Beyond that I had one hell of an adventuresome life. I'm 77 now, but I'd do it all again if I could.
My Nana worked on science during WW II. Never said anything about any of it past an assignment in San Diego loading ordinance ships. She was developing computers. Found out after she died.
Those people took security very very seriously.
@@Cessna152fulProof that he wasn't an intelligence officer?
@@nicholasneyhart396
there is no such thing as evidence to prove not. You need evidence to prove.
Another fantastic video about a person that deserves to be remembered! Thank you!
“The other day, I met a woman with a wooden leg named Cuthbert.”
“Well, what was the name of her other leg?”
Her story should really be a book or a movie. Both honestly she’s incredible.
Just as I told someone else here in the comments, I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
There is a book- “a woman of no importance”
I'm torn on the movie bit. Yeah, her story deserves a movie, but it deserves way better than what I think Hollywood would come up with.
@@rbrookeb The book is worth the read. She was a force of Nature.
There is a movie about her.
This man needs a team cause I'm addicted and he makes history cool
Him Habitual line crosser, mr.terry, all teamed up with the operation room doing the animation. Have them cover operation phantom fury (Fallujah Iraq) where the US air drops flyers for anyone looking for a fight.
Dude that was awesome. Your hands down the best History Teacher I’ve ever had. And I’m 54. I love the way you present everything. Quak Bang out!!!
Absolutely love all of your stories! This is what I should have read about in history class when I was in school. Thanks for being such a great storyteller, and keeping me captivated from beginning to end. I’m only a third way into your videos, but here I am again at 3 in the morning because I can’t stop listening. You make my night sometimes, sir.
My boss makes a dollar I make a dime, so I watch Fat Electrician videos on company time
I swear i hated history in school, but having you as a teacher i would have made A+ on every grade. Thank you for your service and the free lesson Sir.
That's because history is about the story of what happened, but it is presented in school as meaningless names, dates, and events, with no context or connection to life. TFE tells you the story.
Your content keeps getting better and better. And it was already great when I rolled in for the first time 8-10 weeks back. 10/10.
Carry on.
This was awesome, I had a smile on my face the entire time. It reminded me of my late wifes aunt's who I met in England who were both spies in rhe S.O.E and new Virginia. The also were in France and the stories they could tell was amazing. Thankfully because of my security clearance back then they were able to tell me some juicy missions they did.
There are a couple of good books on her but my favorite is:
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell
About 10 years ago, the former Field Activities Building (FAB) at the Farm, where they trained Agency officer in skills such as land navigation, commo, driving, firearms, and medical, was renamed the Virginia Hall Expeditionary Center.
I just started reading it this afternoon!!!!
Ah I love Sonia’s Agent Most Wanted! I had no idea she wrote more!
This woman took a bunch of disorganized groups and built a true fifth column. Bloody amazing!
What an awesome person.. She is a not the hero you expect, but a hero none the less. What an amazing story!
I absolutely love these stories you tell. I love military history but most people make it so dry when it's just the opposite. I also love that she spent most of her life as if she was blowing raspberries at her mother!
Being one of the few channels that have a positive impact on the nation is incredibly commendable and appreciated!
Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 - 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern Front in World War II;[3] and as a United States Army Major (under the alias "Larry Thorne") when he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War.
Whhhhaaaaaat?!
@@brrrt7623 This dude really hated communists :D
Shout! And return his name!
You may only be someone in the world, but to someone else, you may be the world.
Another great video....
How is this not a movie yet.... incredible!!!
We need this story as a TV series. Great storytelling as always!!!
A TV series would BE KILLER.
@@jensonhartmann3630 it’s a no brainer really… like even her name as a Title like “Hall” and tell her story would get so many eyeballs glued in watching.
i'm already so excited for the first season that wont exist haha
@@punisherpr
The TV series is in development, according to imdb.
a TV series that includes a bunch of spies in a WW2 prison camp with a two-way radio that can contact Brittan sounds familiar
This woman didn’t need legs to walk. Her ambition takes ever everywhere she needs to be. Max respect. All in a time when it was EXTREMELY hard to do as a woman.
Absolute goose bunps! That lady was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing her story. It would make a great movie.
You've inspired me to read more about Virginia Hall. Thankyou for presenting this great history.
WHY hasn't this been made into a movie?? What an incredible story. Sir, you have, bar none, the most interesting content on any platform.
I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
A lot of things never make it to history books let alone get to the public/press or acknowledged by the respective governments. This is done for a few reasons asset ( the spy/operators) operational security and safety both during operations and after they are transferred to a new assignment or retire. Plausible deniability for the intelligence/ military department/agency if they didn't play exactly by their governments rules or international law. And lastly to protect the tradecraft and other skillsets used by spies/agents/operators both past and present that the intelligence/military service would rather not have publicly known. This can mean anything from forging documents and identity papers to gathering HUMINT (human intelligence) in both conventional and unconventional ways, soft Interrogation techniques (speak with foreign or domestic assets and getting them to give up something valuable without them knowing it) or hard interrogations and torture methods (yes they all do this at one time or another but call it a debriefing lol). Lastly bare in mind field agents/spies/operators/UC's are a different breed and live a rather complex life while occupationally assigned. Their anonymity is what keeps them alive as the secrets they hold, some which they disclose to their handlers and some they don't, the assets both human and non-human they cultivated/used and "hidden talents" they learn over the course of their careers are all things that both keep them safe and make them a high value target for both their own agency/military service/department and those they operated against. So why spill the beans and increase the risk to themselves loved ones and trusted associates if unnecessary, just cause some become glory hounds doesn't mean they are all like that, or are exposed by another to "burn" them.
In addition to "A Call to Spy" that was already mentioned, "A Woman of No Importance" is being made into a movie and Daisy Ridley has already been cast as her.
Yeah, this is the empowering story that should be put out there. I'm fuckin inspired. She was a goddamn badass.
There isn't any victim mentality
"Weapons of a** destruction" is easily the best quote to describe Brothel Warfare.
All of your long form content has been fantastic. Thanks for keeping history fun!
i really love these super informative videos you do man every one is fantastic and the way you tell it adds that comedic icing to make it so good
Wow, what a hero. She sought no gratification, didn’t need to write a book, she just wanted to serve and defend the world from tyranny. It’s people like this that we should Endeavour to emulate in our lives.
"She's one awesome woman who should be known by subsequent generations."
Truly Amazing, if they would have made her life into a movie script it would not be accepted, they would say "could never happen".👏🇺🇲
Great video FE!!
Courage and humility ❤ could do with more of that in the world we live in today.
Great job as usual FE, much live 🤙🏼
Nicely Done, as usual! Thank you for making this! It needs to be a movie.
I’m a Vet and former 11H trooper of the 82nd Airborne, D co 1-505 PIR and the fact that I’m just now hearing about this brave young woman and all the badassery she did pisses me off! THIS is service to your country TRUELY looks like. I will forever be grateful for what this amazing woman did for these United States of America!!! Thank you Ms Virginia Hall
Wife and I just found out we're having a girl next year, and you can be damn sure I'm going to tell her this story when she's old enough to listen. This is a role model!
May God bless you to have a healthy child!
Thanks Again brother!!!!!!! Always learning from ya love that history!!! You're bringing the truly important people to light!!! I love it !!!!!!❣️💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💯💯
Amazing story.....loved it . Presentation . Energy . The story is epic .
...and... Hollywood is still re-(terribly)making movies with all of the most amazing stuff being left on the shelf. I think we need TFE productions!
Virginia was a solo Jedburgh. You should do a video on the Jedburghs. Their efforts prevented 2/3 of German resources to operate, making the amphibious landings at Normandy possible.
Are we thinking of the same people? Dutch sisters, one would seduce an officer get information out of him then trick him into a situation where he'd be by himself and the sister would then kill the officer?
@dangarrett8676 the Jedburghs were a group of international military men that would parachute behind enemy lines, and organize resistance efforts. The were 3 man teams, each member being from a different Allied nation. They used crystal radiosto transmit information back to OSS/SOE headquarters.
@chuck.reichert83 so definitely not thinking of the same people. Thanks for the quick lesson on them
What an amazing person! Thank you for the education!
I used this video on a history assignment. I have learned more from him than my own history teachers. I can’t wait for the next video. Also how much time do you have to make these videos. Also you have inspired me to look more into history and got me in Ap US history can’t wait for that.
Thank you for teaching me about a kick ass female!! As a female firearm instructor it makes me feel a little less alone in a typical "man's role"
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Thanks again ☺️
TBH there are more women out there like Mrs. Hall (glad she kept her name so we get a better idea of who she was and her upbringing) than people know about, and all throughout history to boot. In her story I find it amazing that for the time it was her father who wanted to allow her to break the cycle of societal expectations by actually taking an interest in and supporting her where as her mother wanted another life path for her, one of a more restricted/constrictive nature. People are either conditioned by society or their homelife as children to except certain concepts some good, some not so much. Do women get undervalued or denigrated to a role by society or the ignorance of ones family's beliefs, absolutely. Is it fair, absolutely not, I'm of the mind that ones gender should not automatically pigeonhole them in to a specific role in life. As both a FORECON Marine and a specialist in the critical disaster/mutual aid occupation I've worked with both men and women of the highest caliber. I have also come across ignorant and entitled members of both, those who work hard, are determined to succeed and are willing to set aside preconceived notions will always get a fair opportunity from me, the outcome is entirely up to them. This served me well when training a Lioness element for special operations capable missions in the Marine Corps, and the women who are apart of my rescue squad in my current occupation. Both which were/are very dangerous jobs requiring the individual to be much better than most physically and mentally. Instead of just seeing groups and lumping everyone in to a demographic by gender age ethnicity politics religion or culture we need to start seeing the individuals, especially those who set themselves apart from the rest.
So excited you did her story! As a proud American tomboy gal I always admired her story. She didn’t whine about the crap she faced as a woman she worked hard to prove herself. She didn’t let others tell her she couldn’t. She didn’t give up after losing her leg. She refused to be stopped by limitations and figured it out as she went. Her never quit attitude and her humble demeanor are truly admirable. Adapted & overcame with insane courage. She is a true American hero and who all young women should look up too. Don’t complain., just get on with it & prove yourself!
Truth be told their are a lot more women like her throughout history than most can even conceive of, some like Mrs. Hall others who were comparable to the darker side of this aspect of history. Think about this for a second, yes we are very impressed with her accomplishments, can you imagine all those who still have their anonymity and how impressive their stories are. The fact is their are places and situations uniquely suited for a woman to do a job a man could never do. For instance the network of women who worked as clerks, secretaries, nurses, maids, etc. that were the backbone of critical intelligence to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolution, How do you think they found out the then military Govenor of Massachusetts was going to send the British army to Lexington and Concord to destroy the provisions the minutemen had hidden giving them ample time to relocate the bulk of it and spread some around to be found so more than one fire would be set which was used as a signal for the minutemen to use to counter attack the British Army and push them back to Boston. I mean can you imagine the kind of stories someone like Julia Childs, the famous chef, could have shared cause all that was ever confirmed was that she was a CIA asset (SPY) not who or what she spied on. Then there are women like the USMC Lionesses who were trained by FORECON and The Marine Raiders for both combat and special operations capable missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they aren't the only women in the world to do so in recent history or the past.
It would be a much better country with women like Hall being the one young women looked up to as opposed to the majority of celebrities that get pushed and seemingly forced upon the populace.
I can tell your a tom gal by how you communicate and i agree this woman is gonna be a rolemodel for my daughter if i have anything to say about it she was a unicorn of a person most guys are not this badass and ive known alot of badass dudes i know at least ine per war going back to ww2 and none of em have the brass she did
“Ungenemanly warfare” is the most fittinglyEnglish phrase ever
Thanks! I love your entertaining history stories!
I LOVED this!! I have 3 teenage girls and just told them a recap on the drive to school! They said that is amazing!! I love stories that tell them how big a difference one badass woman can make!! ❤ Thank you!!!!
Seldom do "good" girls make history. But they can make a difference.
So glad to see you as a host on the unsubscribe podcast, you were easily one of the best guests ever on there and your long form content is amazing. Please dont stop!!
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Thank you. This woman is absolutely inspiring!
I mean, yeah shes badass. But I wanna learn more about the Mother. She managed to make the single most hardcore badass spymaster in all of Europe afraid to introduce her badass spy fiance to her. Mind you, at a ceremony for her that the US LET her arrange for herself about how badass she was, so the mother probably already knew
Yo Virginia Hall is a real Boss Ass Lady! I cant wait to get home and tell my girls about her.
With this writer strike going on, you, Eli, and the gang should start making these historical hero's stories into movies! Clearly we love just hearing about it but holy heck, to see these stories coming to life like the Pacific or Band of Brothers would be soooo freakin rad!!
Its so wild to me that we weren't taught about these amazing Americans growing up and I'm so glad your working on trying to change that for the future.
Daily Wire's 2023-2024 release schedule...
1. Lady Ballers
2. Snow White
3. The Limping Lady (you could really trigger people by having all the host make brief cameos...as Nazis)
I learned about this on Mysteries at the Museum but they only did a brief overview of her. Not as in depth as you did. Love it