Hey all - thanks for checking out the reaction. I hope to have Part 2 out to premiere this Friday. Please let me know your thoughts on the movie and the reaction and also whether you prefer the Directors Cut released on 1997 or the original 1981 version. I think I prefer the Directors Cut. Also, if you want to check out the 4.5 hours of unedited reaction footage as well as exclusive reactions such as Band of Brothers - you can avail of my 7 day free trial at the link below: patreon.com/JaysRetroReactions?Link&

@Sardaukar41

6 ай бұрын

Director's Cut definitely, since it adds lot more into story.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - I have to agree with you since I watched it for this reaction for the first time. It's a beast of a Movie to react to given the length but definitely superior to the original

@freakygoblin3068

3 ай бұрын

I actually prefer the mini series version.

The guy who plays the war correspondence journalist is btw the biggest selling record artist in German language area. His "4630 Bochum" LP was number one in 1984 keeping Thriller by Michael Jackson at number two at the charts, making Germany the only country in the world where it wasn't a number one.

@JTRetroReactions

Ай бұрын

Really? I never knew that! Thanks for sharing mate. I'll have to look up his music now.

@Goddybag4Lee

Ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions his name is Herbert Grönemeyer btw.

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Thank you! I looked for it but struggled to find it so that's really helpful! Have a great weekend!

Reason for attack on the surface: speed. U-Boats were rather clumsy under water so the preferred method was actually attack on the surface if possible.

The author of the book was a war correspondent and as far as I know he did go on at least one sortie on an U-Boot. We need to remember that in 1941/42 the Battle of the Atlantic still seemed to be winnable. After May 1943 the losses of the U-Boats reached staggering heights. So many of the early patrols weren't quite as deadly. Would I join the U-Boats? Not with my knowledge today. But I often wonder what I would have done in those times. I mean war broke out in 1939, the average Fritz was about 21 years-old. That means when Hitler gained power in 1933 they would have been around 12. A perfect time to be brainwashed, idealizing a new and "young" Germany in which you would be part of the elite.... U-Boat crew men, fighter pilots, Waffen SS being presented as almost pop stars. Who knows? As one of our presidents once said we have the "grace of being born afterwards". We never had to make those decisions.

@dannygjk

21 күн бұрын

iirc he took thousands of photos while he was on that patrol.

The only remaining VII/C U-Boot U-995 is in Laboe/Kiel Germany and they built a full Set of the inside of it for the movie. The one in the USA is a Type IX/C U-505

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Firstly thanks for watching the movie. Second time I have had this incorrect comment though. I never said they went to Chicago for the Submarine - I said they went there for the plans which were held in the Chicago Science and Technology Museum as said in the directors comments to the movie so if you think it's incorrect you need to take that up with the Director. Enjoy your weekend.

@RenegadeSamurai

3 ай бұрын

Also you can walk through the Sub at the Bavaria film studios through the tour. It's a great experience!

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Wow - I didn't know that and I lived in Germany for a while and been there loads of times. I will put it on my list for my next trip back - thanks mate!

At about 14:40 in response to the "sweaty feet and hair grease remark you refer to a tin can with 180 to 200 men. The U-Boat in question is supposed to be a Type VII C, and these had a crew of between 44 and 52, so far below the 180 200 mark. The only time that I am aware of, of a U-Boat even getting close to that number was U-156. After sinking a british flagged, armed troopship, a converted civilian liner on 12 September 1942 off the west coast of Africa. U-156 was a larger boat, a Type IX C, and these had a crew complement of 48 to 56. After sinking the liner the boat's commander Werner Hartenstein took the unprecedented action to attempt to rescue the several hundred men, women and children found in the water. He crammed close to 200 survivors on his boat, both above and below deck, and took several life boats under tow. BdU (Befehlshaber der U-Boote), or supreme command of all U-Boat forces sent 2 additional German and 1 Italian Subs to assist in rescue operations. 3 Vichy French surface assets were also sent to assist. Hartenstein further sent a message in the clear (not in code) and in English requesting assistance in the rescue of the shipwrecked survivors. Hartenstein then took another step, which was to have a red cross painted on a sheet and have that prominantly displayed on his boat. After linking up with the other subs the entire group set out for the west coast of Africa, and the Vichy French ships that were inbound. During the night the boats became seperated, and were force to continue on alone. Shortly before midday on the 16 September 1942 U-156 was encountered by a B-24 bomber. Hartenstein and others, including an RAF officer signalled the bomber informing them of the situation. The crew of the B-24 contacted their base for instructions and relayed what they had seen, including the red cross. They were ordered to sink the sub, which they tried to do. Hartenstein was forced to submerge his boat to survive, allowing the attacking plane to make 4 attack runs. This slow dive, allowed those on the deck to get clear and not be dragged under. On the fourth attack run the bomber finally managed to get their bombs to release, detonating among the towed lifeboats, killing many of the survivors. The following day the same aircraft with the same crew attacked U-506 another of the U-Boats involved in the rescue effort. This time it took them two attack runs before their bombs would release. U-506 had about 150 survivors on board, including women and children. Like U-156 U-506 dived to escape the attacks. Under the articles covering the rules of armed conflicts, ships, including submarines, which are engaged in rescue operation, are exempt from attack. Under the articles covering the rules of armed conflicts, personel, vehicles, or structures displaying a protected symbol, such as a red cross, are exempt from attack. Ordering such an attack, or carrying out such an attack are war crimes. Following the attack on his subs, during rescue operations, Karl Dönitz, head of the U-Boat forces issued an order expressly forbid any rescue attempts in the future. That order was used at Dönitz, war crimes trial. However this also allowed the full events of the reason behind the order to come out and served as a major embarrassment to the allies, and in particualr the Americans, who had been caught committing war crimes. The ship was the RMS Laconia. The incident became know as the Laconia Incident. Dönitz order became known as the Laconia order. No US personel ever faced war crimes trials for their actions related to the Laconia Incident.

@dannygjk

21 күн бұрын

Obviously his research was limp.

The torpedoes had two different ways of exploding. They either had a contact detonator or a magnetic detonator. However the latter ones sometimes didn't function correctly. The explosions around the boat are of course for movie effects. Depth charges would destroy a boat if they exploded that close to it. I read somewhere that around 50 meters /150ft. around it at a depth of 100 meters / 300ft. were dangerous.

at 14:55: "thats why the british sailors called limees" and the germans called "krauts" because of the same reason. Sauerkraut (pickeld cabbage) has vitamine c to prevent them from scurvy.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Thanks dbru for watching the video. I never knew that so interesting to find out - thanks for sharing that mate. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Torpedos are usually designed to explode on contact and later in the war by acustic detection, also they need to set the running depth of the torps depending on the target they are shooting them against.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks again mate. Were the acoustic ones the torpedoes that turned out to have a lot of duds and had to be pulled from service?

@TheApilas

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions The US Mark 14 torpedo (direct contact and magnetic detection) had several issues: It tended to run about 10 feet (3 m) deeper than set. The magnetic exploder often caused premature detonation. The contact exploder often failed to detonate the warhead. It tended to run "circular", failing to straighten its run once set on its prescribed gyro-angle setting, and instead, to run in a large circle, thus returning to strike the firing ship. Can't remember if the acoustic ones used regardless side in the war had any similar issues.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

It was the US ones I was thinking about as I know they had to get rid of them pretty quickly as it was causing losses but I didn't know the technical details behind it so thanks for sharing

@wolf310ii

4 ай бұрын

Thats not correct. German Torpedos had from begin on switchable contact and magnetic pistols, while during the torpedo crisis there was an oder to only use the contact fuse, but there were never acustic pistols. What they had were acustic homing torpedos and at the time they came up the problems were already solved, with the magnetic pistol by the germans to improve it, while the US solved the problem by just dont use it anymore.

I really recommend to read the novel! It is far more immersive, because it is written from the "first person perspective" of the war correspondend (Lt. Lothar-Günther Buchheim in real life). He take the events of two/three stints of U96 and made it to a single one for the novel. Not all of the events are his own experience, but quite some of them. The names of the crew members where slightly changed and he wrote quite honest about his fears and feelings on this tours, as a, more or less, uninvolved "guest" on this vessel. The crew members where quite reserved in handling with him, surely because he was an officer from a propaganda company... He describes the journey very intensive, especially the technic-details and his feelings of week long boredom and high suspense moments. It is very good to read and not a single moment boring... There is a six hour version of this movie, edited as a mini series and made more in the sense of the novel: the correspondend narrates his thougths to the audience, like in the novel.

@JTRetroReactions

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation mate and for watching the video. I am trying to get my hands on a decent translated copy through my library and not as easy as I would have hoped. I did hear anecdotally that the author was universally disliked by the Crew but could be just rumour. I have seen the mini series version of the Film but a long time ago.

@abcpichard1

Күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions Yes, the Crew didn´t like him and he was a difficult character in general. The LI (chief engineer) of U96, Friedrich Grade, even said later, that he was a coward... By the way: Friedrich Grade died 13. october last year with 107 years, wow! But the novel is quite good to read and Buchheim didn´t make a hero of himself. He is a very decent observer of the crew members, their quirks and their behavior - and also of his own fears and feelings. I also recommend the 2. book "Die Festung" (The Fortress) in which he described his time in the french city of Brest during the siege through the allied forces in 1944, together with his old U96 commander "Der Alte" Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, who is the commander of the U-Boat flotilla at that time. Sorry for my english...

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

@@abcpichard1 Your English is great mate and if you heard my German you would know what bad sounds like :) Thanks again for all of that information which was fantastic to read and thanks also for the books recommendations. I'll check them out! That was a fantastic age he lived too. Maybe there is something to this submariner life after all :) Enjoy the rest of your weekend

In 2000 I was living in Stuttgart. My landlord was drafted in 1944 one of his friends volunteered for the U-Boats. His reason was he didn't want to end up as a cripple.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Skunkboi for watching the video and for sharing that story which was interesting to hear. Did you ever find out if the friend who volunteered was one of the lucky ones to survive?

The journalist is actually the author of the book on which this movie is based upon ;)

@chrigra4140

Ай бұрын

Yes, Lothar Guenther Buchheim has been a war correspondent in WW2 on some Submarines.

The destroyer can detect the sub if it pings them but normally one ping is not enough for an exact fix.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing that and for watching the video - I appreciate it!

There were two types of torpedos, both detonating at "contact". The first version detonated on contact with the hull of the targeted ship. The second version was equipped with an electromagnetic ingnition machanism, so the torpedo would get off underneath the hull of the targeted ship. The second version was very unreliable when it was introduced to the u-boats.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks mate for watching and for sharing that information. As I said in commentary on the reaction, I really don't have a lot of Naval knowledge so I appreciate you closing those gaps I had.

Movie is based on that War Correspondent's book (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot_(novel)). Submarine captain was Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. They survived the war.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sardaukar for watching the video - Thanks for the confirmation on the war journalist being the author of the Novel. On the Captain however, what I read was that he was based on two Captains as I explained in commentary. One executed for cowardice and one who survived the war. That piece of information came from an Article that I read by the Author about the characters in the Novel / Movie.

@3.k

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions I don't know of two captains, only of Lehmann-Willenbrock. AFIAK, the plot of the movie and book is combined of several tours Buchheim took part in. The movie is actually quite close to the book Das Boot, oftentimes down to single lines, word by word. There's another book by the same author, "Die Festung." It is so detailed that it got very long, so that I haven't read it through yet. A third book, "Der Abschied", goes on with the author's war adventures. AFIAK, he meets the captain from this movie in both of the books. If you are into WWII history, and you want to know every detail of what was going on from the perspective of Buchheim, it's worth reading (it's looong, but yeah^^).

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations mate. Are we taking war and peace long here as I did manage to read that but yeah it was an exercise in dedication

@helloweener2007

4 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions War journalist sounds strange. Buchheim was in a propaganda company. Buchheim was on two submarines during the war, U96 and U309. Lehmann-Willenbrock survived the war. With U309 Buchheim was evacuated from Brest. U309 had two captains. The first one (Hans-Gert Mahrholz) died in 2012 in the age of 93 and the other (Herbert Löder) died when the boat was sunk.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Pretty much all war journalists are propaganda journalists - they always favour one side or the other to be honest. Thanks though for the additional info you provided in this and the other comments - I appreciate it!

German Submarine's attackt usally at night not under water. The are many reasons for that. At this time in ww2 small Ships were not equipt with Radar. Sonar was the bigger threat. Submarine's Maximum Speed under water was only 7 knots. And with Maximum Speed the Batterie's couldn't last very long. The Torpedo Range was only half under water.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Hey Dennis, thanks for watching the videos mate and for answering my questions - I appreciate it! I was thinking that the only thing that made sense for them attacking a convoy on the surface and going through Gibraltar on the Surface was speed - so thanks for confirming that. Also what you said about the engines makes perfect sense too, if I'm right that they were a mix of electrical and diesel engines. Also thanks for confirming about the Torpedos - again much appreciated! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

@wolf310ii

4 ай бұрын

No, the torpedo range was not half under water, it was exactly the same as on surface

The time in which the film takes place, 1941, is the time when the hunters became the hunted. At that time, the death rate of German submarines had not yet reached 75%

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the information mate - I appreciate it!

Torpedoes exploded on contact. Later, a magnetic fuse was installed to sense the enemy ship and these ran deeper to explode right under the keel, breaking the target in half. Depth charges exploded at set depths. Later models had contact fuses. Diesel engines were loud and used on the surface to recharge the batteries. While submerged they used quiet electric motors. 20 knots max surfaced. 9 knots max submerged.

@wolf310ii

24 күн бұрын

The magnetic pistol didnt came later, it was introduced befor the war, it was just for some time disabled during the torpedo crisis

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks mate for sharing that information and for watching the video - as I mentioned in commentary, I have little to no naval knowledge so happy to be corrected, informed on where gaps in my knowledge were clear.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for the clarification and for watching the video - cheers!

I did not find any reference that the captain was made of two real ones, especially not one who committed suicide. All referenced captains in the book or real captains of U96 and U309 either survived the war or were missing in action with their later subs. Rutger Hauer? Never heard of it. I cannot imagine that this is true. Das Boot was made a 3 part series for TV. He speaks German very well but he has a Dutch accent. I don't think that they would have put a Dutch as the captain. Petersen suggested Jürgen Prochnow from the beginning but it was rejected first because he was to old. Rutger Hauer is only 3 years younger. The work on Blade Runner started in March 1981. The work on Das Boot started in July 1980 and ended in June 1981. Seems unlikely to me that Rutger Hauer had a contract this much in forehand. he must have been asked at least over a year before Blade Runenr started. Yes, Jürgen Prochnow might be a German actor who will be recognized but people miss the name. He played in some international films: Dune, Beverly Hills Cop II, Judge Dredd, The English Patient, Air Force One, The Replacement Killers, The Da Vinci Code. The dancing scene. Yes, this never happend this way but there was a similar one in which the seaman danced naked. Buchheim also complained that the scene when Werner got hit with the cleaning cloth that this would have never happened. Man over board. Pilgrim (Jan Fedder) went over board and Kriechbaum (Bernd Tauber) saved him. Tauber broke two or three ribs (the number differs in diffrent articles) at this. I am not sure if this was completely an accident or it got out of hand. I heard also the story that Fedder felt and broke his ribs. Fedder said in an interview that Tauber saved him in that scene.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

You can check IMDB trivia for the directors cut, it also lists these things I said. I picked them up from an article I read years ago from an interview with the author. I cannot say they are facts but there are statements on this out there.

Many years ago I had a telephone call with Reinhard Hardegen, who was the commander of U-123. He told me that Buchheim realy was on board as a reporter. They called such people "Badegast". Hardegen also told me that he and other U-Boat Commanders were totally pissed off about the novel and the movie, because what Buchheim wrote in his novel and what we saw in the movie was not the truth he said. "So waren wir nicht. Die Kommandanten und ihre Mannschaften waren dizipliniert."

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Wow - thanks for sharing. I have met and spoken with veterans of WW2 from both sides back in the 90s - mainly because I lived beside some and the others because I dated a German Girl back then. It was always fascinating, even if a bit morbidly so at times! My favorite, if there is such as thing, was the Grandfather of the German Girl I dated who fought in WW1 for the entire war and then WW2 for the entire War on the Eastern Front. Now he had some stories! I have heard from several people that no one thought well of the book and/or movie that was actually on board the U-Boat and he was uniquely unpopular during his time as a 'Boat Guest, amongst crew and officers alike but of course that is anecdotal so I can't say for sure.

Torpedos can explode both ways, by impact on a target or on proximity/time. Normally the torpedo gets fired right under the middle of the enemies ship and explodes underneath the hull. The detonation creates a huge gas ball. The ship loses its buoyancy in that particular area, cracks and sinks. This is an advantage against a torpedo which gets fired for an impact explosion, because these can possibly hit a nonessential area of the ship. The explosion would damage the ship but not sink it. Perfect example of our time was the "USS Cole" that was bombed by terrorists. They put a Bomb against the hull and blew it up. The explosion made a huge hole into the ship, but it didn't sink. The reason for this is because in active battles, where both opponents fire on each other, the commanding officer cannot calculate the time for detonation. He had to fire the torpedos and then get away to avoid the depth charges. But during raids on convoys the prefered the detonations on time, as the chances for sinking the ships were almost certain with this method

@wolf310ii

24 күн бұрын

No, torpedos didnt had a time fuse, that would be way to unprecise, just being 1 second off and the torpedo would detonate to early or to late, they couldnt even meassure the distance that exactly. On the slowest setting, the torpedo travels 15m/s and freighter were only around 15-20m wide. They only used the runtime to know when to expect a hit or a miss when it was past the time.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Brilliant mate - thanks for sharing all of that great information - I really appreciate. Thanks also for watching!

Good reaction lad. The device on the destroyers used back then was called ASDIC, a primitive form of sonar wich wasn't as accurate. The common practice was to let the destroyer pass overhead and then change depth and direction because the device wouldn't work astern because of the ships propellers. In that blind spot you would loose the bearing of the sub, meaning with every pass you had to detect it all over again. That's why later on in the war they always took on one sub with two destroyers, one dropping bombs, the other one keeping the bearing. Also depth charges had to be pre adjusted to detonate at a certain depth, so changing depth would make em detonate above the sub. In common a hit within 50m or closely beneath the sub would prove fatal, although the deeper the sub the less effective they became because of the higher water pressure down there

The war correspondant in this movie and the novel it's based on is basically the alter ego/author avatar of Lothar-Günter Buchheim: He volunteered to join the Kriegsmarine after finishing his art degree. He took many photographs of the crew and created paintings based on those photographs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim

@JTRetroReactions

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and I appreciate you sharing that information!

depth charges have to detonate right UNDER the U-boat to kill it instandly. if they do so, it`s like a back-breaker you see in WWE wrestling. Has to do with the physics of pressure. U-boats are built to handle pressure from above, so if depth charges explode above or beside the boat, they do zero to small damage (except psychoterror). Therefor the U-Boot dives deeper and deeper while beeing attacked with depth charges, so the destroyer crews have to readjust their bombs detonation depth over and over again.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Martin for watching the video and for sharing that! I never knew that about Depth Charges and U-Boats but it makes complete sense once you hear it so that was really good to learn and I appreciate it! Have a good weekend.

@igorbuckel8060

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the deadly depth charges detonate under a submarine. But the pressure conditions in liquids are not described quite correctly. The pressure is distributed equally on all sides of an object. The reason why submarines dive as deep as possible is the duration of the sinking of the bombs, less accurate and more time to react, but rather the differences in salinity, density and temperature, which could deflect the ASDIC waves like a prism deflects light, if you were lucky enough to have such layers between you and the surface. Now to the depth charges under the boat. This creates a cavity into which the boat falls and even when the water rushes back down, the boat continues to sink due to the momentum. Often so deep that the hull implodes despite countermeasures. Apart from this, bombs at a distance of up to 6 metres were immediately fatal due to hull rupture and up to 12 metres were so damaging that the submarine either sank or had to surface.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know Igor - that was interesting to read and as I said in commentary, I did not know a hell of a lot about how depth charges worked so thanks for letting me know.

@wolf310ii

4 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions You better forget what you didnt knew about the depth charges, because martin is total wrong. Depth charges need to detonate closer than 6m to instant kill an u-boat, and it doesnt matter if its below, above or on the side and u-boats are not build "to withstand pressure from above", they are build to withstand the pressure of the operating depth. The "back breaker" works on surface ships, because above the ship is air with much less density than water, so the ship can be liftet up by a torpedo detonating below the keel, but not on u-boats.

13:15 the problem I see with moving her to germany: a) he is deployed for an unforeseeable time to La Rochelle, very likely for the rest of his life (short). b) Nazi Germany was not known for lenient immigration policies. c) at that time, the situation within germany wasn´t rosy either. I think, at the time the movie is set, the allied bombing campaign had already started, which is why the LI is so worried about his sick wife in cologne. So, organizing for her to move to "safety" would already be a major problem, expecially when he is stuck out in the middle of nowhere in the Atlantic ocean. In his case, I´d be biting my fingernails up to my elbows, too.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Fair point and one I didn't think off at the time of the reaction so thanks for sharing. I wouldn't disagree with what you said. Cheers.

Torpedoes were usually contact fuzed but also had magnetic detonator. Both German and US Navy did quit magnetic detonators, since they didn't really work well.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - I have very little Naval knowledge of that period as I haven't really read up on it so I appreciate you sharing that information.

@wolf310ii

4 ай бұрын

Unlike the US Navy, Germany did fix the problem with the magnetic pistol and contiued to use it

@paavobergmann4920

21 күн бұрын

@@wolf310ii The problem for the US was they had to use them in both atlantic and Pacific, which have vastly different magnetic environments.

@wolf310ii

21 күн бұрын

@@paavobergmann4920 That wasnt the reason. First, US submarines operated almost exclusivly in the pacific, while german u-boats operated in all oceans, except the south arctic sea and the pacific (a few traveled to Japan and one rounded Australia). Second, the magnetic field not only changes between Atlantic and Pacific, it changes literally everywhere every few hundred km. A torpedo calibrated in the baltic sea, already didnt worked anymore in the north sea.

@paavobergmann4920

21 күн бұрын

@@wolf310ii Ok, yes, but the Kriegsmarine fired most of their torpedoes in the North atlantic, so once they got them to work there, they were more or less fine, statistically speaking. The US, however, at least to my knowledge, used a North atlantic port to calibrate the prototypes, but used them almost exclusively in the pacific, so it was a lot harder for them to get to the core of the matter. Then i think, the issues with the prototypes were just different, and if they went to their systems in search for an undetected fault, you just gotta be lucky. From what i read on the torpedo crisis in both armies, the procurement administration sucked big time in both cases.

@JTRetroReactions I got the book, but it's in German, it's definitely worth reading. L-G Buchheim was a Naval War Correspondent in WWII and based it on his 2 trips on a VIIC combat boat. As to the scenes in the beginning at the "Bar Royal" they are described as shown in the film in the book, who actually got offended by it was a group of former U-Boat officers, who disliked being shown in that way. He was pretty pissed with the scene with the oily rag in the face and said that would never happen to an officer (though he was just wearing an officer's uniform without any power) but other former crew member of U-96 were adamant that exactly this happened. The boat's crew was around 50 - 4 officers (Captain, 1st and 2nd watch officer, chief engineer( 4 Petty Officers (boatswain, quartermaster and a machinist for each diesel and electric engine) 13 NCO's (2 boatswain's mates, 2 quartermaster's mates, 2 radio mates, 4 engineer's mates (2 diesel and 2 electro) 1 torpedo engineer) and 26 enlisted (crew grew bigger in the latter stages of war). The biplane you might be thinking of could be the Swordfish, however as that is carrier-born, it has a quite limited range, mostly naval patrol aircraft like the Sunderland or long range bombers like the Liberators were used. The Tipperary song as well as Siegfried line were indeed popular on U-Boats and widely available as they have been captured in St. Nazaire from a British magazine in 1940. Famously, the U-99 crew wore also British Air Force uniforms on one mission as their own uniforms had been rotten by the damp. Your depiction of filming the bridge in the storm is (almost) correct, the conn tower was built on a moveable platform to mimic the boats rolling, a giant fan was spraying water from the front constantly and they had a giant shoot to splash a ton of water on the bridge. Story about broken ribs is correct. The brits had submarines but did barely operate in the Atlantic due to a lac of targets, mostly they were deployed around Norway, the Mediterranean and the Far East. Surface torpedo nighttime attacks were most common until 1942 due to the lack of radar on the allied side, the higher speed of the boat to get in an advantageous position and outrun all escort vessels but destroyers, a better line of sight and, especially in chubby seas, the small silhouette was hard to be spotted. Fun fact about the bolts, the director shot blanks with a small caliber rifle to mimic the bolts coming off, the injury you seen there happened when one ricochet. Greetings from North Donegal

@JTRetroReactions

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate and for sharing all of that information which was really interesting. I know someone else on here claimed the Tipperary song was linked to the sinking of the Lusitania of Cork but I honestly don't know enough about it one way or another to be fair.

In my hometown Bremerhaven there is a "Boot" in the museum's harbour. It's in water and you can walk through. There is also a torpedo boat, a whale hunter and sailing ships.

@frankschrewe4302

Ай бұрын

That one in Bremerhaven is a Type XXI, the only Type VII that still exists is a museum on the shore at the Baltic Sea in Laboe (near Kiel).

They wear glasses to get their eyes used to darkness. So they see better when they go outside and take the googles off.

15:53 the oil-rag scene is another one that the real captain, Heinrich Lehman-Willenbrock, was absolutely furious about. No way that was gonna happen in real life. You see, the journalist carries the rank of Lieutenant, so apart from the Captain and the Chief engineer, he is the third highest ranking officer on board. Physically assaulting an officer during a patrol (because that´s what it was) would have gotten any crew member court-martialed. No way out. Even if the captain had n´t wanted to, he would had to have someone court martialed, if not the whole torpedo crew including the Bosun for being to lenient about it. Or risk losing his command. They are all pretty relaxed and apolitical here, and the U-boats really were the least political part of the Military, but it was the nazi military after all. And if you manage 70 sailors running a complex, dangerous machine that your lives depend on, under combat conditions, discipline is crucial anyways.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing that - it was interesting to read. I know a few other commentors on this reaction have stated that the real life Journalist was not popular amongst the crew for several reasons - but assuming that is true then I could see how it could plausibly have happened. Also per the directors commentary, the Captain was based on two real life Captains which I spoke about in the reaction. One was executed for cowardice and the other was a successful U-Boat Captain. The reason for the amalgamation was that the one executed for cowardice was very popular with his men as he used to run from fights so they didn't die. The other Captain was not popular with his crew and took a lot of risks with their lives so per what I heard, the amalgamation was to create a character that had the best aspects of both of those real life Captains.

18:16 The captain is rather sarcastic here. Probably lost in translation. 19:21 They didn't have a green screen. AFAIR, the background is a live projection. For the water splashing into their faces, they had built a giant slide, where they released huge amounts of water at a time. The higher frame rate was used for the scenes where you can see the whole boat without people on deck. This was a 11 meters long model, and the slomo effect makes then waves look more realistic. The model could have waving dolls on top of the tower. Another model was 1:1 scale, and it could not dive. This one was also used in Indiana Jones a few years later. 22:10 I read the book, but forget how torpedoes were programmed. Probably, they were timed OR on impact. Sometimes, the steering of a torpedo was jammed, it went in a circle and endangered the submarine itself. The depth charges were set to explode at a certain depth, correct. In this movie, they explode closer to the boat than it was possible without destroying a submarine in real life. 27:50 He meant, they seem to be close to allied traffic, so there might be another opportunity to engage. 38:17 What I believe is, that they're going deeper because the enemy knows how deep German submarines are operating usually. So if they go deeper, there is a chance that the destroyer crew is programming the depth charges for a too shallow depth. 38:34 The translation is not exact. He says, "we're making another turn. Or better, just a little one." I don't think that the sub is able to turn 180° (almost) on the spot. :)

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5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate for watching the video and providing all of that information - very helpful and interesting. I admit I got a couple of things slightly off - it happens when you are trying to recall stuff you read a long time ago in a reaction off the top of your head - plus my age doesn't help :)

@3.k

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions Thanks mate! :) I’m not an expert myself, but Das Boot is just one of my all time favourites! And I remember additional information from reading the book about 15 years ago, plus reading articles about the tech of this U-Boot class. Like the caption says, it’s a very beautiful kind of ship, only comparable to the elegance of sailing ships. :)

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - I have to admit I fell in love with this film many years ago too - it's got something special about it. Also one thing that came into my mind after doing the reaction was that the real hero of the movie is actually the engineer and not the Captain - he is the one who saves the boat, he stops the Captain from shooting Johann and takes charge of that situation. There are other instances too but yeah that's what I noticed on this rewatch so I would be interested to see if you see the same.

@3.k

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions Yes! One of my favourite scenes is where the Captain just told the journalist that there’s no chance to surface again, and then the Chief Engineer is entering, claiming wich instruments are clear again, and that there are “a few things still left to do.” 🤩

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5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - I'm glad you see it too but not everyone seemed to agree with me on that point. The Captain at times was irrational and emotional and the Engineer was always the one who got him back on track and never lost his cool really. The Captain was a good leader but sometimes he wanted to do stupid things like continue the attack on the other convoy after they had taken damage from the first engagement and again it was the engineer who said look Boss - maybe now is not the time and the Captain realised it wasn't wise.

If I am right the torpedoes had steam or electric version by drive. The steam version was faster and had bigger distance but it was detectable easier because of the bubbles after that on the surface. The electric version was the opposite: slow and shorter distance but sneakier. By the hit they could set up torpedoes for impact or magnetic blowing. Later they could improve their torpedoes in different way, they developed even target following version as well. The early time priod of the WW2 they could use only electric engine for the submarine under the water. Later version of subs had snorkel tube so they could get fresh air in periscope depth. In this way they could not just be under the surface for long time but use their diesel engine as well (the diesel engine smoke could get away from the boat).

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4 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter for watching the video mate and for sharing that information which I never knew. Very interesting! Enjoy the rest of your evening

No one ever comments about this, but maybe the most poignant scene in the entire movie to me is when “Phillip“ yells goodbye to the U-boat crew as they depart La Rochelle and wishes them good hunting telling them to “sink them all!” The long look he takes and his eyes say to me “I’ll probably never see any of these guys again”. The fact that he was coming down to say farewell (dressed in his full uniform out of respect for them) after being so thoroughly drunk and sick the night before says to me that he made a supreme effort to come down and see them for what he believed would likely be the last time. By the end of the war, any U-boat that made one or two patrols without being sunk, was considered extremely lucky. And yet the boats were never short of volunteers, such was the patriotism of the German people. My impression also was that Phillip was not a member of that particular U-boat crew but rather he was the captain of another boat. I believe he was the captain of the boat that they run into out in the Atlantic. As the captain exclaims “my God, Phillip, they’ve pushed you back out to see again“ . This underscores the fact that he was such an experienced captain that they would send him back out to his death rather than not use his expertise. Phillip remained drunk all the time as pointed out by the first officer because Phillip knew only too well the horrible fate he and all of his fellow u-boat men probably would suffer as long as they continued to go to sea in their “iron coffins“.

@wolf310ii

24 күн бұрын

He wasnt dressed in full uniform because of respect for them, he was in full uniform because he had to, you know in the military its very common to wear a uniform. It only during a patrol on a u-boat that the dress code wasnt that strict. A sign of respect would be, to be there on time and not almost to late. Also that "sink them all" is a very bad translation (and the movie is full of bad subtitles) of what he says, he says "Heil (safety) and victory and fat prizes/prey"

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment and for the insight. I understood after the reaction that he was the U=Boat Captain that they later met at sea. And you're right in what you say, that he probably was thinking, if I see them again, I will be lucky.

The Tipperary song was played by the band to prevent panic on the Lusitana when it got torped by a German submarine. Not sure if the movie is correct about the singing of the song but this might be the reason why it could have been popular among German submariners.

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4 ай бұрын

Interesting - I never knew that mate even though I know about the Lusitania as it was sung off the coast of Cork here. Also, the Captain, given his age and that's he partially factional would have been old enough to have been a U-Boat crew member in WW1. Just speculating of course but yeah that would make sense. Thanks for watching the video.

@helloweener2007

4 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions The actors were older than the real seamen. Prochnow was 40 when the movie was made. Lehmann-Willenbrock was 31 when Buchheim was on U96. People who served in World War I were in way higher positions. in 2nd World War.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Fair enough but I was just elaborating and speculating on what you mentioned why would a German U Boat crew be playing an Irish song that was popular amongst British Troops in WW1. Plus the Lusitania was American not British and the sinking brought the US into WW1 so that doesn't explain it for me either after thinking about it. Another possibility is they picked it up from the IRA. There was collaboration between Germany and the IRA particularly in WW1 and U Boats were used to transport IRA members between Germany and Ireland

Hey! I have watched this movie more often than I can count ( in fact, I always watch the 5-part TV series, which contains EVEN MORE footage), but I have also read the book countless times and its just SO good. I cannot recommend reading it enough. It´s bringing a lot to the table and even more than any of the movie or TV series versions, and it also explains in easy to understand examples and details how a submarine Type VII C even works, and it is entertaining all the time.

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6 ай бұрын

Hey Das Spiel. Wie gehts? Thanks for watching the video and for answering my question about whether the book was worth reading or not. I'm definitely going to try and find an English version after such high praise. Enjoy the rest of your weekend

@dasspielmobil6161

6 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions good luck! It's definetly worth it. The author published two more books that are considered sequels to Das Boot. But I haven't had the time to read them yet.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

@dasspielmobil6161 Cool - I didn't know that mate so thanks for letting me know. I'll see if I can pick up a trilogy deal. I would recommend the book that the Unknown Soldier Movie is based upon also called the Unknown Soldier that I did a reaction too . Similar to Das Boot, that Movie and Book are faction, mixing real life characters and events with fiction. I'm reading it at the moment and it's excellent. In the movie and book, one of the NCOs takes out 50 Soviet Soldiers on his own. In real life, the NCO actually took out 84 Soldiers on his own but the author and the Director of the movie felt that no one would believe it and so reduced the numbers.

The Book is an outstanding read! I highly recommend reading it. Also you should give the 6 hours TV Series version a shot. Ugh the subtitles are off so many times...Idk who made them for the Directors cut but they are horrible at times lol

I really do need to watch these again. I've got the original and directors cut on blu ray. Also the 6 part miniseries on DVD but cant find it. I cant remember much about the miniseries at all. Its been a long time since watching any. I've just downloaded the unabridged audiobook YOU mention to check that out so will let you know the differences. I read somewhere it was the same u-boat replica used in Raiders of the Lost Arc. Was made at the same time so would make sense. When I got my HD cinima projector and decent surround sound, this was the first move I watched and the atmosphere that created was second to none! This and Kubricks Paths of Glory are my top 2 war movies (or anti-war movies as they both defanatly are!) Serving on a WW2 submarine would be pure hell thats for sure......ww1 submarine even worse id imagine. Im no expert, but I think torpedos used against heavily armoured battleships were ideally designed to explode directly beneath the ship for maximum damage creating a huge air bubble lifting the ship out of the water - but a direct hit would make a fairly large hole if it hit the right place. There's a youtube channel by a guy called Drachinifiel who has loads of interesting indepth videos and knowledge about pre 1950s navel warfare and incredible footage. British had various sub types. T-class probably most notable. HMS Alliance was designed during end of WW2 but not in service until 1945. Its an amazing museam sub fully restored at the Royal Navy Submarine museam in Portsmouth. They also have a pre ww1 restored sub too - HMS Holland 1 - first ever Royal Navy sub. Well worth a visit if you ever don on south Coast of England.

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Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate and for sharing your thoughts and experiences with the movie and it's offshots. I envy your setup by the way :)

@nickellingham1764

Ай бұрын

@JTRetroReactions cinema and quality surround sound does make a huge difference with some movies. War movies in particular! The book version isn't that exciting compared the movie IMO. Cinimatography, sound effects, long periods of silence, crew facial expressions, etc. can't really be written, I suppose. Some of the book dialogue is quite amusing, though!

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

True mate - quality gear makes all the difference. I presuming that the book just makes it more realistic as you have to create it in your head but given that I have seen the movie first rather than the traditional other way around, it might ruin the book for me but I'm still going to give it a try. Have a good weekend!

Smaller models of the U-Boat were build in Bad Oeynhausen by Frank.

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12 күн бұрын

Thanks mate for watching and for sharing that information which I didn't know about - much aprpeciated!

It's a Trilogy😉 Das Boot Die Festung Der Abschied

The bi-plane you are thinking of was most likely Fairey Swordfish or Supermarine Walrus (seaplane)

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Yes it was the Swordfish you're right. Thanks mate

The more u-boats got built, the more u-boat technology stagnated. In the mean time Allied ASW technologies (eg radar, as Uboats spent most of their time surfaced) steadily advanced. ~1942, type VII U-boats had 14 torpedoswith ~ 5mi/8km range at top speed,detonated contact and/or magnetic fuses.

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12 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Peter and for sharing that information - much appreciated! As I mentioned in my reaction commentary, my naval knowledge is not huge.

This "war media men", gone on serveral submariens missions,........ and his Book "Das Boot" is a fictiv story of all his expierence he did on submarines,........... That Gibraltar story at the end of the movie is real, cause my senior chief in the company, were I become a men who work in horticulture, served during the 2. worldwar his service on submarines,.... and he was laying on the african coast, with captain Willenbrock and Buchheim (the one how write this novel)

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Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate and for sharing that story. It's always interesting to meet people who experienced these profound moments in history. I have been lucky enough to meet veterans from both sides of WW1 and WW2 way back in the 80s and 90s when they were still around. They always have such fascinating stories which brings home the reality of those days.

@wolf310ii

23 күн бұрын

This "war media men" was only on one war patrol on a u-boat, not serval. The second time he was on a u-boat was when he evacuated from Brest to La Rochelle, that wasnt a war patrol, only a transfer. Also the gibraltar story is not real, its inspired by the real story, but very exaggerated, the real U-96 didnt sank that deep nor that long. The real U-96 didnt sank for no reason like in the movie, the aircraft attack caused flooding (in the movie the flooding only started after they hit the ground), wich forced the boat to resurface. after the flooding was stopped it dived again and laid on ground, around 100m deep, for emergency repairs, and then laid on ground a second time for further repairs, also around 100m.

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Күн бұрын

Thanks again mate for all of that additional information and context on the U-Boats sinking. I appreciate it! Have a great weekend!

Too bad nobody has read the book. If I can find a copy at the library, I’ll help you out. I’m curious myself and I like to read, especially war memoirs and stories.

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4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the videos mate - I appreciate it! I believe the book is a heavy read - a kind of war and peace deal. I don't mind that to be honest, but I believe the book is very good overall but interestingly another commenter mentioned that a lot of the authors fellow crew members didn't like his book just as the author didn't like this film - some kind of irony there to be sure. I have ordered an English version of the book so I will definitely give it a read.

@montanus777

2 ай бұрын

the book focusses way more on the aspect of boredom - which yes, can be a boring read at times. the movies (even the director's cut) barely scratch the surface of that; the mini-series is better in that regard (and werner also functions as narrator).

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Cool mate - thank you for that additional context - I will still give the book a go, I'm just struggling to get an English copy at the moment

The Bi-Planes were Catalina boat-planes. They spotted and bombed a lot of U-Boats in the Biscaya-Bay.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks mate for watching and answering my questions. I think though it was the Swordfish I was thinking off at the time.

@pshompeach

12 күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions I think also it was the Fairey Swordfish. The Catalina is not a biplane.

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Cool - thanks for confirming - I appreciate it!

I really like these bits of history and so many interesting details you tell in these reactions. I really do. It shows that you are a man with experience. In the military, but also in life. I have followed this channel since the Unknown Soldier and I feel proud that you are proud to be Irish. Makes me proud too, even though I'm Finnish. I do have a recommendation. About the Finnish preparation, IF "someone" want's to visit again. This clip was made way before 2022 and it's made for young conscripts. Motivation video. But it is accurate, not just propaganda. Been there for a year.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Hey mate - thanks for being a loyal subscriber and for your very kind comments. When I hear things like this it makes all the effort that goes into these videos worthwhile as I sure as shit don't make money on them. But to be honest that wasn't the reason I started the channel - it was more to engage and discuss movies with like minded People like your good self. I'm glad your proud to be Finnish as I've learned so much of your history from reacting to Finnish films and it was a real pleasure! You guys have a hell of a lot to be proud off. Thanks for the recommendation and I will react to it. I just have to get When Evil Lurks and Rukajarven Tie out first - they are both recorded and When Evil Lurks is in the editing suite right now. The aim, barring copyright issues is to premiere Rukajarven Tie next Friday evening. Also, you may like to check out my reaction to Band of Brothers - Episode 3 - it's free for non-Patreon Subscribers as a Christmas gift from myself. You can access at the link below. E3 is the best episode in my opinion anyways. Thanks again mate and enjoy the rest of your weekend! www.veed.io/view/777d23d3-1f04-4aaa-8f9b-0d4df44bb14a?panel=share

@formatique_arschloch

6 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions Thank you. What an amazing response and hey, not too many reactors actually answer at all. Engaging folks from another countries with similar minds is a real treat! I'm not sure if my link worked, I don't see it now. But it's called "Taistelukenttä 2020/Battlefield 2020". The Finnish Defence forces official video, but they are known to be gentle with reactors. They might even drop a comment. Have a nice weekend!

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Cool mate and no worries - if People make an effort to comment, then it's only right that I should make an effort to reply - it's basic manners - so no need to thank me for it mate. There is no link viewable in your original comment - but YT sometimes removes links even if they are from YT itself. They often pop up a week later in the held for review section of the comments - but you have given me the names so I will find it regardless so thanks for that and I will react to it - I promise - just bare with me. I will mate - enjoy your weekend as well. Cheers, J

(Just one note: its not Boot like the thing on your foot, Boot is the German word for boat and it's pronounced pretty much like in English, so with an o sound, not a u.)

@JTRetroReactions

6 күн бұрын

Thanks mate. And believe it or not I speak moderate German - not fluent but I can hold a conversation and understand most things. The pronunciation was more to do with my Irish accent and Irish pronunciation of German - think of my like a rogue Dutch or Austrian with my pronunciation :)

The red haired guy was on LSD for most of the time. One time he walked into a French bar wearing the uniform.... and was beaten up. A wonderful actor but with lots of problems.

I read the book. I loved it. It is hard to compare the two as you can't put everything the book has into a film. Even a 3.5 hours long movie... The movie is brilliant and the book is brilliant in different way. If i am forced to choose, i would reluctantly go for the movie.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching mate and I get what you're saying. Books always create a more immersive experience in my humble opinion but this movie did a damn good job at recreating the atmosphere. I haven't read the book yet but it is on my list.

@bulasev

11 күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions definitely read it. You won't be disappointed!. 👍

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Thanks mate - I will check it out!

Hi, good reaction. I think the U-boat depicted in the background isn't the one from the movie as it has 2 AA "positions" (Wintergarten). I suppose they optes for this version as it looks more bad ass :) Edit: and missing Deck gun

@JTRetroReactions

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mate and for your kind comments. Thanks also for the additional information - I appreciate it!

@wolf310ii

23 күн бұрын

I think its a photoshoped picture of U-995. Without the per photoshop added barrels of the AA guns (the 3,7cm has only one barrel, and even if it would have two, they would be coaxial, and on the upper winter garden were only two 2x2cm, not three), the elevation of the guns is exactly the same as on U-995, wich has the guns elevatet for display. On patrol when not in use, the guns would be horizontal and the shield of the 3,7cm would be folded (less drag when submerged)

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Күн бұрын

I'll take your word for it mate - I lifted it off a movie poster for a re-release of the Directors Cut so I have no idea where the image was pulled from.

RN / RAF Coastal Command anti-submarine biplanes were Fairey Swordfish, Supermarine Walrus,Supermarine Stranraer & Supermarine Sea Otter

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Jano mate for watching the video and for sharing that information. The Swordfish was the one I was trying to think of in the reaction. I didn't know about the others you mentioned so I will look them up now - much appreciated!

There's a sort of poetic justice to Buchheim not liking this movie/TV series. Many of the crew he sailed with felt exactly the same about his book.

@JTRetroReactions

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video mate. I never knew that ha ha - interesting! Thanks for sharing! Have a good weekend.

19:50 they didn't have greenscreen in the 80's, They projected footage of the stormy sea on the background and moved the camera to make it appear as though the boat was moving.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Greenscreen was first used in the movies in 1940 mate so they definitely did have it in the 80s, however you may be correct on how this movie was made but I just read that it was greenscreen but I don't know how reliable that source was - I was just taking it at face value. Regardless, thanks for watching the video and for the comment.

@PortCharmers

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions OK, learned something new. I thought you need serious computing power to make use of it. In the case of Das Boot, they did use projection on the background, according to the "Making Of".

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Same for me mate - I learned about the use of the Projection so thanks again for sharing that. Enjoy your weekend.

@animula6908

4 ай бұрын

I want to say they did have it, but didn’t use it the same way or as extensively. Doublecheck me though. Anyway it’s nice to see anything without it

I'd take the mini series over the director's cut any day of the week.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your comment. Interesting as most people have mixed views, it appears from the comments, on the mini series. But I suppose that is one of the great things about Art in it's different forms, everyone has a different take and different view.

The so-called "sacrifice" of the German submarine force did not begin in 1941 but in 1943. In 1941, the submarines sank a lot of ships off the American coast. From 1943 onwards, the number of submarine casualties skyrocketed. In 1943 a total of 287 German submarines were lost, almost twice as many as in the previous three years Source: Wikipedia

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Interesting information. Thanks for sharing that and for watching the video - I appreciate it!

I thought Das Boot was glassware that causes you to spill beer on yourself if you don't hold it sideways when drinking out of it.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Sorry mate but I don't honestly know what you are referring too? Could you explain a bit more?

@dasspielmobil6161

6 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions There was a time when it was popular to drink beer out of boot-shaped glasses or mugs. "Einen Stiefel trinken" is the saying. Due to the size (2-5 liters) this is usually served for bigger partys and there are countless "fun" drinking games attached to it. I hate beer, so I don´t know any further deails. But that´s the gist of it, pretty much.

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. I'm not familiar with that although I think I've seen it in movies so that's why it didn't ring a bell with. Thanks for providing the additional clarification. Cheers

@dasspielmobil6161

6 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions anytime! It always bugs me when people misinterpret "Das Boot", which is obviously a German word for a German movie about submarines, and especially given the context of this movie can easily be translated to "the boat", with the English boot, that you put on your feet and doesn't make ANY sense in the context of the movie. 😆 Sorry for the rant. 😂

@JTRetroReactions

6 ай бұрын

@@dasspielmobil6161 No worries mate - I get it. I speak German, not fluently but good enough so I knew what it meant. What annoyed me the most was the lazy subtitles - a lot of context is missed if you are going off subtitles alone - but that's quite common with Subtitles on Foreign Language Films unfortunately.

Britain did have submarines during WW2, however unlike Germany the majority of Britains fleet were surface vessels however british submarines did play significant role during the war one Royal navy submarine even sank a U boat underwater, after the Royal navy sunk the Bismarck Germanys surface fleet didn’t play much of a role during the war.

Fairey Swordfish

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Indeed that was what I was thinking off so thanks for sharing. A couple of other commentors have also mentioned this area would have used the Catalina.

Underwaterr they are using batteries not deisel.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Thanks but I don't believe I said that they were using diesel underwater only that the Sub consisted of both Diesel and Electric operated engines. It's been a while so maybe I'm wrong but that's what I remember.

Your photo looks like it was taken from SH3 the game a screen shot.

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

More alcohol had at this point I see or else you're genuinely ill!

@dannygjk

12 күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions I'm talking about the photo behind you. I have SH3 and it sure looks like it's from SH3.

@JTRetroReactions

Күн бұрын

Fair enough mate - I misunderstood you then and I apologise for that. The screen behind me is just a poster from a re-release of the movie so not sure if it was lifted from the movie or another model as you suggest to be honest. Have a good weekend.

Starting a video about a German WW2 film with this hand gesture may not have been the best decision.😆 And yes, I know he didn't mean it that way 😀

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

Hey mate - yes indeed you're right but I start all of my videos this way and whilst I was aware that some people may read it the wrong way, it's kind of my style so I wasn't going to change it for one reaction to be honest. In fairness you're the first person who has mentioned it - perhaps cause you're new to the Channel and others are not - either way it was not meant as a sign of support of anything. Thanks for watching the video.

@Razor-fv2tv

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions Everything is good ;) As a German, I noticed it immediately. Had to grin a little. It shouldn't be an accusation. Have a nice day.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

No worries mate and I didn't take it as an accusation - you actually made me laugh as I thought more people would notice it but so far you're the first - but as I said that's maybe because my regular viewers are used to me doing my intros like that. Thanks for watching the video mate and have a good evening.

@JTRetroReactions

5 ай бұрын

At least you didn't add in the fact that I am also a Glatzen :) - again due to age and not intentional ha ha

@Razor-fv2tv

5 ай бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions me too mate me too :)

200 Men, ; ) start with 3 Offiziere, 22 Mannschaft

Why are you dressed like the Evil Genius in the game? 😏

@JTRetroReactions

12 күн бұрын

Drink much?

19? yes if they were infantry.

@JTRetroReactions

11 күн бұрын

It was just a reference to a song mate from the 90s as that was the title of the song which was making the point that it's the young men who die in these wars and not the old and rich. You obviously don't know the reference as it's not a literal comment but a metaphorical one

@dannygjk

11 күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions I remember the song. I might be old enough to be your father.

@JTRetroReactions

11 күн бұрын

@@dannygjk So you get the point that it was metaphorical then? Also I'm 50 so no spring chicken either. Thanks for watching the video

@dannygjk

11 күн бұрын

@@JTRetroReactions 50 so possible but I would have been jailbait 😏

@JTRetroReactions

10 күн бұрын

​@@dannygjk Ha ha. Fair enough mate. I'll take your word for it in that