"British almost killed their prime minister" USS William D Porter: *Hold our torpedoes*

@benwaitson7462

Ай бұрын

Lol you know 😅😅

@antorseax9492

Ай бұрын

A Dutch mob in Rampjaar: 😋

@kanalkanali

Ай бұрын

what is it expl?

@antorseax9492

Ай бұрын

@@kanalkanali They accidentally fired a torpedo at a ship carrying incumbent president F.D.Roosovelt.

@benwaitson7462

Ай бұрын

@antorseax9492 yep and all the ships allways made fun of them at first there was some major tension

Would've probably been a little awkward if they succeeded the mission

@jefclark

Ай бұрын

can you imagine? such incidents would alter the entire course of history as we know it. sure germany would have lost, but just imagine how much would be different. he'd be an almost godlike martyr in the uk, more than now for sure. naturally by jan 42 the writing was on the wall for the axis. whats interesting is churchill had said the only thing that scared him in ww2 was the 'uboat menace'. this is strong evidence he wasnt lying, for him to take such a risk.

@OREXX90

Ай бұрын

​@@jefclark ohh I see 😂😂😂

@althesmith

Ай бұрын

"We have met the enemy and he is us!"

@Youcanatme

Ай бұрын

@@jefclarkno in jan 1942 german victory still seemed possible. Having just conquered vast parts of the ussr. And had their invasion of the caucuses resulted in a kiev like encirclement instead of a full route they might have broken the soviets enough to get oil from the caucuses. And if Germany had the oil well victory is possible

@TheHzh82

Ай бұрын

@@YoucanatmeAs soon as USA 🇺🇸 joined the war, it was over.

"Narrowly, coming into contact with breast". The highlight of many flights.

@fozzylozzy1131

Ай бұрын

Just skirting the tip

@davidtuttle7556

Ай бұрын

Of the Lizard.

@ishakk435

Ай бұрын

😅

@Bassillixx

Ай бұрын

Resulting in many British seamen making a premature ejaculation.😂

@frankchan4272

Ай бұрын

The most nerdy answer as most will not see breast.🤣

Even when a Boeing isn't killing you, it's trying to get you killed 😂

@UlyanovskHans

Ай бұрын

The DCD sitting in the corner: really?

@flareoil533

Ай бұрын

Xdd

@Incadazant01

Ай бұрын

Yeah, Boeing is definitely responsible for the people flying the thing. And also responsible for the people that fix them after manufacturing, commonly referred to as "maintenance".

@commandershortsight

Ай бұрын

@@Incadazant01it’s a joke mate. And as to modern incidents, why are Boeings so much more prone to incident than other aircraft?

@geocachingwomble

Ай бұрын

The main problem with Boeing is that they are not only the people that manufacture the bombers and the b-52's at this point they have the worst safety record in history for avaitation since they are basically Mcdonnell Douglas these days

Might be a great example of how two incompetencies cancels themselves out

@bananakin2.070

Ай бұрын

well, two negatives makes a positive..

@noinfo5630

Ай бұрын

I think it's pretty arrogant to call any of them incompetent. According to Churchill's memoirs, they flew 10h through fog and could only see one single star occasionally (no GPS at the time) over the ocean, with no external info on weather but unexpected high wind speed... The interceptors needed to locate a single aircraft visually (no on-board radar at the time) in bad weather, at night, given only a vague position... Additionally: - radio silence - German radar jamming - early morning, wintertime, bad weather - did I mention 1940's technology?!

@GurkenbauerTim

Ай бұрын

@@noinfo5630 "Shouldn’t Churchill arrive soon in his plane?" "Oh hey look, a dot on the radar… THAT‘S A LONE GERMAN BOMBER!!!"

@kaiseramadeus233

Ай бұрын

​@@GurkenbauerTimexactly my thoughts

@Snowycaaa

Ай бұрын

@@GurkenbauerTim many old radar displays would not display a dot like they do now. it looked more like a wave and requires actual operation of equipment to determine to position of an aircraft rather than just looking at a screen and knowing where something is immediately. The Germans did fly out bombers over the Atlantic to bomb ships carrying supplies from the US. sometimes bombers get separated from their formation for any number of reasons. Also, Churchill was supposed to come from the west, not south-southwest. So i think its perfectly reasonable to send out interceptors.

These unknown stories from WWII are fascinating.

@rikk319

Ай бұрын

Not unknown, just less well-read about. There's too much history for any one person to read all of it.

@smoketinytom

Ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson's Victoria Cross series were excellent at showing off some operations.

@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat

Ай бұрын

@@rikk319 YUP

@jimmymcgill2557

Ай бұрын

have you heard the story of the Grizzly Bear that was part of an artillery group, used to help move shells..smoke cigars & get drunk! 😂 can't remember it's name but i think the soldiers were from Finland

@vitorpereira9515

Ай бұрын

@@jimmymcgill2557 I knew this story.

"... And that's how I earned the Iron Cross." - Abe Simpson

@lunalingo4461

26 күн бұрын

underrated ass comment XD XD XD

In a parallel universe they found him

@sugatabhattacharya8787

7 күн бұрын

Le indians be like:🤪

@sugatabhattacharya8787

7 күн бұрын

Le Indian be like:

Summary: Churchill wanted a flight and almost cost him to be lost in the middle of air and ocean and shot down by friendly air force

@ballbender9thousand944

Ай бұрын

Nah , wrong summary -Churchill wanted to flight Home in a Plane , Got lost and almost Got shot down by The German and His country

@rfdebeaumont

Ай бұрын

We're summarizing shorts now?😄

@Fizylier_Liam

Ай бұрын

slightly better summary: Churchill goes back to UK on plane and almost dies

@ballbender9thousand944

Ай бұрын

@@Fizylier_Liam better summary : Churchill almost die, ww2

@ArcanumMortis98

Ай бұрын

Who tf needs a summary of a 30 seconds video??

You imagine being the pilot that took out the "bomber" only to find out it was the pm? Oof.

@quintinebrown3884

Ай бұрын

ace combat 7

@dylanmorgan2752

29 күн бұрын

@@quintinebrown3884Ah the old Erusian space elevator fiasco.

Hurricane Fighters : Mission Failed Successfully.

@jaydenyoutubechannel

28 күн бұрын

Ayyy

@jaydenyoutubechannel

28 күн бұрын

Fr thooo

Imagine an Indian newspaper headlines: "British dictator shot down by British planes"

@gabrielmontenegro9476

Ай бұрын

Would the colonial authorities allow such a publication?

@OREXX90

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 ghanta

@leonbriski5929

Ай бұрын

​@@gabrielmontenegro9476of course they wouldnt

@kingmarre9130

Ай бұрын

Primeminister you mean?

@princecharon

Ай бұрын

@@kingmarre9130 India may have some negative opinions of Churchill.

Now, do the one where Franklin D Roosevelt almost got torpd but still pardoned the sailors despite almost killing him and a 100+ other navymen while onboard Missouri

@kevin_aldo

Ай бұрын

1 torp wont sink the big mo wtf

@cannedsquasher5923

27 күн бұрын

​@kevin_aldo pretty sure it was more than 1

It's so nuts how much wild and unbelievable shit happened during the world wars. So much of it is just like this.

Imagine had the flight intercepted the aircraft but acknowledged it to not be an enemy, then painting a cigar on the plane for almost shooting down Churchill

I wonder if the Germans thought it was one of theirs? xD

@wildgurgs3614

Ай бұрын

Not likely since it came from the west and their home country was east of them (Sorry if I ruined the joke)

@nateghast6456

Ай бұрын

@@wildgurgs3614 Nah you're good, I realized that anyways. Maybe they just didn't detect any lifeforms on board.

@noinfo5630

Ай бұрын

German radar wasn't as good yet and mostly focused towards the channel and to protect the mainland. If they detected it, they would probably have thought it to be a correspondence flight from the Azores or North Africa that got off course.

@Vidocqtube

Ай бұрын

They did… cause listening brits radio 😂

@kelleren4840

Ай бұрын

LMAO

Why is the most North Western part of Wales labelled as "East Wales"?!

@Sephiroth144

Ай бұрын

"Allright. So, the South City is to North, North City is to the West and East City issss.. Also to the North - where the foock am I?"

@diafol666

Ай бұрын

​@@Sephiroth144no wonder the pilot got lost

@djquinn11

Ай бұрын

@@diafol666: Aviators who get lost over Wales are known as Pilot Wales.

@evananderson1455

Ай бұрын

@@Sephiroth144 It's great to see another person of culture. #TFS

@krokodyl1927

Ай бұрын

@@djquinn11LOL, thanks for the laugh 😂

Sometimes a roll of dice determines the fate of the world.

This flight originated in Baltimore with a stop-over in Bermuda. My grandfather sent a committee of disgruntled Bermudian leaders to New York that week. So Churchill's surprise arrival as the first Prime Minister to ever visit Bermuda -- which included a rousing speech and singing of "God Save the King" in the Bermudian Parliament -- did not include many of the complainers. These civilians learned the lesson: don't complain about my grandfather's naval decisions during war.

@mehhou401

Ай бұрын

Who is your grand parent ?

@user-mp3zf5td5q

Ай бұрын

@@mehhou401 I found Admiral jules james on google

@iiiuuj

Ай бұрын

@@mehhou401 hes just lying like a old goof

@dogewoge6580

Ай бұрын

Why is it that in literally every ww2 video there’s a larper with a story about a grandfather lmao don’t y’all have better things to do than pretend that ur related to veterans?

Where were the soldiers? This should read "British Airmen" not British soldiers. Soldiers don't fly aircraft, not in the UK. None of the crew are called soldiers.

@MajinOthinus

Ай бұрын

Uh, no. Every non civilian member of the military is a soldier.

@Cray0n-eater83

Ай бұрын

Soldier (noun) pronunciation : /ˈsəʊldʒə/ Definition:A person who serves in an army. Air crews, are in fact called soldiers. (source: Oxford Dictionary)

@robholmes-zu5hm

Ай бұрын

Proved my point. The airmen were in the Royal Air Force. Not an army. An airforce. Known as pilots or aircrew. Never ever were these men called soldiers. Not in UK. Other countries can call them soldiers if they want it's just doesn't sound right in the UK. Churchill would've send something like "what the bloody hell are they talking about it happened in the air".

@robholmes-zu5hm

Ай бұрын

Even Navy combatants are called marines not soldiers!

@MajinOthinus

Ай бұрын

@@robholmes-zu5hm Have you missed secondary education? *Every* non civilian member of a military is a soldier. A pilot is a soldier, a marine (that is to say naval infantrist) is a soldier. Or to make it even simpler: everyone who is a combatant is either a soldier, a mercenary or an irregular combatant.

Please share more of these obscure stories from WWII. They're always fascinating

How have I not heard of this

@cbebutuoy

Ай бұрын

Possibly because it is an exaggerated retelling of something that sounds good.

That could change the history

@willfungusman8666

Ай бұрын

Really?

@joythought

Ай бұрын

​@@willfungusman8666 obviously

@mrsquidly6395

Ай бұрын

That certainly could be change a history, a very insightful perspective.

@shzarmai

Ай бұрын

perfect alternate history stuff right there

@wolfenstein6676

Ай бұрын

Yes, but not in the way you lot imagine that it would. Watch the ten-part World War 2 documentary series entitled, "Europa: The Last Battle" in order to learn the truth.

Friendly fire won't be tolerated

Imagine not identifying the royal charter from 30nmi away smh

Imagine if Churchill had ended up retaking France himself.

Most competent brit pilot right there Went wrong way, failed to locate potential enemy bomber

British: "We almost Killed our leader." The American Military with JFK going against their interests: "......."

Dumb luck was with Churchill.

Imagine how different history would be if they would have found the plane and shot it down.

there are times when radio silence can be the most dangerous rule of war

Boeing: software issue

"Oh wait, dont engage, that might just be the prime minister" "oops"

Gives me Brothers In Arms vibes with the red stripe

*"Church-hill"* 💀💀

They almost single handedly ended the war 😂😂😂

Thanks another potential alternative universe story right there.

"The mission was a failure!" "Which was successful!"

Churchill had ridiculous luck 😂

THIS GOES SO HARD ON MY JDM RADIO IN THE LATE NIGHT🗣️🗣️🔥🔥‼️‼️

Churchill was despised by the working class of Britain, before, during, and after the war.

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

Not after before yes potentially the whole Gallipoli stunt in WW1 didn't help but during and after he's well liked

@jonathanbailey6296

28 күн бұрын

Absolute bs, dont make stuff up, go and grab your meds.

@markanthony2258

28 күн бұрын

​@@jonathanbailey6296he was an alcoholic war mongerer that liked little boys and sold out to Zionist Jews. Youve been programmed about our history like most others.

Ah yes, an Englishmen’s worse nightmare, approaching France.

To be fair the Hurricane pilots would have most likely recognized that the plane with its markings weren't german.

@Losowy

Ай бұрын

Unless they would be US volunteers

@davidtuttle7556

Ай бұрын

​@@LosowyThen theyd recognise that plane. As americans, whe might be ignorant of the rest of the world, but we know our own stuff.

@Losowy

Ай бұрын

@@davidtuttle7556 "When Germans fly over, we duck. When the RAF fly over, the Germans duck. When Americans fly over, everyone ducks!" Was referencing to that joke

@davidtuttle7556

Ай бұрын

@@Losowy lol fair enough. Although Im certain that at times Brooke wished that they would have given some of the insanity Churchill came up with for operations.

@warhammer8867

Ай бұрын

It's cloudy and nighttime, I doubt the RAF would radio their enemy or the passenger plane would contact a aircraft that just attacked them.

If the pilots would have succeeded, the whole accident would be covered up and blamed on the germans, for sure.

Bro has Call of Duty levels of plot armor

That was one awkward conversation later

At 6:33 The kicksmobile turbos sounds like a jet

Lucky todger

18:46 Fernbedienung ASMR (Toshiba Edition).

Imagine if Churchills plane accidentally landed in an airfield in German occupied France near the coast.

Perfect example of failing successfully

Good thing Churchill didn’t become a whistleblower on that Boeing or he’d been done for

Bro i can see that drivers an pilots write history no One else

Incompetence cancels incompetence.

That looks like Howard Hughes Spruce Goose!

This guy had balls of steel. I mean, flying in a Boeing? Crazy...

*For some reason at the very tip of North Wales* “This shall now be known as East Wales”

RAF fighters when they landed: 😬😬😬😬

Never heard about this ,thanks

Wasn’t Churchill told his close death and his response was. “They failed in their mission…”

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

That sounds like something he would say he could've been a bomber pilot or something

"Sir, I've just shot down an enemy bomber! Quite a tricky rascal, isn't he?" "You've just fulfilled hitler's dreams, laddie."

That flight really had the opportunity for many misfortunes. Shot down by friendly fire, enemy fire, crashing, lost at sea, sunk by a U-boat, just to name a few.

Churchnil said ," why Gandhi didn't die if there is a famine in Bengal"

Ironically it was Churchill who gave backing to the British military using radar. Despite that, the decision was a good one that saved a lot of lives.

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

Churchill makes good decisions most of the time

there are so many 'near death' experiences of ww2 and ww1 that would have drasticly altered the course of history

Great Video❤

"Task failed successfully".

That's very interesting. Great clip 👍🏼👍🏼

RAF: "We nearly killed our Prime Minister!" US Navy: "Oh you too?"

Thank you for the excellent captions.

"and that's how I won the iron cross"

Such a creative idea!

Yeah, have to admit we’re much better sailors than we are fliers.

And he wouldn't have had it any other way. If the pilots got eyes on his plane, they would have realized it wasn't a german bomber

Wait wasn't the plane marked with allied markings ?

That is the worst day during the WW2.

Did they not have protocol to radio a new intercept before verifying it's an enemy and not something like this?

Yeah, the "genius"

I guess churchill wanted to know what kind of rainge are plane had

Legend has it the flight crew diverted just long enough to jury rig their parachute cords to hold up their pants before the inevitable debrief

"EAST WALES" while being in the north west of wales... wtf lol 😂

Churchill's massive balls were the reason the plane was off course

So the debacles on the Italian peninsula and at Arnhem might have been avoided?

Thos aircraft renders are awesome

"Sir, there's an aircraft crossing over the Atlantic towards us" "Hmm must be a lone German bomber as that is the only logical explanation" 🤔

„I was almost killed by the people of the country I am ruling, but luckily our military is too bad for that“

“Eastern wales” over anglesey lol

The one guy who disables Friendly Fire in every game.

The cliffs are on the east coast, they really were lost🤣

Couldn't imagine how the pilots would have felt if they engaged target.

I watch the WW2 channel & I remember when Indy covered this. Apparently, after landing or maybe just before it, Churchill is to have said "They failed in their mission". In reference to the RAF not being able to find him or shoot him down 😂

Holy shit... That... ho... that would've changed the course of history forever... Wow... It's moments like this that are just fascinating. It's similar to the situation of that one Russian nuclear armed submarine where one officer refused to believe that WW3 had started and refused to launch nuclear warheads in retaliation. There are so many events like this in history where EVERYTHING would have changed in a few short moments.

@ron88303

Ай бұрын

It likely wouldn't have changed all that much. Although Churchill was a leading player prior to America entering the was, once they did the America called most the shots.

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

​@@ron88303No we called most of the shots still the US wasn't this big saviour that their citizens think they're

@ron88303

28 күн бұрын

@@dennisgoatimer1079 They were a savior in that they provided a much needed safety net at the time; a point acknowledged by most people. You're correct that Brits did call the shots for a few years, with minimal success. The US pretty much took over with the plans for the Normandy invasion. The real savior was actually Russia, who bore the brunt of the German military without much help. The US and Brits were more a supporting cast in Europe.

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

@@ron88303 Dude the Normandy plans were British with the main points of the invasion being dealt by the British and the early Commonwealth nations not the US

@sirgo0se97

6 күн бұрын

⁠@@ron88303The Soviet Union’s/now Russia’s best weapons have always been people, and land. They could/kinda still can do things western countries couldn’t do, and that was feeding people into the grinder. And heck it worked given time. Just don’t look up their total causalities cuz it’s fucking insane

That flight even got crazier!! My man Churchill even took the controls from the pilot and flew that big 'ol sea plane!! There's even a pretty cool picture of him sitting in the pilot's seat, headphones on and chomping on a big smelly cigar!! Back in the EARLY days of flight, Churchill was a big champion of these new fangled flying machines and even helped get the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm started. He really, REALLY wanted to get his pilot's license but after a series of crashes, his wife Clementine, really, REALLY wanted her husband to stay alive so he made him choose: pilot's license or a loving wife. Because Winston was so smart, he chose the loving wife thing... who also happened to be the mother of his children!! Wise choice my friend, wise choice!!

Thank you

ace combat 7 ahh airforce

Ah yes, lone bomber with no escort. What next, Lufftwaffe having kamikaze?

@cybrains3824

6 күн бұрын

or a recon

Great story.❤

Why would they think the luftwaffe would send a single bomber

@dennisgoatimer1079

28 күн бұрын

Espionage it's plausible we did many different raids with a quick in and out you can't take chances during a war

You'll always remember the day that you almost caught Prime Minister Winston Churchill!

“The cliffs of England…”??? The COAST of England maybe.