Sam Beattie is my great grandfather. Its nice to have this documentary to remember a man i never got to meet.

@donmartinp

3 жыл бұрын

There’s great blood going through your veins ... be proud!

@daveroberts7373

3 жыл бұрын

It is men like your great grandfather that has enabled following generations to exist. On behalf of my family past , present and future. Thank you. Dave

@juggyno7990

3 жыл бұрын

Nice 😊👍🏼

@daveroberts7373

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Van Gool : Dearest Tom. It is comments, and most importantly, actions from guys like you that truly explains the importance of the incredibly brave men in this operation and others who gave their lives to give us the life that we have had and the hope and truth that their sacrifice has enabled us all to live as we do today. I realized the meaning of their sacrifice at the time of the Falklands war. I volunteered to serve but at the age of 36 I was too old :) how stupid. Please encourage more of your comrades like this documentary. God bless you and thank you. Dave

@rickylovesyou

3 жыл бұрын

@@daveroberts7373 strange, the armed forces still accept at that age.

British humor, "Well there we are, four minutes late."

@MyScubasteve

3 жыл бұрын

Thats not humor thats our basic standards.

@zaceriwata

3 жыл бұрын

Aussies would say... only a typical bloody Pom can say that lol.

@jamesclements9987

3 жыл бұрын

Technically that’s 9 minutes late in the Navy hahaha

@MrJimbaloid

2 жыл бұрын

@@zaceriwata G day sir do i still need a criminal record to come and see you?

@MrJimbaloid

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously though thanks for both WW1 and WW2 I can't thank your country enough. Much love from the north of England. And me.

That’s wasn’t just a job for Clarkson. He really put his heart and soul in the narration. He is the one producers should turn to if they want someone with genuine passion.

I wish Jeremy made more of these documentaries in a series

@cgsdesigns441

8 ай бұрын

Same

@DexterboySVK

6 ай бұрын

Here's one more if you haven't seen it already - PQ 17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster

@T0rt0ise

6 ай бұрын

Inspirational! I completely agree with "persapapi4474" - Clarkson, get your finger out and make a series of this stuff - it's just fantastic, much better than watching you fanny about in some old tin crate spouting total guff! Come on man, make it so! 👍👌👏👊😁

@wills2552

4 ай бұрын

He also did a great one on the VC combined with the story of operation market garden (a bridge too far)

@ABrit-bt6ce

4 ай бұрын

He could have a short guy that was good at hurting himself and a tall guy that put up with that d1ckgead Clarkson. No, wait BBC banned car shows.

I’ve only known Jeremy Clarkson for Top Gear and his automotive journalism, but I must say he makes a bloody good history narrator!

@ianrolfe2779

3 жыл бұрын

look up his victoria cross documentary

@ianrolfe2779

3 жыл бұрын

look up his victoria cross documentary

@harryvanhoo7235

3 жыл бұрын

Too true. He is a delight to listen to and always keep up the interest. Brilliant man.

@CHIL2903

3 жыл бұрын

Another good one of JC's kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqKKvNKPhcjclKw.html

@Suprahampton

3 жыл бұрын

His doc on Isambard Kingdom Brunel is fantastic

“How to tackle a bloke with your bare hands: knock him out, spoil his prospects & pinch his weapon ... and his gold watch too, if he’s got one!” LMAO

@petershim5900

3 жыл бұрын

😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣

@HarveyJohnWillmott

3 жыл бұрын

That was hilarious 😂

@jeremyrayski1898

3 жыл бұрын

@@HarveyJohnWillmott call

@abebrown1563

3 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray Fucking tosser!

@DavidKnowles0

2 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh!

"I'm sure the youth of today would do the same as we did. I'm sure they would..." is the saddest sentence of the whole documentary. Thank you for your service Sir.

@FLEXZILLAGAMING

7 ай бұрын

Doubt it, they are all gay and trans

@joecummings9662

Ай бұрын

The man of this era from Europe and America did extraordinary things under the worst conditions people today couldn’t handle it

@DrMcMoist

24 күн бұрын

​@@joecummings9662 Of course they could. Humans adapt quickly.

Us Americans love the Brits. Thank you guys for still being our friends.

@artful1967

10 ай бұрын

whether we are friends depends if you support Trump or not.

@yostugotz5619

10 ай бұрын

I don’t want be your friend.

@tropicalpalmtree

10 ай бұрын

@@artful1967 I support trump and i'm british. Biden is senile and dementia ridden. The democrats have destroyed America.

@Brdsh0t

9 ай бұрын

@@artful1967 If it was not for our industrial might and our grandfathers sacrifices you would be speaking German. Watch your foul mouth.

@NorthernMouse52

6 ай бұрын

​@@artful1967Pathetic little worm you are 🤡 ⚰️

"Dont hang about here, its decidedly unhealthy." As bombs were going off on the deck. What a legend.

@TheLesserWeevil

2 жыл бұрын

Classic British understatement.

@TheLesserWeevil

2 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray Who is?

@leegreenhalgh6677

Жыл бұрын

The hand to hand fighting clip, I love with its deceidely British Sense of Humour with "Trip him up spoil his prospects (Kick him in the Balls with your Ammunition Boots on) and pinch his weapon.... !

@paulwhittaker4137

Жыл бұрын

2

@wallybooger1

Жыл бұрын

That is a understatement

Only Jeremy would find an excuse to blow up a car during a history documentary.

@andymoore9977

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't an Allegro... an opportunity lost!

@spikespa5208

3 жыл бұрын

Wonder what the 4 1/2 *tons* of Amatol would have done to that car.

@richie6921

3 жыл бұрын

Should have been a caravan

@TheAlfsterino

3 жыл бұрын

What car!!!!

@gavinmiller690

3 жыл бұрын

Explosive training with Royal Engineers involves blowing up a lot of cars. I did a Robin Reliant & really old style Vauxhall Cavaliar. Best fun was turning a coke can, wire coat hanger & 2p coin into a bunker busting shaped charge, end result moulton coper shooting through reinforced concrete.

Jeremy's talents are just unreal. He's a sensational broadcaster.

So honoured to find this documentary. My Grandfather was on motorboat 262. He was a Sapper, Royal Engineer commando no 3. He was captured after this raid and spent rest of war as a POW. I often think of how he must have felt not being able to communicate back home for such a long time, although eventually letters written by him reached my Grandma. Training was brutal, it was a suicide mission, no one expected to come home. I wished he was here to answer questions, but (in his strong geordie accent) he would have told me not to talk about it. We should all be grateful for every single man who went, who didnt leave and who survived this mission.

@AndrewGivens

5 ай бұрын

Respect to him. I've read a little about what happened the smaller boats of the flotilla and ML 262 was apparently one of the very worst hit, repeatedly shot up with loads of casualties.

@unbearifiedbear1885

3 ай бұрын

Men of absolute *steel* We don't even come close 🙏🏻

My father was one of the assault troops on this raid, Gdsman H C Lloyd 6 troop 2 Commando. I'm enormously proud of him. He & his comrades, many of whom I met in later years, were some very special characters.

@robginnaw8131

2 жыл бұрын

Massive respect to your father sir. And to all men who were on that mission. Yeah I reckon I'd be a proud man if my dad had that story to tell first hand. Lest we forget.

@grahamkeeton6643

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your father Those guys are true heroes Unlike some so-called historian who claims that this whole thing is bullshit

@keithlloyd4254

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamkeeton6643 I thank you gentlemen, on behalf of my father, for your kind words. He was the cliched picture of a commando, a colossus of a man, enormously strong, tough as nails but a kind, gentle man unless provoked, then a wholly different character emerged. He told me once, (virtually never spoke of his adventures) that the true cost of the raid was brought home to him when he went for breakfast on the morning after their return to Plymouth. There were places for the 25 men of 6 Troop involved in the raid, however, there were 6 of them huddled at one end of the table, of those 25 men, 14 were killed, 5 captured & 6 returned. Dad, among other wounds, fractured his skull when blown down a hatch by a shell exploding beside him, this was only discovered in November 1942 when boxing for the commandos, being KOd by a punch to the temple. This led to his return to the Grenadier Guards. He considered this a disaster, being unable to cope with all the BS he endured at hands of NCOs after the self discipline of the Special Service Brigade. He told me of the disciplinary problems subsequent to his leaving the brigade only a couple of years before his death, no one else had any idea of this. I kept his secret from my mother & siblings until then. I couldn't have wished for a finer father & I miss him terribly even 23 years later.

@anthonyring6595

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithlloyd4254 Fascinating stuff Sir. Thank you for sharing .

@skid902

Жыл бұрын

@@keithlloyd4254 wonderful, wonderful story...and men.

UK: Can you lend us a destroyer? US: Sure, but we want it back in the same condition it is in. UK: Understood

@RAKITHA9

3 жыл бұрын

Destroyer - slightly used ,low mileage, never used in anger , minor wear and tear

@neillaidlaw7116

3 жыл бұрын

Did not lend it to us it was ships for UK bases round the world

@Strawberry-12.

3 жыл бұрын

Neil Laidlaw it’s still a funny thought

@BenjaminPitkin

3 жыл бұрын

US: So... Where is it? UK: Oh, it's in drydock now. US: Hmm. UK: Yes, we're currently trialling revolutionary tactics for denial of enemy shipping. US: How's that going? UK: Smashing success. US: ...So, where's the ship. UK: Oh. It's still in drydock. US: Hmm...

@Strawberry-12.

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously Phrasing the American version would be: listen here son there are two types of men in this world, men who won’t charge a machine gun and you. Now come on you sons of bitches you want to live forever?

Some years ago I was at Flambards in Cornwall looking at a diorama of the Campbeltown smashed into the dry dock gate. A man in a wheelchair was pushed to the same diorama so I move to one side to allow him to get closer. "That was my boat" he said. He then proceeded to tell the story, his story of the St Nazair raid. I do not know his name, he never gave it, but the emotion and the detail of his account was incredible. By the time he had finished, some dozen of so grown men had listened to this incredible man and looking around there was not a dry eye to be seen. Thinking about it gives me goosebumps; he pointed to some of the buildings and named those killed and wounded at each one. The date of my visit was March 28th, he made the trip that day each year to remember his fallen friends, as he could not do this anywhere else. Clarksons documentary is indeed very good, but listening to that humble elderly man was in another class.

I love how they raise the British flag after the Germans started shooting at them, almost saying “to hell with this, FOR KING AND COUNTRY!”

@zakkstorey

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite part of the video it's so funny, it's like it's saying " we fooled you Jerry we are the British"

@DavidKnowles0

2 жыл бұрын

Opening up fire whilst sailing under the flag of another country is illegal and a war crime. So as soon as they started shooting back they had to change flags.

@garyblack1081

Жыл бұрын

It’s rules of engagement

@robabob1001

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this this part haha 'I'm not going down as a Nazi!'. May be rules of engagement under normal circumstance, certainly makes no difference under this heavier fire and questionably under any special operations. It's more self preservation you don't want to be captured as a spy, not due to rules of engagement hahah That's probably why they came up with certain rules of engagement. Look dress in your uniform and you're a prisoner of war, dress as them and you're a spy and will be shot.

@martinfreekie7659

Жыл бұрын

Did they actually do this in real life?.

I’m a 70 year old American Army medic vet. I’m impressed.....very damn impressed. Amazing, my cousins, the Brits!

@myview5840

3 жыл бұрын

Think you mean Uncle Brits, nephew. 😃

@jackthorton10

3 жыл бұрын

@@myview5840 ahhh you.... always a humorous nature you lot across the pond... much thanks and good tidings... wish you well in this new year

@jambammz9908

3 жыл бұрын

I am Scottish and many of us whilst having family who fought against Germany etc etc do not and have not ever called themselves Brits, or British. The term Britain also has no legal status or significance whatsoever. The UK legally exists and it is a bipartite Union between two Kingdoms. Scotland and England. Those two Kingdoms still very much exist to this day. No matter what the propagandists in Westminster and Whig historians try tell us. The UK is a political construct that is on its knees.

@jacobdrummond3013

3 жыл бұрын

​@@jambammz9908 Typical moaning, miserable Jock; still sour from the independence referendum. Congrats on trying to turn some decent, friendly sentiment towards your pernicious political agenda. Play a different tune for God sake; it's so boring listening to you lot prattle on with your po-faced, divisive drivel. I'm glad none of the lads this documentary are anything like you, otherwise it wouldn't matter what you called yourself, you'd be bent over Adolf's knee, speaking German instead. Bugger off, give us English tax payers our money back and throw Nicola Sturgeon into the Channel while you're at it.

@jackthorton10

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdrummond3013 Thanks for having my back there mate, can I toss it in the kitchen sink too? You know just for laughs

Thank you Jeremy, having served with the Royal Marines for 23 years, and heard many lectures and tutorials on this awesome attack, your portrayal is by far the best. We will remember them.

@harrychen574

3 жыл бұрын

I've had the rare privilege of having participated in a joint training with Zulu company in 1996. Was an eye opener. Great lads. Awesome officers. Your guys really liked our M203 ;P

@harleyokeefe5193

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Waterhouse as a royal marine cadet I thank you for your service and hope to become a royal marine myself on day

@richardwaterhouse4333

3 жыл бұрын

@@harleyokeefe5193 Good luck, it is not easy, but if it was, everyone would have the coveted 'Green beret'!

@harleyokeefe5193

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Waterhouse ye ik, I’ve been prepping for a few months now still got a year till I apply and do the PRMC tho

@wolfza2630

3 жыл бұрын

Essence

In 1983 I was a village policeman in Southsea when I met a humble quiet man living in a council house who had been a commando on this raid. I befriended him and after two years he confided in me that he had been on this raid. He gave me a penguin book of the raid with a picture of him wounded on the raid. 30 years later when I retired I went to St Nazairre to pay my respects to him and all those on the raid. It was emotional . This short film narrated by Clarkson tells the story well. The bravery is in another league. I stood on top of the U boat harbour and thought about what they had done . Amazing guys. God bless them . Clark sons ex wife’s father held the V.C. Some people are so brave yet humble .

@macchirpy

Жыл бұрын

Wow, my dad was the village policeman in Rake on the Hants/Sussex border late 60s to 1981. Dr John Roderick was involved in the raid, was a lieutenant back then, shot in the leg and ended up a POW until the end of the war. Did his medical training and became a DR in Liss/Hill Brow area. Was my GP when I was a kid. Small world

@yute-hube779

Жыл бұрын

Those humble people are truly the bravest ones. They are actually embarrassed that they get praise. A different breed.

@marsdenk.6162

Жыл бұрын

@@yute-hube779 💯💯💯

@jnairac

11 ай бұрын

God bless him. In the 80s one Cdo was a security doorman at the old pensioners flat Old Saints Road. He was an old bloke and loved the fact i was gonna join. God bless the old

@danohanlon8316

11 ай бұрын

Does he still have a column in the Times? I ask because he writes there lie a completely different person (who much plays himself down for Top Gear.) He’s certainly adaptable.

Jeremy Clarkson has presented this event with national pride. I have watched this a dozen times from time to time. A few times more for sure. The entourage to this production, also needs a top notch tribute. A brilliantly produced documentary. Respect to our fallen and survivors.

Mr Clarkson was made for narrating this historic stuff. This is the second one of this kind that he has done.

@al488j

4 жыл бұрын

Have you seen his documentary about the convoy PQ17? Again excellent narration, and a story of real bravery.

@jameshogue1639

4 жыл бұрын

It's right in his wheel house. Enjoyed watching every bit of it. 👍👍

@al488j

4 жыл бұрын

That's a very nautical reply.😂

@chrishoo2

4 жыл бұрын

A superb documentary with great narration by Mr.Clarkson. Respect.

@jamesrobert680

4 жыл бұрын

AL N that was fascinating. He does a fantastic job. Very to the point, no waffling, he cuts straight to the chase.

Coming from an American, i really admire the British. Courage and bravery lies in them that they would face death with a sense of humor.

@dougchance8891

2 жыл бұрын

Kind ofa wizard So us Brits about our American Cousins

Few things get me choked up and emotional but the extreme acts of bravery of men like this really get me. What a generation! Men and Women.

@llamamanism

2 ай бұрын

I share that emotional feeling. When your confronted by such monumental bravery, courage and endurance it’s not difficult to shed a tear

@stevemull2002

29 күн бұрын

Me too, i do not think i would of been so Brave

5 Commandos made it to Spain? I mean THAT is the documentary I want to watch!!!!!!

When I was 16 I built an Airfix model of the Cambelltown and read about the bravery of those brave men. I am 72 and still remember that clearly . Thanks to Jeremy for this documenary. Mike from Oz

@fulanilovincriminal

3 жыл бұрын

Did you build it as per the "disguise"?

@tommyfinn8321

3 жыл бұрын

@Wayne Hitchcock thats fantastic. the book," the greatest raid of all time" by C.E Lewis is well worth a read too.

@neilwoodcock2158

Жыл бұрын

Mike, I also built that Airfix model and read a book about the exploits, I guess in about 1961. JC did a brilliant job.

Being an American school kid in the 1970's. The Battle of Britain and the Spitfire were taught in our history classes. We knew more about the Spitfire than we did our own Fighter planes. Those pilots in the Spitfire and Hurricane were such heroes even way over here across the Atlantic. But as shown in this video there are so many many more just an incredible generation really.

@Joe-hl2ts

3 жыл бұрын

Usually everyone talks about the spitfire winning the battle of Britain, but really the hurricane planes were the real hard hitters.

@HL5IHarrier

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-hl2ts The Hurricane was the workhorse of RAF.

@Joe-hl2ts

3 жыл бұрын

@@HL5IHarrier hurricane is what I was thinking of sorry, I got confused. But anyway you're right most think that the spitfires won the battle of Britain but there weren't many spitfires made in time whereas the hurricane really did win the battle of Britain.

@royforrest3924

3 жыл бұрын

@@kikihapexamendiosisaklepto7397 da fuq??

@bruce_c_in_nz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-hl2ts In the second half of the war, maybe that's correct, but the Lancaster was not even test flown when the Battle of Britain was fought.

Jeremy is secretly one of the greatest story tellers and has a fantastic narrator voice among many other quality's a national treasure of the UK.

@colinmcgregor123

Жыл бұрын

So have all the past C-ntservative leaders since WW II who have pronounced England is still a force in the world 🤣🤣

@chrismac2234

Жыл бұрын

Don't feed trolls

28 March 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the St Naizaire Raid. I watched this documentary “by accident” when it first came out 10-15 years ago as is left the tv on after Top Gear. I then discovered that one of my family members had been involved in this raid. He died in the 80s and until this program was aired no one really had any idea what he’d been involved in as that generation didn’t talk about “those kind of things”. Truly amazing story.

You can't deny, Jeremy is one passionate man.

@codymccormick7317

2 жыл бұрын

@Real Thailand hell yeah brother you tell em, the BBC should hit you up next time.

@codymccormick7317

2 жыл бұрын

@Real Thailand my guy, I commented on this video 8 months ago in appreciation of somebody’s passion. My snide remark was because I literally don’t even remember the details of the video, so I’m not gonna try to argue with you because you’re probably right. If that’s the case, I urge you to make your own WWII videos. You’re obviously just as passionate and 40 years of study is valuable. Instead of arguing your point in the comments of a video, where everyone seems dead set on argument, put that knowledge to use and share it.

@cleverusername9369

2 жыл бұрын

@Real Thailand you just seem to hate clarkson

I really hope Mr Clarkson does more WW2 documentries like this... say what you want about him but he's a bloody brilliant writer and narrator. He really knows how to tell a captivating story.

@woutervanr

4 жыл бұрын

What makes them good are the people who were actually there and guess who are dead or just died because someone fucked up the whole corona thing?

@maxbowen6482

4 жыл бұрын

Wouter vanR what

@odfkjdhgovj

4 жыл бұрын

@@woutervanr what the fuck are you on about you dribbling spastic?

@woutervanr

4 жыл бұрын

@@odfkjdhgovj Ah, good point. An other reason for not making more of these is because there are clearly to many bellends (this is the moment you look in a mirror) in the country that don't deserve more great documentaries.

@odfkjdhgovj

4 жыл бұрын

@@woutervanr So it's my fault that Jeremy Clarkson is not making more WW2 documentries? Can you explain what your first comment was supposed to mean please?

I cannot even fathom the immense bravery of these men. Heroes all, and so nonchalant in describing their actions. Amazing

I watch a ton of WWII docs,and, while I knew about the commando raid, this is one of the best production of ANY WWII documentaries I can think of. Well done, Jeremy, anytime I see actual archive study, I know it's accurate...nothing like first hand accounts, but, you have the actual remaining raiders, so, bravo,a fantastic piece of history.

"So, chaps, your mission is to shoot everything that moves and blow up anything that doesn't." "Jolly good, Sir. That's the spirit!"

@Charliefox71

3 жыл бұрын

BadTrip Nice! Precisely why the Allies won. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷

@hydrolifetech7911

3 жыл бұрын

@A if you were an adult in WWII era, you would be one of the Nazi soldiers blown up on that dock hunting for souvenir of 'Allies of Jews'

@robertrinaldi8748

3 жыл бұрын

@A Don't forget Australia. We've been invaded without a fight too. Instead of bombs and bullets, political correctness was the weapon this time.

@nevermorefrompast-qx5wb

3 жыл бұрын

@A rassist much> you have been a proud nazi........ or tumprard.

@Lee-70ish

3 жыл бұрын

The majority of Squaddies are not whizzo Prang merchchants they are the most common who write about it As in the navy it's the butcher the baker and the candle stick maker that are the vast majority of fighting men and are the vast majority that die.

"Oh stop shouting and get on with it" LOL, what a great story of these brave men. Makes you proud to be British.

@wizardflaps

3 жыл бұрын

@RubberDuck141 'Their actions HAVE got nothing to do with you!!! '*

@elizabethblackwell6242

3 жыл бұрын

This is the sort of programming school children should receive....not the other type of programming: Marxist programming.

@tlam3028

3 жыл бұрын

RubberDuck141 Their actions made Britain proud, so he has every right to be prideful of being from the same nation as these brave men. You’re probably too young to understand

@elizabethblackwell6242

3 жыл бұрын

@@wizardflaps Well, technically the "got" is redundant so it should be, "Their actions have nothing to do with you".

@taunteratwill1787

3 жыл бұрын

@@wizardflaps Grammar Nazi detected!!

"If you think something is impossible, never think so, try it" Wisdom at it's finest, I feel blessed to be able to hear these wise words.

Always makes me wonder why this was never made into a film. It has everything and the ingredients to entertain, though beyond that, these men should be immortalized.

@vicjones3992

2 жыл бұрын

There is a film about it - called "the attack on the iron coast"

I love how in the most stressful situations they still manage to speak to one another in the most calm British way.

@sviixesports1208

3 жыл бұрын

The Royal marine comando spirit. It is still carried on to this day. Their greatest asset is their unconqured ability to be cheerful in the face of great adversity.

@desertmandan123

3 жыл бұрын

It's the only way old boy....

@jackthorton10

3 жыл бұрын

@@desertmandan123 Keep calm and carry on... in every sense of the word, that still rings true.

I quite like jezza narrating something historic.

@Staceyatkinson4496

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, Clarkson is better at these things,

@al488j

4 жыл бұрын

He has a genuine interest and passion for the subject and the people involved.

@Sonsofpua

4 жыл бұрын

But I'm so used to Top gear and GT and I find it hard to comprehend a serious Jezza

@chrisburn7178

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can say what you like about him (and there are plenty of not-so-complimentary things I would) but serious-mode Clarkson is a measured and most importantly, genuinely enthusiastic narrator.

@williamwoods8022

4 жыл бұрын

@Tenac 300 He is a legend at scamming the tax-man and being involved in off-shore companies to get out of paying his taxes and scamming other people out of fake investments as has been exposed by Gorden Bowden and many others that is being covered up by the BBC and our corrupt government/political parties etc.

Over the years, I have watched many videos/films about this raid. This is the best I have found. My father was there on ML103, and survived and was one of the few to return. he previously was on 2 of the Norwegian raids. He went on to continue to serve with No 3 Commando at Dieppe, D-Day and Arnhem. These people were very special, and I have only been able to uncover the details since his passing by getting his service records from the MoD. I think it is typical of that generation to not wish to talk about their service. I am not sure any of the current generation could go through this without needing to plaster it across the many social media platforms.

@marsdenk.6162

Жыл бұрын

💯💯

Generation of badasses. Never to be duplicated. Never to be forgotten. Thank you!

These guys are real life batmans and supermans, heroes in every goddamn sense of the word.

@stanlee2200

2 жыл бұрын

dont cuss god....thats bad juju mark my words

@treykearns4867

2 жыл бұрын

@@stanlee2200 no you're right, and I know that.. I've been trying to stop, its something I'm trying to work on... hey so when is the next superhero movie coming out

@stanlee2200

2 жыл бұрын

@@treykearns4867 i would tell you but theres a slight problem with my schedule... Im dead

@treykearns4867

2 жыл бұрын

@@stanlee2200 sooooo, what are you saying? it's going to be a few days??

"They said Hände hoch! And I said Hände hoch to you" absolute fucking mad lad badass!

@Parkerlee1000

2 жыл бұрын

It made me chuckle, like how he gave no fucks while blowing up there whole docks. And just replied to the German like hellooo haha

@stanlee2200

2 жыл бұрын

@@Parkerlee1000 it means hand up lol makes it even better

@asef698

2 жыл бұрын

Laughed my head off at that bit.

@xtrollyx_aut

2 жыл бұрын

every other did not say hände hoch..he would shot without warning. no badass

@mikeycraig8970

2 жыл бұрын

@@xtrollyx_aut Do NOT call that man a liar! He's better than you'll ever be!

I like his comment about "the youth of today would do the same as we did". I'm really not convinced of that. Even slightly.

@da_muffinman

4 ай бұрын

You never know. War changes peoples' priorities. We've never really known war like this. Nothing unites people like a common enemy

@LJMpictures

3 ай бұрын

I feel like the odds are stacked against it. But there would be some valiant defenders!

Well done to Jeremy Clarkson for highlighting this amazing story. It would make an epic movie to remember the bravery of the commandos.

@maggierainville3321

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

@markmontagna7637

Жыл бұрын

It just may be the greatest documentary……. In the world

@Kevin-bl6lg

11 ай бұрын

Couldn't laser or GPS guided bombs be dropped from a high flying bomber plane?

@Indigenous51

10 ай бұрын

@@Kevin-bl6lgOf coarse. I’m amazed they didn’t think of that ! Just like COD .

@gryffent

10 ай бұрын

@@Kevin-bl6lg Well, I suppose they could have if any of those things existed in 1942.

I served for 17 years, and these guys have my utmost respect for what they did that night. True hero’s everyone of them. To the lads that didn’t make it back, god bless and rest in peace.

@paulpowell4871

4 жыл бұрын

honors to you as well

@alfa156c

4 жыл бұрын

satan=staat ! sie sind für satan maschiert und WIR ALLe wissen , das sie nicht, NIEMALS im HIMMEL landen werden bei GOTT! sie wurden betrogen um ihre seelen , weil sie bei satan unterschrieben ! MASSENMÖRDER NR1 = staat

@alfa156c

4 жыл бұрын

scheiß auf dich und deine satanistische freiheit - ich stoppe hier , sonst kotze ich noch in allen regenbogenfarben !

@reccerat4446

4 жыл бұрын

alfa156c achtung spitfire........

@alfa156c

4 жыл бұрын

@@reccerat4446 or dresden or hiroshima - firebombs , from satan

These men are the epitome of the Greatest Generation Ever. What a brilliant documentary, well done!

@KretinoSantino

Жыл бұрын

It was shit generation (just like every before and after) that created so much shit, it forced all the remarkable people to act strong.

@keithgoodrick-meech3921

Жыл бұрын

I worked with 42 Royal marine commando in South Armagh 40 odd years ago, the finest men I've ever served with.

One of the best documentaries I have ever seen.

The raising of the ensign at 26:02 gets me every time.

What the hell Hollywood, are you sleeping? This is blockbuster material!

@aaronseet2738

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because it's British.

@farnyone

3 жыл бұрын

If Hollywood made this it would be the yanks that did it all 🙄

@danielw5850

3 жыл бұрын

This story is "GI-Free", no Ben Affleck part etc etc, so no Hollywood interest. The same applies to the Falklands Conflict - the "Wrong Side" won. Had Argentina prevailed, you can bet Mel Gibson would've been in it, as some Argentine commander/hero :(

@abacab87

3 жыл бұрын

Netflix had this under a series called "great raids of WW2" It was very well done, but I thought it deserved a full feature movie.

@lensak.a.z987

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielw5850 can blame american Hollywood for that. Its british proud history. If they can produce several blockbuster English movie. Why not this??

"The man was sat there with his leg blown off... Cheering us on!"

@alexandert2762

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. The most British thing ever. Incredible stuff

@Lt.Dan_23

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandert2762 Truly.

@thomasf1531

3 жыл бұрын

Compare to footballers rolling around on the grass after a small collision

"I remember Johnny Proctor lying there with his leg blown off, cheering us on." Incredible chaps. Also, Clarkson is wasted on cars.

@johnsonpragantha2974

3 жыл бұрын

why so? cars are his other passion other than history, no reason he can't do other things.

@HD-dz4uk

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonpragantha2974 I think he was complementing his narration skills, deservedly so. Most things he does are usually worth the watch. I'd like him to do a documentary on Kohima, must be one of the finest actions by British, commonwealth and Native forces in any War. Starting the road to victory in the far east, The First proper defeat of a Japanese Army. At the going down of the sun we will remember them, All of them. 👍.

@ryanlewis5427

Жыл бұрын

Lol if it weren't for "cars" or TOP GEAR u would have never heard of Clarkson.... Nice ignorant comment

@OAKROADSKETCHES

Жыл бұрын

Agreed..excellent narrator

@RobertBergan

11 ай бұрын

​@Ryan Lewis typical insulting youtube comment that wasn't warranted.

Outstanding. Heart wrenching. Sadly, I don't agree that the youth of today would do the same. They deface our monuments to these amazing men. Clarkson really brought it alive. What an incredible piece of history. Thank you for posting it. I shall never forget it.

@JimmyThree-Balls

11 ай бұрын

Not all of us youths friend. I'm 23 and a student of history

@Happyheart146

11 ай бұрын

@@JimmyThree-Balls apart from your immediate circle, and others on your course, and considering you're an attending a College/University, what's your opinion about the attacks on our historical monuments here in Britain, a couple of years back? Do you think the 'Woke fever' (for want if better words) is out of control in our institutions? or is it Main Stream Media, misleading us, and exploiting a few unfortunate instances? Was it bad, but now settling down? I'm sure you can understand that if the dismantling of our core principles and beliefs, is particularly concerning to people of my generation. Also, great to hear from a fellow History lover! Can I recommend, Greene's 'History of the English, for the English', he takes much from Bede etc...

@andyfield6854

11 ай бұрын

Be standing around discussing gender and woke shit,modern kids are mostly hopeless.

@TheDaverobinson

11 ай бұрын

It’s about 0.0000001% defacing statues. Loud lesbians with purple hair. The silent majority would do the same.

@andrewvelonis5940

11 ай бұрын

You paint with too broad a brush. It's a matter of necessity.

When citation for Victoria Cross comes from the enemy...

@terra2805

3 жыл бұрын

That's just bad ass. You know real bravery when you see it. All done under immense fire. Just imagine what that must of been like!!!

@burnstick1380

3 жыл бұрын

After HMS Glowworm fought valiantly and very fierce against Admiral Hipper (even ramming it) and was sunk. The captain of Hipper Hellmuth Heye send a letter via the red cross to the british admiralty and recommended Broadmead Roope as VC recipient, an honour he was given post mortem and being the first VC recipient of the 2nd world war.

@NordisktLejon

3 жыл бұрын

while not a medal recommendation, I like that time when 3 Brazilian soldiers died attempting to bayonet charging a german position in Sicily after running out of ammunition, the Germans buried them, made a cross and wrote "three Brazilian heroes" on it. Respect between enemies is quite admirable.

@robginnaw8131

3 жыл бұрын

@@terra2805 That's the true gravity of brave. Knowing your probably gonna die is in my eyes the bravest act of all knowing you were given the choice to walk away. God I'm proud of these men and to be able to say I'm British.

@johnbobbitt6470

3 жыл бұрын

As you should be my friend. I find it amazing to know that there was a day when our people’s did not get along so well... for there’s hardly another Allie I’d lay my life down for if asked. It’s events like these, maybe, that’s brought us so far.

"dont hang about here, its decidedly unhealthy" lmao

@Manhattan_project.420

3 жыл бұрын

Class

Best line , “well there we are 4 minutes late”

Rest In Peace to all brave men and the French civilians who fell in this operation, we will remember you.

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of talking with Tom Sherman, interviewed in this video. A delightful man, he told of his escape from the raid by Motor Boat. Returning to the quay he found one of the MBs still afloat and went aboard. There was no sound from the engines, and going below there was a crew member working hard to get the ship moving again. Eventually he was successful and on the trip back to Britain, found that pre war the crew member had worked for the AA (Automobile Association) Thereafter if anyone asked Tom how he got back from the raid, he would reply, ‘The AA got me home!’ Incidentally Tom’s commando knife saved him from being badly wounded when it stopped a German bullet which nearly bent it in half. A remarkable man, a remarkable story.

@patagualianmostly7437

3 жыл бұрын

Peter King Gosh...Peter...that is a fabulous story...Thank you for sharing it with us.... It brings it all so vividly alive for us. I will treasure that vision of those blokes getting that engine going and their return to England....I'm an "engine" man and can nurse most engines back into life..... But I rather doubt I could have done so under those circumstances..... I am in awe. Totally. God rest these brave men who did so much. Stay Safe. Steve.

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, you have the same name as one person who would be able to make this into a movie

I am so happy that Bob Wright said he is sure the youth of today would do the same. It is so pleasant to hear someone from the greatest generation, who actually did it all, say the exact opposite of what many baby boomers claim of all others after them.

@kdpwt

6 ай бұрын

The great irony is that most boomers, save for vietnam (which saw a lot more combat than ww2 for the average american soldier), were driving around in corvettes they bought for the price of a 2023 cheeseburger

@kdpwt

6 ай бұрын

I’ve reached the part where he says it, it hits hard especially being of that age and I have to say, i’m not completely sure I believe him

@philiprice7875

3 ай бұрын

when the 100 year anniversary of WW1 was around some one asked me would you have joined up? my answer "oh god i hope so"

@Mr211083

2 ай бұрын

As much as I hate what our beautiful country has become .... I no a lot of working class lads that would deffo give there lives to protect there family friends , culture and history!?!? It might be shameful in some people's eyes but if we try to wipe out our history then we can never learn from it. An I do believe in conscription!! If your a hairy arsed fighting age man an your country is at war then you should be at war

Speilberg take note..This would be one hell of a movie.

Jeremy Clarkson shouldbe cherrished as a national treasure, excellent narrator.

@robertwanko219

3 жыл бұрын

He raped a female student at university.

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

Su~re he did (sarcasm). If I had a penny for every fake accusation of that sort made against famous people, I'd be a millionaire.

@mr.tobacco1708

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertwanko219 Don't believe everything you see on the internet or newspaper. We know what happened to Johnny Depp because of these false accusations.

@villagelightsmith4375

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.tobacco1708 I too, have been accused, and wrongly so. Fortunately my wife and two other witnesses were present and truthful, but it was still a hard, hard thing to endure.

@robertwanko219

3 жыл бұрын

There are at least two independent sources who have claimed that Clarkson raped a female student in a female toilet at Sheffield College where they were both studying. The college hushed up the incident.

As a German, you're taught in school that the war was basically over before it even started and that the success in the beginning was only because of the element of surprise. They gloss over most of the achievements to avoid a sense of pride in young students, rather showing the horrors of war and the crimes we committed. It's terrifying to me, how the eventual loss of the axis powers wasn't as deterministic as it should've been, but rather an assortment of coincidences and feats of bravery and desperation, not to mention the sheer stupidity of the German regime that turned the tide of the war.

@collincotter1007

3 жыл бұрын

Not to hit on any of the brave fighters in this war. Because there was an immense amount of skill, bravery, luck, and hard work that went into the victory. But there German and Japanese had a zero percent change of winning the war. absolutely 0. They did not have the resources to take on all the super powers of the world, and you would have to fundamentally change who the leadership were as people in order to even get a 5%

@TheDonutMan3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@collincotter1007 Don't forget Italy ;) While you're obviously right, a few events made a mighty difference. Especially Britain would've been done for if it wasn't for sheer luck and insane bravery. If Hitler was a bit smarter with his attack on Russia, it would've killed a heck of a lot more people. The thought that the outcome of WWII wasn't the worst possible case is fucking terrifying

@collincotter1007

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDonutMan3000 yeah but no. Sorry I took italy out for their gross incompetence when it came to fighting, and because they swtiched sides after. Britain still had a massive fleet. Germanys uboats wouldnt be nearly as effective in the straights. Englands dark policy, RAF, and Radar system which the Germans didnt fully understand, made it impossible for the battle of Britain to win. As for russia, they couldnt have made better decisions. Apart from maybe giving their boys better cold fighting stuff, it is a battle of resources. They needed pil. The German war machine was designed for short, fast campaigns in small countries. It was never designed to take on russia. They were always going to run out of oil, and always going to get run over by russia. Again, that being said, it doesnt dimish anything these boys did. And are still considered the greatest generation for a reason

@TheDonutMan3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@collincotter1007 I'm not really prepared to have a detailed discussion over this, and obviously I'm not really qualified for that either. But let me clarify my point a bit. Germany was in no way a match for the british navy, obviously. But the Germans had cut off all water routes to the island, starving the population. For some reason it's not really common knowledge, but the Germans had developed a novel trigger systems for sea mines and the British had no idea how to safely dispose of them, making it impossible for civilian ships to pass through with supplies. Through pure coincidence the british got a hold of a mine that wasn't armed, so they were able to reverse engineer a way to dispose them. On the eastern front we apparently use different sources. Apart from the option to not attack Russia at all, the issue I see is that the German assault stagnated with the siege of Leningrad. I heard a pretty convincing argument that Leningrad would've fallen, if the Germans pushed through to Moscow. But that's obviously just speculation

@collincotter1007

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDonutMan3000 no worries bud, i am enjoying the conversation and debate, no hard feelings. But again no. America was always supplying resources, and there was no way to invade the island. The luftwafa was getting decimated by the RAF and didnt have the resources to repair. They had no choice to but to go into russia. Not to mention Hilter and the Germans fundamentally hated everything about communist and the Russias. They needed oil. Desperately. The idea they pushing to moscow would have ended the war was in the image of france. France is clear, take paris and its over. But the idea that Stalin wouldnt put every single Russian inbetween him and the Germans is silly at best. They did not have the resources to take on the world. My 0% chance stands. Even if America didnt join the war, they wouldve lost. Russia was going to defeat them with man power alone. Germany over engineered, and their battle tactics didnt work. Its a 0% chance. But if you have anything else I am more than willing to listen. Im not trying to be disrespectful of course but reality is there

The bravery of these men involved in this mission is beyond comprehension utter legends of life...RIP to all those brave men...

Would the young generation of today do the same, no. We owe a lot to the brave people of yesteryear. We have no heroes, we have no one to help us anymore. We have something missing in this world today it's called sacrifice it's gone. Feelings for one another don't exist. For family yes but it's not enough. Could you say goodbye to your family knowing you are not coming back. I very much doubt it. What we had in time's gone by has gone never to return, it was called hope we have lost it for ever.

Jeremy Clarkson has to be the best television presenter ever. Guys a legend.

@Ken-mu3dc

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@russcooke5671

3 жыл бұрын

Very good he’s got the face for radio though ha ha just kidding I think he’s the best tv presenter. He loves motors and understands the appeal of them. Especially when he drove the Eagle GT. I thought he was going to shag the exhaust pipe the tv crew see him on all fours around the back of the car and said he was just checking if it had a spare 😂😂😂

@bumberClart1000

3 жыл бұрын

😴

@johnthomaso4208

3 жыл бұрын

'Jeremy Clarkson has to be the best television presenter ever.'. of course. That's why the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation got rid of him. Jeremy didn't fit in with the BBC's anti-British far-left values.

@bruce_c_in_nz

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnthomaso4208 Values like non-violence in the work place? John, I do hope you do not condone the unprovoked physical and verbal attack by Clarkson on a member (an effective one) of the production team. The BBC (who as a result lost one of its most highly rated programmes) would have appeared to do just that if it had retained Clarkson's services after such an attack, acknowledged (to his credit) by Clarkson himself. None of this is relevant to the quality of his presentation in this video or of his prolific other work. My view, for what it is worth, is that the BBC acted justifiably and with integrity and were not driven (as you possibly are) by the pursuit of some political agenda.

I want to hear the story of those 5 dudes that treked the 300 miles to spain.

@KowboyUSA

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. The story of the WWII Kraut airborne soldier sentenced to 25 years hard labor in a Siberian lead mine who escaped by trekking 7,000 miles to Iran is another that needs telling.

@marcusmacan7849

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work Jeremy.

@sinjimsmythe9577

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad to say but I don’t think this happened. I think they exposed it few years back. His book has some critical/important things in it that simply couldn’t be true, and are central to the account I think Cornelius something he is called

@jimtaylor294

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that the raid itself was deemed impossible by most officials and officers on both sides, debunks any notion that getting to spain was somehow impossible either. The key difference between Fiction and Reality... is that Fiction has to make sense.

@mikhailfranco

3 жыл бұрын

@@KowboyUSA If you are talking about _The Long Walk_ the story was told in the film _The Way Back:_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Back_(2010_film) but it is unlikely it ever happened in the way described: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Rawicz#The_Long_Walk www.explorersweb.com/trek/news.php?id=19859

I am a "yank" but I am glad to see these brave men are getting the recognition they truly deserve. Their story should be taught in your schools for sure.

@SpeedTriple59

9 ай бұрын

Exactly this should be rammed down kids throats just to put into perspective of how brave our lads saving this once great country was..!

Can anyone else just admire the fact that the Germans were sort of complementing them when they got captured. Even though the brits had caused hell there’s still some humanity in the German soldiers unlike how some media portrays it

@shadow-xp9kn

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcrawshaw9978 sabaton

@Chewable396

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, well afterwards they would just murder them on capture as per the commando edict issued by Hitler. So bugger your attempt at diminishing their cruelty. The better men won.

@harryjohnson9215

2 жыл бұрын

Ye old pub

@littleloner1159

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chewable396 if you're a soldier bc ur only other option is to find out what cruelties await you wherever the trains go, or you're straight up just gifted to hilter like my uncle was, you dont really have alot of options whether or not to fight for germany... Like yeah, there were actual nazi soldiers (esp the higher ranks), but the vast majority of people fighting did it, because there was no other option. Not because they wanted to or were nazis. So why dont you bugger of and find out where your sense of reason and logic went? (Sidenote for when you found it: Yes, that meant that they didnt do their job very well and tried to fail in a way where they at least didnt get killed. Like my granpa who purposefully didnt shoot oncoming planes for example)

@Chewable396

2 жыл бұрын

@@littleloner1159 What exactly are you trying to prove here? The “clean, honourable Werhmacht” lie? That Hitler wasn’t democratically elected by an overwhelming majority, that he didn’t have the zealous support of Germans? What does the rank cowardice of your family who served the regime have to do with anything I wrote? If anything, it just goes to show the truth of my words: THE BETTER MEN WON. WE didn’t massacre POWS as official policy. WE didn’t have official doctrines of reprisals against civilians to cow them into servility. WE didn’t have plans drawn up for the liquidation of half of Europe’s population. WE were greeted as liberators everywhere we went. Go seethe elsewhere. God damn. 70% chances that your dear grandpapi and uncle shot some Polish or Belorussian girl in the back of the head.

seeing humans this badass speaking of their service brings a tear to my eye i toast my beer to many more years for these magnificent men

@burnerjack01

3 жыл бұрын

They are known as The Greatest Generation for good reason. 75 years ago, young men summoned all their courage and ran headlong into near certain death. Today, they run to their "safe spaces" because they heard a comment or opinion they didn't like. A precipitous drop in valor I must say.

@georgewing5514

3 жыл бұрын

Blah blah blah brainwashed bullshit. All brits and yanks are heroes. Everyone else is a terrorist. Yeah yeah you're fighting for freedom, the rest of the world is fighting for enslavement. Yeah yeah heard if all before fools. 🇦🇫 🇵🇰 🇮🇶 🇸🇾 🇮🇷 🇱🇾🇾🇪

@bert5003

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewing5514 so you think the Nazi's were good people. thats good to know

@georgewing5514

3 жыл бұрын

@@bert5003 I couldn't say, I never met them you fool.

@bert5003

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewing5514 don't have to meet them to know that the end goal of exterminating an entire race is pretty evil and anyone that kicks their ass back to where it came from is a hero. But you know you can disagree and be a Nazi sympathizer and be on the definitively wrong side of history.

The interviews with Mountbatten and the various other survivors were conducted 32 years after the events described. I served in the Royal Marines around that time - the early 70's. A few years after I left the Corps lots of my oppos went to the Falkland Islands for their war. It is now 38 years since most of them came home. I always felt huge admiration for the WW2 generation but I think that each one which follows is just as capable. Commando training is physically still very much the same as it was in 1942 and in 1971 when I joined, so those who choose to undertake it now perform just the same with just as much courage, intelligence and a sense of humour as their forebears. To all those generations of Commandos who served from their inception I salute you, including my father who was in 40 Commando. Aye yours, gentlemen!

@DMWBN3

3 жыл бұрын

The Traveller the Mountbatten boat that got blown up by the IRA was used by him & his elite paedo pals., allegedly. Shame so many of people and names we grew up with turned out to be such wrounguns.

@jarradmoore6939

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Watto I take it you know cause you got off it just before it blew.......

@thetraveller869

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Watto names? Maybe you’re referring to the children who were aboard?

@DMWBN3

3 жыл бұрын

jarrad Moore I said allegedly, so why the childish comment?

@thetraveller869

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Watto presumably because you are suggesting something which was not part of my original post? Which in itself suggests you are looking for an argument which in turn makes you a troll!

Such brave and yet humble men! I salute you all!

Seriously. Get Clarkson to do more stuff like this. Awesome

@patrickmcshane7658

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@georgewing5514

3 жыл бұрын

Get Clarkson to do you. Right up the ****ter.

@tommyfinn8321

3 жыл бұрын

He can't, the bbc hate heroes like these men, sadly

Please don’t shout, just get on with it. How British, god bless you all.

@charlieross-BRM

4 жыл бұрын

You can count on the calm, collected, disposition of Mark Felton if that's to your liking. He has that way about him.

@davidboonzaier4098

3 жыл бұрын

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@gewglesux

3 жыл бұрын

@ArmchairWarrior Over the top... That's it.

@jonny7491

3 жыл бұрын

MichaelKingsfordGray Now there’s an educated response.

@randyschaff8939

3 жыл бұрын

Who is shouting? 🇨🇦🤠

My uncle was in the Canadian navy and was trained as a crewman for the MTBs to land commandos at St. Nazier. His crew never went but shared insight to the training for the boat crews. Those men had balls.

Don't count on the youth of today, sir. You were all of the best of us. Thank you for your service! 😢😢

this should be ccompulsory viewing for all school children in the uk

@liamhawkins4062

3 жыл бұрын

100% 👍🏽

@jamesharding3459

3 жыл бұрын

History needs to be remembered

@KyleOzz

3 жыл бұрын

Let's just hope they pay attention in English class. Unlike you, Ian.

@jamesharding3459

3 жыл бұрын

@@KyleOzz That's a bit of a zinger

@marienbad2

3 жыл бұрын

@@KyleOzz Making a typo is not proof that he didn't pay attention in English class. There are typos in published books that have been written and read by people who definitely passed English.

“Don’t stand about here, it’s decidedly unhealthy” Brilliant

@quantumjet253

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. I've a feeling the language may have been a bit more colourful.

@johnsonpragantha2974

3 жыл бұрын

@@quantumjet253 most probably.

Thank you from an former US airman to all the courageous men and women who were involved in this raid. Thank you

I am an Australia Army veteran. 1st, thank you to all who have served and are serving. It is so sad that all they got is a small rock. Someone in the UK or the world needs to start a petition up to get a bigger Monument for all these brave men. Maybe send it to King Charles as his father's side of the family fought in that particular particular battle.

Jonny proctor lying there with his leg blown off cheering us on! 😂 That is so british! Absolute HEROES

I'm almost 50 and have never been to war because of men like these, and thankful for it So sad that each upcoming generation won't be as thankful and yet behave as if all they have, that was earned by the blood of those that came before them, is theirs simply because they exist They have no idea of sacrifice and that is why I have nothing but contempt for them

@AgeBetterDotCom

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely right!

@robertely686

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell you haven't been to war because of the way you glorify it. You could have gone to war if you'd decided to join the army. You could have sacrificed yourself to protect us from the invasion of Argentina or Saddam's wmd. You decided instead to not join the army, but promote the idea of other people sacrificing themselves, whilst implying that you would follow them - very brave.

@Epiphany-818

3 жыл бұрын

55:45 that's how a hero sounds. They don't look down on others in pessimism. They are always humble and endlessly believe in others. They don't judge people based on their generation, they don't blame someone for something before they did it and they don't believe themselves to be better than the next person. Unlike you, clearly.

@tahahadada1936

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree, I am a civil war veteran, seen more bodies than I can count, we love what the previous generation have shaped this World, we will always fight against tyrants, we will never surrender

The plan sounds very much like any good plan: "Well, let's imagine the enemy is sleeping....". Sometimes, yes, they do. As fascinating as I find war stories as a history teacher and find it incredible how brave people can be in the end I always end at the point thinking amidst all the cheering for the heroes there are those who didn't return to their families. Each one having 2 parents, 4 grandparents, maybe the same as in-laws, brothers, sisters, friends. That's 12+ relatives mourning for them. For each one. Both English and German. It brings me to tears thinking about that. This is not about blaming anyone, it's just empathy with my fellow human beings, no matter who, what, where, when.

This was great to watch… The courage these men had is off the charts! God bless them all.

Respect from America. Those are some extremely brave men

What a time it was when the enemy would recommend their enemy the highest medal for gallantry.

@tommyh5540

Жыл бұрын

War is so absurd on so many levels! 🙃

Amazing courage, proud to be British, thanks

Never so many owe so much to so few. Thank you.

I read the book from the school library when I was 14 or 15. Made a huge impression on me then and it is still epic. The Greatest Raid of All! I'm now 71.

The world will never see the likes of those incredibly brave gentlemen again .

@theangriestbrit1289

3 жыл бұрын

There are always heroes in times of great need

@davidogle7568

3 жыл бұрын

British military is full of brave souls

@Strawberry-12.

3 жыл бұрын

David Ogle the world is

@billcallahan9303

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said John but heroes & heroines have a way of appearing in the worst of times.

@Strawberry-12.

3 жыл бұрын

Bill Callahan great point.

What an inspiring story. Brilliantly done by JC. Just brilliant

As a former commando soldier this makes me proud of my forebears achievements. The ethos certainly hasn’t changed in today’s world. Great video

@cpurssey982

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service sir.

I live in South Africa and I am so very honoured and so proud of these brave human beings that gave their lives for our freedom. God Save the Queen

"I'll have to escape eventually, but I don't feel quite up to it at the moment."

That great man saying that he's sure the youth of today would do the same makes me incredibly sad

K... I'm a fourth generation retired soldier and when it comes to war doc's my grandfather, my father and myself have seen them all. English, French, German. Name it, we've seen it but this doc is easily in top five best I've ever seen. Brilliant piece of work.

They're referred to as the "The greatest generation" but to me that just doesn't quite go far enough. These men are legends and their sacrifice and bravery should always be remembered. Thank you gents.

@bottlestopper1984

3 жыл бұрын

true and now you have skip rats and other vermin even our bloody government leaving these blokes pennyless

@OneAdam12Adam

11 ай бұрын

My father who was based in Debach, England in the US Army Air Corps, Eighth Air Force, talked often about how great the British soldiers were. Luckily, he survived 33 missions bombing Nazi targets in Europe. He was part of The Lucky Bastard Club. You only could gain entry only if you survived more than 3 missions. The British did a great job covering our guys as we returned the favor to them.

@adamdriver1016

11 ай бұрын

@@OneAdam12Adam Thank you for your father's help in keeping us safe. We appreciate all he and his friends did for Europe.

USA: here is one of our old destroyers. Do try to return the equipment in one piece. GB: Return it in pieces? You got it.

War does not make heroes, but it does reveal them to the world.

I still find it so surreal how much of an impact Winston had. What a wise man to have apart of my family. "Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision." - Winston Churchill These men were riddled with courage.

@robginnaw8131

3 жыл бұрын

Sir. Your late relation saved the world and is a man I hold in highest esteem. Yes by today's standards he wouldn't be very liked. But in my eyes and many like myself, the world needed him and I owe the very fact I can say with pride that mainland Britain was never invaded due to sir Winston Churchill and the iron will the great man had and spread throughout the country and world. MASSIVE RESPECT TO THAT.

@everestyeti

3 жыл бұрын

Quite right, right man, right time, right place.

@robginnaw8131

3 жыл бұрын

@@kek7320 your point being??

@kek7320

3 жыл бұрын

@@robginnaw8131 that I Don't hold him in the esteem you do

@robginnaw8131

3 жыл бұрын

@@kek7320 That's fine pal, but when we really needed someone to stand firm. He did it. That is very reason we owe the man so much. Yes he wasn't perfect but I'll take the fact my family survived the blitz and war and my pride is overflowing that we weren't invaded as well under his reign. Gallipoli was a failure due to naval ill timing a bombardment in conjunction with the anzac army attacking at the same time. Yes it went badly wrong. But in my eyes Churchill carried that guilt and maybe used it as the reason to be as determined to beat the Nazi regime. Was Chamberlain a better choice? Not bloody likely. Lol

The whole operation is so incredibly British. It’s so completely insane it may just work 🤣

@pierzing.glint1sh76

3 жыл бұрын

So unbelievably insane no one else would ever try something so ridiculous. And yet they pulled it off. which is strange because the British character in general is one of extreme pessimism, criticism and listing reasons why something won't work. And then it doesn't. Why is that?

@motherflange

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 British cynicism and self-deprecation is a post-Empire trait. Britain lost much of its international prestige as a superpower after WWII and was financially exhausted. Pre-1945, however, the British possessed a patriotic and can-do attitude - as documented in this video.

@pierzing.glint1sh76

3 жыл бұрын

@@motherflange there is just so much fucking beuraacracy in this country, and armies people ready to sue you. Everyone is so afraid even to use their own brain sometimes. No one has any balls to do the right thing any more

@marksapollo

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 Yes, the freedom awarded to Britain by these amazing men has been totally disrespected, we are now more concerned with forgetting they existed, re-writing what they did in historical facts, and trying as hard as possible to forget our past, whilst worrying about what sexuality a 5 year old wants to be.. meanwhile we have several systems geared to make the rich richer and everyone else poorer, especially if you work. And have had several parliaments of politicians squarely only interested in serving themselves and their friends from Eaton et el...

@TheInfinitlyProlonged

3 жыл бұрын

*Whizzing gunfire* "I do say Lad, this place is DECIDEDLY UNHEALTHY"

That was a great story. I love these old war stories listening to how these men changed our world.