The Blitz on Hamburg | World War 2 Documentary

When Harris announced to the world that Germany was about to 'Reap the Whirlwind' the people of Hamburg had no idea that their city would be set in flames by a firestorm from hell. This is a true story of that campaign raid, told by the aircrew and citizens of Hamburg.

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  • @TomFynn
    @TomFynn Жыл бұрын

    Nazis: "DO YOU WANT TOTAL WAR?" Germans: "YES!" Also Germans: "No, not THAT total!""

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    They wanted total war and bomber haris gave them.

  • @Ira88881
    @Ira888819 ай бұрын

    From what I understand, phosphorus bombs didn’t burn people and buildings like incendiary bombs. Two different animals: Phosphorous bombs were dropped in the first wave to light up the area and guide the bombers with the real stuff, conventional and incendiary, to be dropped.

  • @baruchben-david4196

    @baruchben-david4196

    3 ай бұрын

    Phosphorus is rather nasty, though. It burns down to the bone. It can be put out with water, but it still has a horrible effect. The magnesium in incendiary bombs will actually burn under water. It's even nastier than phosphorus.

  • @stargazer5784
    @stargazer5784 Жыл бұрын

    The Nazi's brought this on themselves, and unfortunately, the innocent as well.

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes they asked it and allies gave them accordingly

  • @mikezinn7212

    @mikezinn7212

    11 ай бұрын

    Rephrase - The GERMANS brought this on themselves......

  • @asullivan4047

    @asullivan4047

    10 ай бұрын

    It's always that way. The innocent suffer the most!!!

  • @harleyyoung9585

    @harleyyoung9585

    9 ай бұрын

    What a stupid comment

  • @stephenhowes8937

    @stephenhowes8937

    9 ай бұрын

    Well gee, let's wonder why countless many English & American musicians & bands came to Hamburg starting in the mid 1950's. For those who think Japan is holier-than-thou, none of them came there! Hamburg became the cradle of British Rock while England was too stuffy and conservative. The same with the USA. 😅😅

  • @maryt2196
    @maryt219611 ай бұрын

    Try as i might, i can't feel sorry for any Germans of this period...i look at this and all i can think of is the camps, occupied lands etc .they got what they gave..

  • @mikeaguilar5764
    @mikeaguilar57647 ай бұрын

    22:00(ish). The lady's whole statement wasn't translated; only about half. I recognized words she said that weren't in the English translation.

  • @mikeaguilar5764
    @mikeaguilar57647 ай бұрын

    21:00(ish) Hamburg was the first town or city to suffer a firestorm caused by aerial bombing. London, Chicago, and Hamburg had all had firestorms prior to this; just not caused by bombing.

  • @stefstef2418

    @stefstef2418

    4 ай бұрын

    Hamburg wasnt the first time a bombardements creat a fire storm. Its happen in some occasion priore to that the difference is that Hamburg firestorme was not the by product of the bombing but deliberatly created.

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan404710 ай бұрын

    Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks to civilian guest speakers. sharing personal information & experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. The diabolical 😈 leadership in Berlin. Didn't have compassion while ordering the Luftwaffe. To bomb Warsaw/London/Stalingrad ( civilian population areas. ). Hamburg became the 1st whirl wind incendiary bombings🔥🔥🔥🔥😈😈😈😈. Dante's Nine Circles of Hel!. Better put for a lack of a better phrase. A simple telegram sent by Berlin to London. With a proclamation of surrender would have ended the devastation.

  • @philipoconnor4263
    @philipoconnor4263 Жыл бұрын

    And the first thing I thought when I came out of the shelter was this isn't what Hurr Goebbels and the Fuhrer promised, this is what they and fatty Goring promised for others.

  • @asullivan4047

    @asullivan4047

    10 ай бұрын

    All their promises were null & void from the start. They were all Nazi 😈party propergandatizsd.

  • @KAOS139
    @KAOS1399 ай бұрын

    Wow beautiful city for it's time,,, just beautiful

  • @fullwaverecked
    @fullwaverecked3 ай бұрын

    Choose your leaders wisely, or find out.

  • @427vot
    @427votАй бұрын

    Hell is war.

  • @gc3847
    @gc384710 ай бұрын

    My elder sister married a German guy . His mum lived here and we met her often . She told us how her dads shop ,they lived below it i believe ,was bombed . Only her dad and her were in the property at the time . Her dad was killed , she was ,un injured ,but trapped in the basement for 3 days. What she omitted to tell us was her Dad gained the shop after it was taken from a Jewish family. Divine retribution ? I really couldnt say . But ive often wondered what happened to the family that lost everything , who they were ,what they looked like , and of course .....what became of them . Is it strange I never ONCE thought about Mia or her Dad.?

  • @jaswindersinghsraa9435

    @jaswindersinghsraa9435

    7 ай бұрын

    when u forcefully take someone else’s property ,, it will never be urs ,,, however human death is tragedy ,,, bombed and trapped for 3 days is a a torture ,,, civilians have to follow the rulers narrative,, so its always sad to wage a war ,,, as only unarmed civilians suffer

  • @glennmcdonald2028
    @glennmcdonald2028 Жыл бұрын

    My German grandmother survived the attacks on Mannheim...

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    She is lucky. I hope she regretted having cheered the mad man who started all these problems.

  • @fun4225
    @fun4225 Жыл бұрын

    😊

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w
    @user-vh3fr3lb8w11 ай бұрын

    Wow nice😂😂😂

  • @sandy8090
    @sandy809011 ай бұрын

    😌 *Promo sm*

  • @Crashed131963
    @Crashed13196310 ай бұрын

    At least it was a military target due to ports . Bombing that untouched (during 5 years of war) City of Desden 2 months before the war ended was a war crime . Russia was entering Berlin to end things no matter if Dresden was bombed or not by 1945. Desden was going to belong to Russia, they sure did not want a city they would have to rebuild from scratch .

  • @stanallen1072

    @stanallen1072

    8 ай бұрын

    Wrong. The bombing of Dresden was requested by the Russians so they wouldn't have to fight house to house like previous cities. The western allies did what the Russians requested to save Russian lives and then the Russians used those actions against the west in propaganda after the war.

  • @leighwang9747

    @leighwang9747

    5 ай бұрын

    Are you saying that the British and American bombers bombed Dresden because they did not want the city to fall into Russian hands?

  • @Crashed131963

    @Crashed131963

    5 ай бұрын

    @@leighwang9747 It was already agreed Russia was getting un-bombed Dresden after the war. Why would Russia want a city they will control bombed to the ground so close to war's end ?

  • @leighwang9747

    @leighwang9747

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Crashed131963 Are you speaking from a German's perspective or a Russian's?

  • @Crashed131963

    @Crashed131963

    5 ай бұрын

    @@leighwang9747 Russian and Allied. The German point of view no longer mattered at that late stage of the war .

  • @djspiderftunclemysterio581
    @djspiderftunclemysterio581 Жыл бұрын

    Lucky were those born between 1935-45 ,for their war memories are blurry and didn't have to go to the front to fight, lucky age group 🥹

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    That was not a lucky period to be born bro. Kids experienced hell during this time.

  • @68secretgarden

    @68secretgarden

    3 ай бұрын

    You must be quite shallow. Childhood trauma nothing you ever heard of? Must be American.

  • @philipoconnor4263
    @philipoconnor4263 Жыл бұрын

    The original title for this documentary was How to over cook Hamburgs and still make it Kosher.

  • @dr.barrycohn5461

    @dr.barrycohn5461

    11 ай бұрын

    Not funny.

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    @user-vh3fr3lb8w

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@dr.barrycohn5461it's very funny for some of us..hahahaha

  • @asullivan4047

    @asullivan4047

    10 ай бұрын

    A point well taken!!!

  • @KevinBusher-vp4gv

    @KevinBusher-vp4gv

    3 ай бұрын

    Is that schnitzel I smell ???