The St Nazaire Raid 1942

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 4 года назад +1867

    "Lone torpedo boat, identify yourself"
    HMS Campbelltown: **Flashes code**
    "Well it's an older code sir, but it checks out"

    • @Viktor16161616
      @Viktor16161616 4 года назад +135

      Huh?
      *walk over*
      Nein! Fire Everezing!

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 4 года назад +225

      British Captain: It's fine, this'll work.
      ...
      British Captain: Best keep your distance, though. But don't *look* like you're keeping your distance.
      British Seaman at the wheel: *Confused grunt*
      British Captain: I don't know! Sail casual!

    • @Alexanbreizh
      @Alexanbreizh 4 года назад +68

      Captain of the HMS Campbeltown: "Keep your distance XO but don't look like you're trying to keep your distance."
      XO: "Whadayamean uh?"
      Captain of the HMS Campbeltown: "I don't know... sail casual."

    • @jpao1834
      @jpao1834 4 года назад +30

      *I know that reference meme intensifies*

    • @mccheesy9117
      @mccheesy9117 4 года назад +19

      hello there fellow cultured men

  • @noelzaporteza4693
    @noelzaporteza4693 4 года назад +2048

    The St Nazaire Raid could be a potential movie.

    • @ludo9234
      @ludo9234 4 года назад +69

      It already is .

    • @aaronbussey3856
      @aaronbussey3856 4 года назад +116

      It was - Attack on the Iron Coast - 1967

    • @noelzaporteza4693
      @noelzaporteza4693 4 года назад +123

      @@aaronbussey3856 Oh lol, nvm. Perhaps a remake??

    • @fiveer11
      @fiveer11 4 года назад +10

      Noel Zaporteza Yes, it could be...

    • @noelzaporteza4693
      @noelzaporteza4693 4 года назад +2

      @Joe Also I wonder who's gonna make it?

  • @BGShepard
    @BGShepard 4 года назад +188

    I remember when this was something the History Channel would do. Glad I can get this on You Tube.

    • @germsage6726
      @germsage6726 4 года назад +6

      There's one narrated by Jeremy Clarkson which is way more epic.

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot 3 года назад +1

      Cable TV must cater to its demographic, which is aging paranoid elderly and rural poor who have cable/satellite but not good internet.
      These people are not often interested in knowing the details of an operation they've never heard of.

  • @TheKevdaawg
    @TheKevdaawg 4 года назад +611

    Can’t forget about the five Commandos who managed to escape capture and make their way to neutral Spain where they then returned back to England!

    • @damac5136
      @damac5136 4 года назад +23

      OMG really?!?

    • @charizard25.
      @charizard25. 4 года назад +6

      but how? there is too much kilometers between spain.

    • @andrewwenzel3600
      @andrewwenzel3600 4 года назад +83

      It was a common escape route used by downed bomber crews and stranded soldiers/spies throughout the war, the idea being that if you were captured in Spain you would just have to sit in a Spanish prison for the rest of the war rather than a POW camp and if you evaded the Spanish police you could just walk into the British embassy and get flown back across the channel to rejoin your squadron/force.

    • @doomerboomer9402
      @doomerboomer9402 4 года назад +3

      correction: only 2 made it. and it was not that raid.

    • @canuck_gamer3359
      @canuck_gamer3359 4 года назад +21

      @@doomerboomer9402 I have read several sources which state 5 commando's made their way back to England with help from French civilians and possibly underground members. They were taken to neutral Spain and to England from there. Not sure where the confusion is coming from but I have been able to find 3 independent sources which all state nearly the exact same summary with the number always being 5. And I do think this would make a good subject for a modern film....imagine a well done film which could cover the incredible drama and action of the event itself and then the incredible human drama of those wounded, taken prisoner, killed and the few who escaped. If it were to be done correctly, it could be a movie classic.

  • @kennooo535
    @kennooo535 3 года назад +109

    British: use HMS Campbeltown as a kamikaze ship on a one way mission
    Germans: “probably has loads of cigarettes lets go check it out”

  • @JoeSmith-sl9bq
    @JoeSmith-sl9bq 4 года назад +1286

    When a Serb shoots a Austrian Arch-Duke in Sarajevo and a German gets rejected from art school so you, a Englishman, are shooting up a French coastal town in order to sink a ship in Scandinavia

    • @Sprottel_SFM
      @Sprottel_SFM 4 года назад +285

      To prevent said ship from sinking american guns exported to the soviet union

    • @AlexAre0
      @AlexAre0 4 года назад +94

      Thats what i call a world war :D

    • @duylai2224
      @duylai2224 4 года назад +5

      what kind i say but superbly done

    • @bigmonkedong
      @bigmonkedong 4 года назад +29

      you're confusing world war 1 with world war 2

    • @hushpuppy1735
      @hushpuppy1735 4 года назад +51

      Iheb Ben Rhouma Because the events of WW1 led up to WW2

  • @Thraim.
    @Thraim. 4 года назад +452

    "I bet there's lots of booze and cigarettes on this ship that was used for a kamikaze attack"
    That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!

    • @nilloc93
      @nilloc93 4 года назад +29

      well when 1/2 the german army is on meth I wouldn't always expect sound decision making.
      Like... imagine an army of florida man

    • @betola12
      @betola12 4 года назад +42

      I can imagine one of the captured commandos realizing that one of the germans speaks english and "lamenting" how all the booze and cigarettes that they left behind are going to waste

    • @timpyrules
      @timpyrules 4 года назад +11

      Actually makes a lot of sense to treat the men with items that are considered valauble and desirable to get their morale up before the mission

    • @Efeye-s
      @Efeye-s 4 года назад +10

      The germans wasn't aware it was a kemikaze attack. For all they knew, that destroyer might have been meant for fire support and evacuating the commandos but accidentally swerved onto the dock ports and got stuck.

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 3 года назад +1

      @@timpyrules Same with the Japanese who would drink sake and other alcohols before a banzai charge. I know when I have a good buzz I'm much more willing to do something I would think twice about when sober. Then again, I can't imagine a suicide charge even if I was drunk.

  • @alabamacoastie6924
    @alabamacoastie6924 4 года назад +39

    I've long been a WWII buff. My father led a mortar crew in the Philippines and his brother was KIA during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. I'd never heard of this important action until now. Thank you for telling these stories that we all need to be reminded of. Heroes shed blood for our liberty!

    • @mrcaboosevg6089
      @mrcaboosevg6089 2 года назад

      The whole of WW2 it wasn't Britain's main goal to piss off the Germans. There were hundreds of raids, maybe not to this scale but many against all the odds

  • @connorstratford9056
    @connorstratford9056 4 года назад +309

    Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary on the st nazaire raid. i highly recommend it

    • @StephenCole1916
      @StephenCole1916 4 года назад +9

      ruclips.net/video/07Zd0Oy8JyQ/видео.html

    • @maxjones503
      @maxjones503 4 года назад +8

      Very entertaining and a lot more in-depth on the major individuals involved in the operation.

    • @ktvindicare
      @ktvindicare 4 года назад +8

      Yea I love BazBattles but that documentary covers this in depth and the sheer ridiculousness of the operation doesn't come out in Baz's video.

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 4 года назад +7

      @@ktvindicare True. The detail of Mountbatten affirming to a critic that "It's the outlandishness, that makes it possible. The germans will never expect us to try it."
      He was right, as the germans recieved the raid woth quite a bit of stunned amazement, to the point of later commending some of the prisoners for their audacity and guile.

    • @VictorySpeedway
      @VictorySpeedway 4 года назад +8

      One of the best things Jeremy Clarkson has ever done. And he's done a lot of great things. Amazing documentary.

  • @Spacedock
    @Spacedock 4 года назад +343

    Man this channel is fantastic.
    Would love to see the Battle of the River Plate.

    • @daikicipolloni3151
      @daikicipolloni3151 4 года назад +1

      Hi spacedock, love your videos

    • @nathanialwoods8281
      @nathanialwoods8281 4 года назад +2

      Thanks for recommending this channel Spacedock

    • @somedudethatripsplanetinha4221
      @somedudethatripsplanetinha4221 4 года назад

      ye KMS Admiral Graf Spee Gets rekt again

    • @Paludion
      @Paludion 4 года назад +1

      Historigraph made a video about it long ago, but it would be nice to see it in BazBattles style.

    • @TheAnakinn
      @TheAnakinn 3 года назад

      Historigraph did one on that battle, if you can't wait ;)

  • @SyTheMetalhead
    @SyTheMetalhead 4 года назад +43

    This is One of special importance to me. My granddad Harold Westcott was on ML267 and One of the brave men who gave their lives during Operation Chariot. To those who never returned, you will never be forgotten

  • @MegaHalofan11
    @MegaHalofan11 4 года назад +213

    Welp, Time to play Medal of Honor: European Assault again

    • @BruhSpookz
      @BruhSpookz 4 года назад +17

      I still think about the soundtrack all these years later

    • @MegaHalofan11
      @MegaHalofan11 4 года назад

      @James Scoles definitely

    • @darkelite824
      @darkelite824 4 года назад

      Águila701 it’s another way of saying “well” but more excited. so replace think of him saying “well I guess it’s time to play Medal of Honor”

    • @CrossBreedTacoHD
      @CrossBreedTacoHD 4 года назад +1

      @Águila701 "Ah shit, here we go again"

    • @asdf2593
      @asdf2593 Год назад

      It was cool at the time with the extra objectives and the power meter thing, but it does not hold up these days lol

  • @absol505
    @absol505 4 года назад +145

    Sir this boat is packed with explosives! We must evacuate at once and drag the boat of out the docks!
    "You're probably hiding a supply of sigs and booze Hans, you can't fool me"

  • @stepbruv8780
    @stepbruv8780 4 года назад +300

    Medal of Honor: European Assault brought me here

    • @slapchop9939
      @slapchop9939 4 года назад +1

      Same😂

    • @ISawABear
      @ISawABear 4 года назад

      Bomber Crew did it for me

    • @twwhirly
      @twwhirly 4 года назад +3

      I was waiting for this comment.

    • @Yeperman12
      @Yeperman12 4 года назад +19

      I was getting like, PTSD level flashbacks “wait a minute....I was there that day”

    • @nssupremacy_4281
      @nssupremacy_4281 4 года назад +14

      Is it that first mission? holy sh*t

  • @dithperlay3292
    @dithperlay3292 3 года назад +15

    I grew up right there. This story is well known and you can still see a lot of scars from these battles. We are so thankful for all these brave souls... let’s keep peace in the world.

  • @anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023
    @anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023 4 года назад +65

    That explosive surprise at the end reminds of what the Hungarians did at the siege of Szigetvar.

    • @_sky_3123
      @_sky_3123 4 года назад +13

      Croatians*

    • @kogerugaming
      @kogerugaming 4 года назад +8

      @@_sky_3123 The fortress of Szigetvár was under the command of Miklós Zrínyi. The defenders were around 50%-50% Hungarian and Croatians, with a bit more on the croatian side. But with significant Hungarian presence in the leadership. Saying that it was either the Hungarians or Croatians that defended the fortress is wrong, because they both did together against a common enemy.

    • @kogerugaming
      @kogerugaming 4 года назад +5

      @@ArielNugraha2003 The moment when after Eger another little fortress fucks your army. *Sips turkish coffe angrily*

    • @_sky_3123
      @_sky_3123 4 года назад +3

      @@kogerugaming The commander's name was Nikola Šubić Zrinski. (Croat), the same as the majority of the troops defending the fort.
      Miklós Zrínyi is his great-grandson who wrote a poem about the siege.

    • @kogerugaming
      @kogerugaming 4 года назад +1

      @@_sky_3123 They both called Zrínyi Miklós in Hungary.

  • @JJ-kl7eq
    @JJ-kl7eq 4 года назад +78

    After a day cutting grass in the hot sun I enjoy sitting inside with the conditioner running. That’s some Nazaire.

    • @YAH2121
      @YAH2121 4 года назад +1

      8/10

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 4 года назад +6

      The Brest sort of joke, if I Marseilles so.

  • @Co1lapse
    @Co1lapse 4 года назад +20

    Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary about this about 17 years ago called "The greatest raid of all' worth watching.

  • @zee7056
    @zee7056 4 года назад +87

    Watch the doc "Behind Enemy Lines" on Netflix. There's an episode about this raid where they interview some of the original commandos. It's excellent.

    • @jaymata1218
      @jaymata1218 4 года назад +6

      thanks man, it's episode two, watchin it rn

    • @JuanLopez-md4gn
      @JuanLopez-md4gn 4 года назад +4

      Thanks!

    • @StaticTremor
      @StaticTremor 3 года назад

      @Jeremy Brookes It’s on Netflix.

    • @StaticTremor
      @StaticTremor 3 года назад

      Thanks for this, I had no idea it existed and enjoyed seeing Corran, ‘Tiger’, Eric, Tom and Micky once more. Absolutely inexplicable though why they didn’t identify a single veteran, even in the credits.

  • @AntiqueNova
    @AntiqueNova 4 года назад +7

    As nice as this video is, EVERYONE needs to watch the documentary "The Greatest Raid of All" By Jeremy Clarkson where he specifically covers this raid in stunning detail! That documentary, regardless of whether you like the guy or not, is an absolute gem! One of the very best war documentaries I've ever seen!

  • @christophercohen418
    @christophercohen418 4 года назад +22

    YES!!! BazBattles and Kings and Generals dropping content on the same day!

  • @Zamolxes77
    @Zamolxes77 4 года назад +23

    "These must be some fine cigars !" - german officer opens a dynamite case
    "Actually Sir, those ar ..." - german officer lits up stick of dynamite between his lips

  • @Thunder-cj4ck
    @Thunder-cj4ck 4 года назад +21

    A good segue would be: St.Nazaire Raid:Shadow Legends is sponsoring this video

    • @SpaceShipDee
      @SpaceShipDee 4 года назад +2

      It's pronoucned segway, but actually spelt "segue" :)

    • @Thunder-cj4ck
      @Thunder-cj4ck 4 года назад +1

      @@SpaceShipDee Thanks!I didn't know

  • @joshuabarnes3846
    @joshuabarnes3846 4 года назад +27

    This has got to be one of the best raids of all time

    • @belisarius6949
      @belisarius6949 4 года назад +12

      It aint a shadow legend though

    • @diestormlie
      @diestormlie 4 года назад +10

      "The Greatest Raid of All". That's the name it got given in WW2 Commando circles.

    • @levitatingoctahedron922
      @levitatingoctahedron922 4 года назад +5

      I like the 1595 BC Hittite raid on Babylon. These guys hiked over twelve hundred miles to sack the city and modern historians still aren't sure why.

    • @Thebois753
      @Thebois753 10 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@levitatingoctahedron922>travels hundreds of miles to a city
      >sacks it
      >doesnt elaborate
      >leaves
      Based.

  • @tpacteau9820
    @tpacteau9820 4 года назад +3

    Thank you Baz for this video. As I live near Saint Nazaire, I knew the history of this raid, but I never understood the overall interest of this operation. I thought at the start that it was an attempted landing in France. But I now understand that it was a strategic operation.

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 4 года назад +1

    Really enjoying the number of Naval battles you've been covering this year. I tend to read things that don't have much mention of the naval side of wars, whether because they weren't a thing yet (medieval period) or it just doesn't look at it much), and these have been extra fascinating as a result.

  • @Lord-Snowflake
    @Lord-Snowflake 4 года назад +7

    This is the most British plan I've ever heard! Great videos!

  • @FatalityXVI
    @FatalityXVI 4 года назад

    My grand father often tells me about this raid. He was 7 at that time. Thank you for taking some time to make this video, I really appreciate !

  • @corneliuspraeda6452
    @corneliuspraeda6452 4 года назад +8

    When folks utter "Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die." THIS is what they're talking about!

  • @luddebulle1782
    @luddebulle1782 4 года назад

    This channel and especially the naval history videos are the best and most interesting videos on RUclips in my opinion.

  • @enzobocquel2138
    @enzobocquel2138 4 года назад +64

    As someone living in St-Nazaire, it's sad only few locals know about this raid :(

    • @Alexanbreizh
      @Alexanbreizh 4 года назад +5

      not entirelly true, maybe the young ones, but i have heard of that raid and the liberation battle around the "poche de st Nazaire" since i am a kid ... and that would be more than 40 years ago. :)

    • @grandengineernathan
      @grandengineernathan 4 года назад +4

      That's because is wasn't really decisive, the British blew up something the Germans didn't really need and used it as propaganda afterwards. Although I guess people in St Nazaire should know it more

    • @Wanderer628
      @Wanderer628 4 года назад +25

      @@grandengineernathan By blowing it up they essentially stopped all German major warship incursions into the Atlantic which meant they could retask naval forces they had bottling up German battleships elsewhere such as the Mediterranean. I know video games and fiction has fed you delusion your whole life about 'decisive battles' and 'war altering actions' but in reality winning wars are made up of small victories such as this.

    • @mulmusfistus4128
      @mulmusfistus4128 4 года назад +3

      @@Wanderer628 the germans would have lost the battle of the atlantic with the drydock intact, so no this small victory wasn't desicive.

    • @ZolaMagic25
      @ZolaMagic25 4 года назад +4

      @@mulmusfistus4128 so why did they bother then? It's all very well you saying that with hindsight.

  • @markjarrett9400
    @markjarrett9400 4 года назад +1

    I never tire of your videos. Thank you for another great presentation

  • @theoutlook55
    @theoutlook55 3 года назад +6

    I saw on Netflix a BBC miniseries about soldiers who participated in this and many other raids as British Commandos. This was a very interesting attack, especially how it was initially seen as a win for the Germans but, because they neglected the check the friggin British boat for bombs or traps, the next day that massive explosion, when German news reporters were there no less, made clear this was a British strategic success.

  • @a.dmccormack9097
    @a.dmccormack9097 4 года назад +1

    It would be awesome to see the battle of messines ridge done in this style. I found your channel recently and I've been binge watching your videos ever since. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @yeahlol2911
    @yeahlol2911 4 года назад +52

    "Charles de Gaul is difficult to cooperate with at the best of time."
    Considering you have destroyed remnants of his fleet two years ago. I meant why would he agreed with this.

    • @arthurfisher1857
      @arthurfisher1857 4 года назад +24

      You clearly don't understand De Gaulle. The man was a nationalist anglophobe, for sure, but he first and foremost a pragmatist who hated the Nazis.
      He said himself that he understood the Beitish attack on the French fleet. Even saying he'd prefer to see those battleships sunk than in the hands of the German's.

    • @nobblkpraetorian5623
      @nobblkpraetorian5623 4 года назад +8

      He wasn't head of the French state at the time, those ships weren't his.

    • @hegoney5841
      @hegoney5841 4 года назад

      And why a French ship? Probably the British tradition of paying others to make your wars, isn't it Napo?

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 4 года назад +2

      @@hegoney5841 What was a French ship?

    • @hegoney5841
      @hegoney5841 4 года назад +6

      @@dovetonsturdee7033 Little things Churchill had to sink in order not to lose war

  • @ToyoTheBear
    @ToyoTheBear 4 года назад +1

    And it looks like we get a naval video today 😏 swear you cover naval battles better then the other 2 channels i watch that also includes naval battles

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 4 года назад +50

    German soldier walking into the "KMS" Campbeltown watching the alcohol and cigarettes emit sparks:
    *"Dafuq?"*

    • @sigmawarrior.fokeryou
      @sigmawarrior.fokeryou 4 года назад

      I laught a lot...

    • @Holammer
      @Holammer 4 года назад +10

      They had to scrape off people from the ceiling afterwards. That's not me being edgy, documentaries on the raid mention it.

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 4 года назад +4

      @@Holammer oh yeah they found body parts for days afterwards all over the city

  • @zackyjenkinson6902
    @zackyjenkinson6902 4 года назад

    Your naval battle videos are always the best. Seeing that you concentrate on naval battles of the Atlantic Campaign, I suggest you make videos on:
    Battle of the River Plate
    Operation Juno
    Battle of the Barents Sea
    Battle of Sept-Iles
    Operation Zitronella
    Battle of the Bay of Biscay
    Battle of Ushant
    Battle of Pierres Noires
    Battle of Audierne Bay
    Battle of Point Judith

  • @BuriedFlame
    @BuriedFlame 3 года назад +11

    10:14 "What's aboard the ship?" "Um...booze and cigs?" "Really! Hot dog! Uh...anyone smell expl---*BOOOM*"

  • @neiln4281
    @neiln4281 3 месяца назад

    I like the info cards you display at the end, and the animation is incredible, great work.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 4 года назад +45

    Imagine the comedy and fury as Hitler and his admirals heard about it. Lol

    • @spetsnatzlegion3366
      @spetsnatzlegion3366 4 года назад +3

      NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN

    • @darklysm8345
      @darklysm8345 4 года назад +1

      Hitler didnt care about this in 1942 lol

    • @oliva6352
      @oliva6352 4 года назад +2

      @@darklysm8345 i bet he did when bizmark was sunk

    • @dude_stop_alright435
      @dude_stop_alright435 4 года назад

      @@oliva6352 Bismarck *

    • @fishbmw
      @fishbmw 3 года назад +11

      @@darklysm8345 Quite the contrary, this is a direct quote from the wiki page about the aftermath of the St Nazaire raid. "Adolf Hitler was furious that the British had been able to sail a flotilla of ships up the Loire unhindered and he sacked Generaloberst Carl Hilpert, chief-of-staff to the OB West (Commander in Chief West).[73] The raid refocused German attention on the Atlantic Wall and special attention was given to ports to prevent any repeat of the raid. By June 1942, the Germans began using concrete to fortify gun emplacements and bunkers in quantities previously only used in U-boat pens. Hitler laid out new plans in a meeting with Armaments Minister Albert Speer in August 1942, calling for the construction of 15,000 bunkers by May 1943 to defend the Atlantic coast from Norway to Spain.[74] The battleship Tirpitz never entered the Atlantic. She remained in Norwegian fjords to threaten Allied shipping until she was destroyed by the RAF in Operation Catechism on 12 November 1944.[75]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

  • @Malky24
    @Malky24 4 года назад

    Bloody Hell. Sit through the lengthy in-video ad then straight into a scheduled one. Felt like I was going through an ad-break.

  • @primitive329
    @primitive329 3 года назад +3

    Fun fact, after the commanding officer of the Campbelltown Sam Beattie was being interrogated a German said, "surely you didn't think that silly little boat like that ramming the caisson would smash it up?" Then the detonation went off blowing the windows out, and Sam said, "No we didn't."

  • @linebacker79
    @linebacker79 3 года назад +1

    Awesome. I clicked to watch details regarding the raid on St Nazaire and got launched immediately into a lecture on the British Admiralty’s strategy countering potential Tirpitz aggression.

  • @lebaron1939
    @lebaron1939 4 года назад +4

    (Shell shock sound effect)
    "Oi, Oi Yank! You alright?!"
    (Explosion in the background)
    "We need to call in the air strike! Captain Beck's already landed, he's got a radio - GET TO HIM!"
    *Primary Objetive Added*
    Locate Captain Beck

  • @robbmorris
    @robbmorris 3 года назад

    Awesome video!! I would love to see this channel do its thing/ coverage on WWI and WWII land battles!

  • @crazygrainger2006
    @crazygrainger2006 4 года назад +31

    "CLARKSON!" - May.

  • @willowtan7113
    @willowtan7113 4 года назад +1

    I really love your naval episodes! It interests me, and I think it really sets you apart from the other animated battle map channels

  • @chrisresnikoff1741
    @chrisresnikoff1741 4 года назад +6

    When people ask me what I did in the war, I tell them I did the same thing we all did, we fought for what was right. I've come to realize that there's nothing good about war, but there is good in why you fight wars, and we were all fighting for the same thing.

  • @peterblood50
    @peterblood50 4 года назад

    Explained the essence of the raid very nicely. A complicated plan so your explanation was very helpful.

  • @dminard1
    @dminard1 4 года назад +5

    Those commandoes sure Tirpitz the scales. I'll show myself out thank you

  • @kickit246
    @kickit246 4 года назад

    The naval battle episodes are my favorite. Thanks BazBattles! Impeccable quality as always. :)

  • @es-dv5ei
    @es-dv5ei 4 года назад +3

    Narratives and visualization is great; sounds also historically accurate; more of those please (WWII related) Thanks!

  • @tubingview3251
    @tubingview3251 4 года назад

    I really like how you handle the 'footnotes' at the end and don't let the promotional stuff 'below the fold' interfere with your information. Kudos.

  • @thecrusaderhistorian9820
    @thecrusaderhistorian9820 3 года назад +4

    Those British are awesome! I salute them!
    Great video!

  • @KhaoticPhoenix
    @KhaoticPhoenix 4 года назад

    Brilliant video :D I love this story.
    I have a few more ideas if you are looking:
    - Battle of Cannae/Campaign of Hannibal Barca
    - Battle of Bosworth/ War of the roses
    - Battle of Bannockburn/ Robert the Bruce's war for Scottish Independence
    - The Falklands War
    - Siege of Gondolin/ Wars from the Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion
    - Siege of Anvard/ Battles from the Chronicles of Narnia (underrated story though lacking in Military drama)
    - Siege of Paris/ Hundred years war/Joan of Arc

  • @turbojack03
    @turbojack03 4 года назад +9

    I watched the video that Jeremy from top gear did about this operation. Was very cool! Would recommend after watching this

  • @lefm_
    @lefm_ 4 года назад +1

    This channel, man... one of the best of youtube.

  • @BadSkeelz
    @BadSkeelz 4 года назад +5

    "Liquor and cigarettes" sounds like something a tired Commando would tell a Nazi after being asked "What's aboard that destroyer?"

  • @MaiderGoku
    @MaiderGoku Год назад +1

    Love your Channel, this style is similar to Kings and Generals. Love both doing style I love. Keep making more world war II.

  • @siewchienlee6838
    @siewchienlee6838 4 года назад +4

    U guys really have to know how loyal these BRAVE Men where...

  • @BigSno13
    @BigSno13 3 года назад +1

    My great grandfather was actually in one of the minesweepers stationed in the port, and just briefly before the HMS Campbeltown exploded, he had inspected the vessel (I don't know what he was looking for), and luckily for me, he wasn't there when it exploded.

  • @ಠಿ_ಠಿ-ಱ9ನ
    @ಠಿ_ಠಿ-ಱ9ನ 4 года назад +20

    Bruh, watching history through this pandemic really relax me.

    • @dawn-blade
      @dawn-blade 4 года назад +6

      The pandemic is over.

    • @ಠಿ_ಠಿ-ಱ9ನ
      @ಠಿ_ಠಿ-ಱ9ನ 4 года назад +3

      @@dawn-blade b-but last time i checked the news the pandemic is far from over since there is still no vaccine nor cure for the virus. But were hoping for the best right? Just keep praying and physical distancing. Wear masks :))

    • @generalhyde007
      @generalhyde007 4 года назад

      Can I suggest a channel for you? World War Two. All advertising free because RUclips doesn’t like history.

    • @anishpinto1
      @anishpinto1 4 года назад

      @@dawn-blade ... uhhh what? O.o

    • @bastien5589
      @bastien5589 4 года назад

      Hyde Yeah I watch that too they make a “resume” of the world war each week and some other video about it. I propose to people to watch it.

  • @n3307v
    @n3307v 4 года назад +1

    Excellent video. Very well researched and animated.

  • @even8847
    @even8847 4 года назад +17

    Ive had to make due with K.G and History Marche for a while now, this was a warm sight for sore eyes... :)

    • @alchemist6819
      @alchemist6819 4 года назад +1

      Do you know about Epic History TV?

    • @even8847
      @even8847 4 года назад

      @@alchemist6819 Yes, i know them, they are good also... :)

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 4 года назад +1

    You and Kings and Generals uploading on the same day, must be my birthday

  • @TheStewieOne
    @TheStewieOne 4 года назад +3

    I know this from Medal of Honor: European Assault. Great Game.

  • @andresmatta4351
    @andresmatta4351 4 года назад

    Baz battles is the best and really sparked my interest in animated battle reenactments. Please make more videos! Keep it up I miss your content.

  • @alfredxsiv
    @alfredxsiv 4 года назад +9

    I really want to see the battle of leyte gulf in this detail.

  • @roystercg
    @roystercg 4 года назад +2

    Please keep the WW2 episodes coming! I'm loving this.

  • @micman96
    @micman96 4 года назад +3

    May those heroes rest in peace for their heroic sacrifice!!

  • @lorenzooliveira1157
    @lorenzooliveira1157 3 года назад

    The sound design is so good that sometimes I thought there was a literal plane flowing overhead, or that a WW2 air raid siren was being activated, in a Brazilian town, in 2021. Kudos to your sound designer!

  • @chron123
    @chron123 4 года назад +5

    I do strongly recommend checking out Jeremy Clarkson's "The Greatest Raid of All" if you're interested in learning more about this daring raid. It is a fantastically produced documentary.

  • @Eric_Gonzo
    @Eric_Gonzo 4 года назад +1

    Your animations are perfect for story telling.

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 4 года назад +3

    The Brits are the true original "Mad Lads"

    • @buf2294
      @buf2294 3 года назад +2

      Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @agentbarron3945
    @agentbarron3945 4 года назад +1

    How do you only have 613k subs?? I've been watching since the current narrator started narrating and every single episode has been such high quality

  • @willyparrot1174
    @willyparrot1174 4 года назад +11

    11:26
    Brits: lets sink the french fleet at Mers el-Kébir... later: WTF ! De Gaulle distrust us when we ask him to use a french boat in a suicide mission., what a bugger.

    • @raptormaster666
      @raptormaster666 4 года назад +5

      In defence to the British, the French did them no favours there. Drachinifel did a video on the tragedy.

    • @m2heavyindustries378
      @m2heavyindustries378 4 года назад +2

      Legitimate act to deal with a bunch of nazi sympathizers and traitors to the French Republic. Should have shot them all at the end of the war.

  • @JMsoo
    @JMsoo 3 года назад

    Your narration it's a masterpiece! You kept me very tense

  • @ConfusedAdmiral
    @ConfusedAdmiral 4 года назад +10

    "Identify yourself"
    *Flashes light*
    "Understandable, have a nice day"
    "Wait"

    • @Galactipod
      @Galactipod 4 года назад

      How does one disguise one ship as an entire navy? The Kriegsmarine was the German navy, not one ship.

    • @ConfusedAdmiral
      @ConfusedAdmiral 4 года назад

      I want to edit the comment but it sucks to be edited... but the original that I was about to say was...
      "They tricked us by disguising their ship as part of the kriegsmarine"

  • @magellan6108
    @magellan6108 3 года назад +1

    The fuse for the explosives was a copper bar in an insulated container. An electrical current went through the copper holding an relay switch open. They poured acid into the container which, in turn, ate through the copper bar breaking the connection to the relay which then closed the firing circuit and kaboom... The rate the acid ate through the copper bar was fairly well established. It is unknown why it took so long for the acid to do its job.

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 4 года назад +5

    "So sir, dropping a bunch of explosives on the dock couldn't put it out of commission."
    "Hmm, very well. Tag that old destroyer tied up out at Perth 2 for a mission. Find as much Comp B as you can, stuff it all in its nose, and having a team of commandos ram it into the dock's gates. That'll disable it. Don't forget to shout "Ramming speed!" when you're about to hit."

    • @martinroberts6978
      @martinroberts6978 3 года назад

      You obviously don't understand, but it required a commando raid to take the dock out completely.

  • @irtgreen88
    @irtgreen88 4 года назад

    Dropping a video day after my birthday....I miss this channel D: THANK YOU!

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 4 года назад +6

    Call of War is all right, but I prefer its modern-day sister game *Conflict of Nations.*

    • @alchemist6819
      @alchemist6819 4 года назад

      Call of war has a bit better graphics.

  • @Woodlerx
    @Woodlerx 4 года назад

    Your graphics is fenomenal. Really like to look at it.

  • @joenelson4235
    @joenelson4235 4 года назад +6

    Why isn't there a British 'band of brothers' so many heroes stories greater than any fiction left untold.

  • @fiveer11
    @fiveer11 4 года назад +2

    I really enjoy these WW2 battles! Keep it up Baz!

  • @L24-h8i
    @L24-h8i 4 года назад +12

    You would think with the title The Greatest Raid someone would make a movie on it(yes I know there's Attack on the Iron Coast but that film is very inaccurate and very dated)

  • @TaraZaraChara
    @TaraZaraChara 4 года назад

    I love when you do the videos about naval battles. Keep this up!

  • @keepitsteel1993
    @keepitsteel1993 4 года назад +8

    The Germans were persuaded many times to limit themselves to warning shots, after the main British ship repeatedly signalled back reassuring messages, such as "dude..the f*ck" and "wait till Hitler heres about this"

  • @nellisakirgil2911
    @nellisakirgil2911 4 года назад +2

    I love this. I watched it like five times already It never gets old

  • @BenTheTiger131
    @BenTheTiger131 4 года назад +3

    RAMMING SPEED!!!!

  • @rafarndra3186
    @rafarndra3186 4 года назад +1

    Good job, i love your vid style

  • @chrisknight6884
    @chrisknight6884 4 года назад +5

    NEVER, EVER, describe a Royal Navy ship as THE HMS ......
    An RN ship belongs to the reigning Monarch, so in this case it was 'His Majesty's Ship Cambeltown', Clearly 'The His Majesty's Ship Cambeltown' makes no sense.
    At a stretch you could say 'The Cambeltown'

  • @thurstablelane7567
    @thurstablelane7567 4 года назад +1

    I recommend finding on YT and watching the documentary which Jeremy Clarkson did on this raid. Operation Chariot is considered, the Greatest Raid of all! Of course, Baz isn't going to get everything in this but Clarkson's documentary was fairly in-depth, as it talks to a number of commandos from the raid and looks at first-hand accounts of other men involved like Nigel Tibbett's.

  • @ptre21
    @ptre21 4 года назад +3

    I feel like this is more british propaganda than anything lol.

    • @DomWeasel
      @DomWeasel 4 года назад +3

      Propaganda rarely admits that 2/3s of the raiding force were killed or captured.

    • @Delogros
      @Delogros 4 года назад +4

      @@DomWeasel Sssshhh with your logic, it's not welcome by the tin foil hat wearing brigade.

    • @colinnewton7291
      @colinnewton7291 3 года назад

      When your country is on its knees something like this is good propaganda. See the film by Clarkson, at the very end a Frenchman said it gave us hope! ! !

  • @hallamhal
    @hallamhal 4 года назад

    I've been waiting for this one for so long! Its my favourite operation in WW2 and you really did it justice

  • @SomeGuy-wv7ng
    @SomeGuy-wv7ng 3 месяца назад +1

    I was there. Medal of Honor European Assault. It was brutal.

  • @studebaker4217
    @studebaker4217 Год назад +1

    There's a memorial by the harbour in Falmouth to those who played a part in this raid. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded to this one attack. Immense bravery demonstrated for the men's country, Great Britain.

  • @santoshtayade5595
    @santoshtayade5595 4 года назад

    Very nice video. It gives us a clear history. Fantastic.

  • @thedarkwolf3920
    @thedarkwolf3920 4 года назад

    Really like the videos about modern battles! Would love to see more land battles or operations! Great Work anyway!