According to one book I have on WWII French bombers, once all the bombs had been dropped, and the incendiary devices thrown out the door, the pilot was so angry he had nothing left to hit Berlin with, he took off his heavy aviator boots and threw them out the window! I still have this mental image of a citizen looking up at the fireworks in the sky and being clobbered by a size ten boot!
I've been the lucky owner since I was a teen of an old book from the 50's retelling the exploits of the 'Jules Verne' and its crew: "Le Jules Verne, avion corsaire" by Henri Yonnet, the very pilot of the Jules Verne during the raid. Unfortunately I doubt it was ever translated. So I'm beyond happy to hear Mr. Felton spreading the story of those brave pilots to a wider audience. It's too bad you didn't say that the onboard mechanic Corneillet was so enraged during the mission that after he was done helping the bombardier Deschamps drop the incendiary bombs by hand he took off his shoes and hurled them at Berlin.
I bet those shoes created an even bigger stink in Berlin than the bombs ever did! But, alas, it does ruin my memories of that war film that credited the English as performers of the bombing. Mind you, it was a pretty naff film. But I was most disappointed as I was expecting it to be a WWI bombing - or even earlier.
I saw the book in a library 60 years ago, but never read it. I didn't know anything about the event until I read it some years ago in a passage in a French book on ww2 by Raymond Cartier. Still I didn't know the details until very recently when I read a full account of it. It's ''toutes proportions gardees'' the equivalent of USAAF Colonel Doolittle's April 1942 on Tokyo. The Americans with 16 bombers attacked several targets in one day. The French with one bomber attacked several targets in 3 nights. ''Toutes proportions gardees'' except for courage and daring that were never wanting in equality in both cases.
There was a 1950s series of books in French titled "Les Villes Ardentes 1940-1944'' - ''The Brazen Cities 1940-1944'' about the cities invaded by the nazis and liberated from them.
Yes, I thought that this was going to be about the bombing of Berlin by British Mosquito bombers, forcing a Soviet-German meeting into a bomb shelter, and raising Soviet doubts about the capabilities of the Germans. "If you have beaten the English, why are we in a bomb shelter and hearing bombs fall on Berlin?"
flying at night, a single aircraft, when there were no operational ground radars - let alone night fighter radars - apart from mechanical hitches I think the chances of success, especially when flown by experienced and daring pilots were pretty good. The very reason for the second raid was the success of the first. In terms of suicide during the Battle of France try thinking RAF unescorted daylight raids by Fairey Battles on the Meuse Bridges (on one of these raids 35 out of a force of 63 Battles were shot down in one day) - out of those two, Id take my chances in a night flight in the Farman any day
@@raypurchase801 Read Sir Basil Embry's book ''Mission Accomplished'' relating the RAF fighting in the early stage of the war in Europe, in France, Belgium and Norway. & later how he escaped nazi captivity, being sheltered by a couple of French farmers. RAF Squadron Leader Patrick James Handy ''Bull'' Halahan escorted with his inferior Hurricanes, the ill-fated Battles in the raid & was shot down, but with 2 victories (1 probable). Later he led a Malta-bound flight of Hurricanes from the deck of HMS Eagle. He was instrumental in reducing the originally-converging-at-650m Hurricane guns to just 250m & the nazi earthward drops increased dramatically. Read too Paul Richey's "Fighter Pilot'' about his experiences in 1939-40 France.
Captain: Has our defensive armament been prepared? Crew Chief: Yes Sir, the 8mm machine gun has been reloaded! Captain: Very Good! We’re off to Berlin!
@@paulbourguignon3632 Maybe we could give it the same treatment as the submarine crew that captured the first Enigma Machine. That is, write out the men that actually did it and pretend it was Americans! But this is a really cool event that I never heard before. It's a shame they had to destroy the plane. What a museum piece that would be!
Another excellent telling of a story I had never heard before and one I believe many of us who are amateur historians of WWII were never aware. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for your wonderful channel and your devotion to revealing such obscure accounts of what I believe to be the most herculean struggle humanity has here-to-fore been oblivious! Bravo!!! 👍👍👍
@George Washington speaking,inb as an anti American communist, no they're not. Confusing liberals and communists was a Nazi thing and still is. Are you a fascist or an idiot ? (Do some reading before deciding)
@@julianshepherd2038 I agree although I'm a loyal but with complaints American moderate. Fascist and idiot way too often go together. Basic know who your enemy is ignorance there. Anti Trust though breaking up these companies should be done.
@@julianshepherd2038 He isn't confusing liberals with communists. That may have been true 10 years ago, but try to get those "liberals" to say anything bad about communism or socialism. Regardless, the Nazis had far more in common policy wise with the modern left than they ever had with the modern right.
I have read a ton and can't believe I have not heard about this or the plane. It reminds me of the Doolittle mission. Definitely blows my mind! After reading so much!
That's pretty funny since "Der Dicke" held the official title of "Reichsjagdminister" ("Reichsminister of hunting and wildlife"). An avid hunter and wildlife enthusiast (kinda like Ted Nugent), Goering would hold lavish parties at his mansionsand go out hunting on his property with his guests to entertain them. Reportedly he was not pleased one bit each time one of his esteemed visitors took a strong, grown buck down.
Superb factual, historical programs from top man Mark, well deserved praise for professional dialog, well spoken with clear and distinct vocal. Simply the best, can't thank this man enough.
This is mind blowing. Tremendous range and a greater bomb payload than our beloved B-17. From a slow azz twin engine French kite. Well done Mr. Felton. Well done.
I know a lot about WWII. But Mr. Felton always manages to find obscure pieces of history that was forgotten about and brings it to the forefront. Thank you for your hard work. Very interesting bits and pieces of history.
You have absolutely one of the best history channels on youtube. I have been following you for years and am mighty impressed by the interesting stories you are able to dig up and the engaging way you present it. Most importantly of all, you present history in a very objective manner, avoiding emotionally charged words or personal judgement.
Thank you Mark. Have never heard of the story before. Great to see someone’s shed light on feats of daring during the early parts of the war for the allies. Especially France
Captain Dailliere and his crew were talented and brave airmen! And the Farman 223, with a 1200 mile range and 10 ton payload was amazing for that time. I think it was a good looking airplane too, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Thanks once again Mark Felton!
Been looking forward to this one, just as one operation carried out in a 'borrowed' Farman F220 by James Denis, a French pilot who on realizing the fight for France was lost, piled 20 guys on a Farman at Saint-Jean-d'Angely and made it 'cross the channel, joined the Free French and shot down 9 German planes
Denis shot down Hans-Joachim Marseille (one of the most famous German aces) not once, but twice in North Africa, forcing him to crashland on April 23, 1941, and again on May 21 of the same year.
@@ramonzzzz Goes to show I always said the French weren't Lions led by Donkeys at all, the were good men as good as any army, just serving alongside traitors and led by simpletons
Excellence as always Dr. Felton. I would like to sincerely thank you for sheding light to some of the lost heroic stories that fell through the cracks.
This is rather defiant for a country that is reputed to have surrendered too quickly. We need to hear more stories like this about the early-war French contributions to the Allied war effort.
France is very underated in WW2, despite a major defeat, the country finished the war with a force of half million soldiers made by De Gaulle from scratch. And they did great, they even were the most succesfull troops engaged in Italy. France is quite complex in this war, the country was technically speaking in civil war with too separate governement claiming they were the true legitime state.
@@cpp3221 De Gaulle was in command of tanks in early 1940 and acquitted himself well. A proud Frenchman, personally unpopular with many on the Allied side, he was an astute politician who took care of her future, outwitted the communist résistants in Paris and went on to do much good for her, along with some mistakes too.
@@artinnevada The French army and generals were still relying on WW1 tactics and completely not ready for the blitzkrieg, same as the British and Polish in 1940 hence why no countries were able to drive the germans out at that time.
As french, I was aware of those raids, but thank you Mr Felton for showing to the rest of the world that French army fought bravely and hard in 1940. I hope you will do a video about the cadets of Saumur, the Lille defenders, and the Moncornet battle. French soldiers of 1940 deserves to regain their place in history books, as they fought like Lions.
Well put. Few remember or note the French held the line at Dunkirk so the British could escape. They fought on, very bravely, even after the British left. And that's no insult to the Brits or anyone else. It made sense on a tactical level. But, yes. The French covered the Brit's 6 at Dunkirk and fought on quite valiantly.
U can also add the French air raids over Italy or the Battle of Menton, also known as the battle of Saint-Louis bridge (9 French soldiers vs 3 000 alpinis) in 1940.
@@methodeetrigueur1164 of course, even if I think that Saint Louis Bridge action is pretty well known. But there is so much action that happen during the Campagne de France that deserve to be explain to all the people. There is an amazing books about those fight (I don't know if it was translated in english), it's "comme des lions" (like lions) by Dominique Lormier. It really show that the French campaign was everything except an holiday trip for the Germans.
I hope they got the appropriate recognition....extremely brave crew indeed..May I just add ..Mr Felton sir ...I can't find anything more educational and informative content anywhere on such actions that are lost in the archives of conflict...you sir are a genius....greatest respect, gratitude for your timeless effort...
@@keithjefferson9863 really reminds me of the Tyson quote: everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Germany thought they were invincible, the world occasionally agreed, yet by the end of the Spring of 1945, most every big German city was destroyed, their armies universally retreating and dying at one of the highest war casualty rates in human history and their mechanized armies and the luftwaffe being outclassed and/or outmanned on every front. They got punched, stumbled, got grappled and then kicked to shit from every cardinal direction and even if they weren’t, the Americans alone developed the means to erase the nation should they want to long, long before anyone else could have. Germany had 70 scientists devoted mostly part time to developing nuclear power, then nuclear weapons at the time the Americans employed some 130,000 and the equivalent today of tens of billions of dollars a year. Germany’s victory was hopeless, even without the Russian invasion. Any hope to the contrary is fantasy. Hitler was simply outmanned and outgunned because he was deluded by the fantasy he was invincible. History speaks for itself, Germany was never invincible and their confidence was earned on the basis on fights they won when the defensive party basically didn’t even fight back. France ‘fought’ as disparate brave fighters with no coordination and scant willpower by the political class to engage in another protracted war in their territory. You can’t really consider most of the rest real fights. They annexed and invaded nations piecemeal, picking only fights they were certain they could win. They failed to do so with regards to Britain, the first nation to put up a stiff and spirited organized defense with a sole piece of technology thwarting the entire luftwaffe; radar. Then, when Germany failed to defeat a nation of smaller military capability, they tried to beat Russia, assuming the Russians would revolt the same as they did against the tsar, a dumb and hopeless endeavor based almost purely in misguided assumptions about the Russian people, state and capability entirely proven wrong by their failure to even reach the capital. Then, they declared war on the US and drew in essentially the China of that age against themselves and allied with a monetarily and industrially more capable coalition. Hitler fucked up basicslly everything, his confidence was obviously misplaced as he oppressed (leading to the flight of Germany’s best nuclear scientists) then murdered tens of millions in mechanized cold blood, got a sizable % of the German population killed, the nation divided and the legacy of his political ideology into a slur for likely centuries to come.
As Spike Milligan said in his Trilogy of six war memoirs, it was amazing to him that a bunch of ill - disciplined oiks could beat the best trained army in the world, as he watched them march in serried ranks, guarded by two Tommies, out of Berlin, from the back of the lorry he was in, going into Berlin. He and his mates gave them a razzing, and they kept their eyes front...
Well produced with excellent narration. I've been a student of WWII for many years, and I continue to learn new information from Dr. Felton's productions.
@@stoopingfalcon891 a teacher grts paid to teach, not entertain. RUclipsrs get paid by entertaining their aydience and capturing interest in their content.
We look at these old black and white videos and forget just how much courage it took to fight that war and especially to go on these missions. It was all in living color then, especially the color of blood.
@@chrisoliver4757 for many Vietnam vets I’ve talked too and heard speak it’s specifically the smell of diesel fuel. Or Jp4 if they were in helicopters a lot.
I wonder if it's courage or just boredom. When there's a war on, soldiers (no mater the service) don't want to be left behind. Being left behind is depressing and boring. The "fun" is out on the field. Rarely boring out there.
@@morgan97475 You are right. My grandfather was a skilled tradesman working in a protected job at the start of World War 2. However, he didn't want to be left behind and wanted the opportunity to see some of the world. So, inspite of not having to, he joined up to the services and ended up in Burma fighting against the Japanese.
Thanks for increasing my knowledge about the European theater of WWII. Courage I have heard is the highest virtue. This is a definitive example of this quality. History that surely deserves to be remembered.
Mark... my screen says you posted this 6 min ago and there are 1328 views... that is what success smells like. Thank you for what you do to provide a great anthology of the history of the largest human struggle for freedom and the stories of the individual's who shaped the outcome.
Great little slice of forgotten history. This is why I'm subscribed to all of Dr. Felton's channels. As much as I know about WW II history he always exposes me to the little things I'm unaware of. Thank you again for the bit of serious history. Peace.
According to the authors of "The Fall of Berlin" (Anthony Read and David Fisher), on the night of September 1, 1939 two Polish aircraft managed to reach Berlin, but did no damage.
@@keithjefferson9863 Poland had one of the most modern airforces in the world prior to the outbreak of the war... this isnt a stretch by any means! 1930's was a golden age for Polish airforce.. however, Germany was more advanced than EVERY nation when the war broke out... :-/
I have heard of this raid, but never found much information online. Thank you Dr. Felton! As a sidenote, is it true that on some occasion late in the war, Göring entered a civilian air raid shelter during an attack and asked "Is there any room left for Hermann Meyer?"?
i forget what phenomenon its called, but i first saw the story about the "Meyer" thing yesterday and got a chuckle out of it - i had never seen it referenced before. Since then, I have since seen it 10+ times in 24 hrs. Awesome stuff though and I got a good laugh out of your comment :)
I don't know about the air raid shelter story. But he was asked about his Meyer quip by an American reporter during the Nuremberg Trials. He was reportedly very embarrassed by the question.
@@thomash4447 you have nothing to be ashamed of. According to the BBC: "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them, UK 43. In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10. Giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe. According to British historian Niall Ferguson, France is the most successful military power in history. The French participated in 50 of the 125 major European wars that have been fought since 1495; more than any other European state. They are followed by the Austrians who fought in 47 of them, the Spanish in 44 and the English (and later British) who were involved in 43. Out of 169 battles fought since 387BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10. Idiots try to judge the French military record using one battle, not realizing how foolish that makes them look.
Well all I can say is "Vive Le France" I knew absolutely nothing about this raid until five minutes ago. Well done those brave French Airmen! And thank you so much to you Mark for enlightening all of us who were and shouldn't have been ignorant of it.
I've studied WWII since the 1970s... I never heard of this raid. You have an amazing channel. You're the channel we need, but not the one we deserve right now.
The most astonishing fact about this mission is that the searchlights were not able to find the huge brass balls of the crewmen in the night sky over Berlin.
You can. If you don't do it, you'd be convicted and shot for insubordination. The French have killed a lot of their own men before for not dying in battle...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 there were only a few execution for the exemple in WW1... In a democracy, citizens lifes are the most valuable thing for the state, especially in France.
@@Arno_L - You seem to be implying the raid had a "point" since you disagree that it was pointless. What was that point? It didn't change the outcome of the Battle of France in 1940, nor probably even delayed it. The raid makes for an interesting story today but I'm pretty sure that was not the original motive.
This video illustrates why Mark Felton is one of the best British modern historians. He will also cover historical facts even if Britain doesn't play a major role in it.
What a daring raid against all the odds of success, brilliant! Bet that pissed them right off!. Has similarities with Dolittle's Tokyo raid 2 years later. Any idea of the fate of the crew? Thanks for putting it out there.
I have a book written after the war by the pilot of the Jules Verne, Henri Yonnet and it gives some information on their fates, I'll list them here: After the Battle of France, the commander of the Jules Verne, capitaine Henri Daillière, advised the onboard mechanic Corneillet and the radio operaror Scour to return to civilian life as their specialties would guarantee they'd find jobs. On the other hand he encouraged the youngest of the crew, the bombardier Deschamps to remain in the navy and pursue a promising career. Their fates after that is left unsaid in the book. The navigator, Comet, was a long-time friend of capitaine Daillière but again the author doesn't elaborate on what happened to him later. As for the author Henri Yonnet, he remained a pilot in the Vichy navy until January 1941. He flew several recon missions over Gibraltar against the british, until he apparently felt too frustrated by the general mood in the Vichy military and was disgusted by the requirement to swear an oath of allegiance to Pétain which arrived at the same time he learned his brother had been shot by the germans, seemingly for revenge over the raid on Berlin. So he left the navy, the book doesn't say anything about the rest of his life during the war, but I suspect he eventually joined the allies. He certainly survived to write his book. Lastly, Capitaine Daillière was deployed to Dakar as commander of the naval aviation base there in January 1941. There he met again with Henri Yonnet and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to stay in the navy. On 11 October 1942, he took the place of the dorsal gunner on a Martin Maryland to fly a two-plane recon mission over the british base at Freetown in Sierra Leone. As the plane suffered from an oil leak, it had to return to base for a quick repair, which meant that they arrived 20 minutes after the first one. As a result, the local RAF squadron was in full alert and intercepted them. No planes were shot down in the ensuing fight, but Daillière was unfortunately shot through the head by a single bullet from a chasing Hurricane.
A raid in Berlin in 1940, before the more sophisticated navigation aids were introduced by Britain and Germany. The return leg included night flying, a truly amazing feat of navigation for the French bomber pilot, his landing feint was also admirable.
I've akway considered myself a pretty good history buff, but I never knew about this. BEST VIDEOS ON RUclips!!!! Keep up the great work! It really is appreciated!
@@shutup2751 Except it won't. There is no majority support and a lot of people in the ROI don't want the North because they correctly guess it will just lead to a Protestant, Unionist version of the IRA and bring back the troubles.
The Farman F223 may have looked strange compared to its Briish contemporaries such as the Wellington, Hampden and Stirling, but it worked when put to the test, and that's what matters. And Capitaine Henri Dailliere was a skilled and courageous pilot who (to quote Lord Baden-Powell) kicked the IM out of IMPOSSIBLE. Kudos to Dr Felton for bringing the story of Capitaine Dailiiere and "Jules Verne" to our attention.
Good video but two anecdotes are missing: The first is that one of the crew members, running out of bombs to throw over Berlin, threw one of his shoes over the German capital. The other is the following. While Göring had called Dallière's crew pirates, promising them a firing squad, Dallière replied that they were not pirates but privateers. Since then, the "Jules Verne" has been known as the privateer plane.
Be interested to know what happened to Captain Daillaire - was he able to partake in further missions following the fall of France; did he even survive the War? No mention either of any medals awarded to him and the crews on the three raids undertaken.
He was killed while piloting a Vichy airfare reconnaissance plane off Sierra Leone in October 1942. His aircraft was surprised by a RAF Hurricane who opened fire on the Vychist plane. He was killed by these shots, but his co-pilot brought the damaged aircraft back to base.
and some of the Allies might have said hold on there Bucko, the Yanks said hold my Beer most of the Brits, I Say wait for a minute old boy holdoff on high tea I'll be right back I got some nasty Jerries challenging us the rest of the Brits saying hold my Guniness some rude Germans is challenging me during a dart match I take that personally
As I've commented on other of Mark's videos: I've been avid amateur historian of WWII for years. And thought I knew even the most trivial facts about the conflict. Yet it never ceases to amaze me how Mark comes up with stories such as this. Something I've never heard of before in the history of the war.
There doesn't seem to be much retelling of any of what the French did before or after Dunkirk and I thank you for making people aware of things like this. Even though most of the army gave up to the Nazis, a lot of them didn't and their courage and honor should be told.
None of the French Army gave up to the Nazi, Surrender after being hopelessly cut off and similar incidents but never for a lack of bravery. The French being known for stupidity would not be totally accurate but understandable but for cowardice no. Saying the French were cowards is like saying a prize fighter face down on the mat after being knocked out is a coward.
Another great but unknown story. Even though they were losing the French were feisty. Reminds me of the Char B1 tank “Eure” that took out 13 so German tanks. It just rolled in and started shooting.
Fantastic !!! Yet again something exciting and exclusive. I heard about this daring raids by the france airforce but i couldn't find any details by now. I was with the impression that the aircraft flown to Berlin was an another " flying cabinet " designed by papa Marcel Bloch....This definitely helps illuminate the events and inspire all of us to search for further infos and learn more . Thanx Mark your RUclips channel is a real treasure mine.
According to one book I have on WWII French bombers, once all the bombs had been dropped, and the incendiary devices thrown out the door, the pilot was so angry he had nothing left to hit Berlin with, he took off his heavy aviator boots and threw them out the window! I still have this mental image of a citizen looking up at the fireworks in the sky and being clobbered by a size ten boot!
Size 11....
@@makomadeira5799 LOL! Perfect!
Boot misses target, German tooses up his field cap, lands on top of french aircraft. Plane falls apart.
I've been the lucky owner since I was a teen of an old book from the 50's retelling the exploits of the 'Jules Verne' and its crew: "Le Jules Verne, avion corsaire" by Henri Yonnet, the very pilot of the Jules Verne during the raid. Unfortunately I doubt it was ever translated.
So I'm beyond happy to hear Mr. Felton spreading the story of those brave pilots to a wider audience.
It's too bad you didn't say that the onboard mechanic Corneillet was so enraged during the mission that after he was done helping the bombardier Deschamps drop the incendiary bombs by hand he took off his shoes and hurled them at Berlin.
That last bit was so incredibly Gallic, that it brought a smile to my face! Vive le mécanicien Corneillet!
@Chris D Have you ever considered translating the book yourself? It sounds like you have a good grasp of both French and English.
I bet those shoes created an even bigger stink in Berlin than the bombs ever did!
But, alas, it does ruin my memories of that war film that credited the English as performers of the bombing. Mind you, it was a pretty naff film.
But I was most disappointed as I was expecting it to be a WWI bombing - or even earlier.
I saw the book in a library 60 years ago, but never read it. I didn't know anything
about the event until I read it some years ago in a passage in a French book on ww2 by Raymond Cartier.
Still I didn't know the details until very recently when I read a full account of it.
It's ''toutes proportions gardees'' the equivalent of USAAF Colonel Doolittle's April 1942 on Tokyo.
The Americans with 16 bombers attacked several targets in one day.
The French with one bomber attacked several targets in 3 nights.
''Toutes proportions gardees'' except for courage and daring that were never wanting in equality in both cases.
There was a 1950s series of books in French titled
"Les Villes Ardentes 1940-1944'' - ''The Brazen Cities 1940-1944''
about the cities invaded by the nazis and liberated from them.
You think you know alot about ww2 but Dr Felton finds the dark and dusty corners and always teaches me something new. Thank you .
You probably do know a lot about WWII, but there is just so much more.
This is the first I've heard of this.
Yes, I thought that this was going to be about the bombing of Berlin by British Mosquito bombers, forcing a Soviet-German meeting into a bomb shelter, and raising Soviet doubts about the capabilities of the Germans. "If you have beaten the English, why are we in a bomb shelter and hearing bombs fall on Berlin?"
@@Dutch_Uncle 👊
French Navy command to Cpt Daillaire: "This will be a suicide mission."
Captain Daillaire: "Then I will do it TWICE!"
flying at night, a single aircraft, when there were no operational ground radars - let alone night fighter radars - apart from mechanical hitches I think the chances of success, especially when flown by experienced and daring pilots were pretty good. The very reason for the second raid was the success of the first. In terms of suicide during the Battle of France try thinking RAF unescorted daylight raids by Fairey Battles on the Meuse Bridges (on one of these raids 35 out of a force of 63 Battles were shot down in one day) - out of those two, Id take my chances in a night flight in the Farman any day
@@sakerfrancis4028 Agreed. The Maastricht bridges.
My uncle was a kamikaze pilot.
He had 27 successful missions.
@@raypurchase801 Aah, the old ones are the best...
@@raypurchase801
Read Sir Basil Embry's book ''Mission Accomplished''
relating the RAF fighting in the early stage of the war in Europe, in France, Belgium and Norway.
& later how he escaped nazi captivity, being sheltered by a couple of French farmers.
RAF Squadron Leader Patrick James Handy ''Bull'' Halahan escorted with his inferior Hurricanes,
the ill-fated Battles in the raid & was shot down, but with 2 victories (1 probable).
Later he led a Malta-bound flight of Hurricanes from the deck of HMS Eagle.
He was instrumental in reducing the originally-converging-at-650m Hurricane guns to just 250m
& the nazi earthward drops increased dramatically.
Read too Paul Richey's "Fighter Pilot'' about his experiences in 1939-40 France.
It's nice to see this mission being remembered.
Yea. They sold us in Munich and get our weapons in Wermacht hands.
I hope the victims get remembered
@@Dilley_G45 Who are the victims? German civilians?
@@samslick9000 if one bothers to find the info...actually a fee people died
@@Dilley_G45 everyone deserves to be remembered, but hey, can't blame the crews here : bombing civilians was a common practice in this war.
Brilliant. A story worthy of a film, book and medal.
Captain: Has our defensive armament been prepared?
Crew Chief: Yes Sir, the 8mm machine gun has been reloaded!
Captain: Very Good! We’re off to Berlin!
It’s about the French. Hollywood will never ever read the script
@@paulbourguignon3632 Maybe we could give it the same treatment as the submarine crew that captured the first Enigma Machine. That is, write out the men that actually did it and pretend it was Americans! But this is a really cool event that I never heard before. It's a shame they had to destroy the plane. What a museum piece that would be!
@@RaoulThomas007I thought that the bombers also utilized 20mm hispanos
Another excellent telling of a story I had never heard before and one I believe many of us who are amateur historians of WWII were never aware. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for your wonderful channel and your devotion to revealing such obscure accounts of what I believe to be the most herculean struggle humanity has here-to-fore been oblivious! Bravo!!! 👍👍👍
Elan on a plane
@George Washington speaking,inb as an anti American communist, no they're not.
Confusing liberals and communists was a Nazi thing and still is.
Are you a fascist or an idiot ? (Do some reading before deciding)
@@julianshepherd2038 I agree although I'm a loyal but with complaints American moderate. Fascist and idiot way too often go together. Basic know who your enemy is ignorance there. Anti Trust though breaking up these companies should be done.
@@julianshepherd2038 He isn't confusing liberals with communists. That may have been true 10 years ago, but try to get those "liberals" to say anything bad about communism or socialism. Regardless, the Nazis had far more in common policy wise with the modern left than they ever had with the modern right.
I have read a ton and can't believe I have not heard about this or the plane. It reminds me of the Doolittle mission.
Definitely blows my mind! After reading so much!
It is said that the citizen of Berlin called the air raid sirens "Herr Meyers hunting horns".
It's these tidbits is why I like this channel.
After this, people on the street would greet him as Herr Meyer.
@@SynchroScore questionable, given that there is no wartime source of him saying the "Meyer" quote. The story appears for the first time in the 60s.
That's pretty funny since "Der Dicke" held the official title of "Reichsjagdminister" ("Reichsminister of hunting and wildlife"). An avid hunter and wildlife enthusiast (kinda like Ted Nugent), Goering would hold lavish parties at his mansionsand go out hunting on his property with his guests to entertain them. Reportedly he was not pleased one bit each time one of his esteemed visitors took a strong, grown buck down.
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 Well, take it up with Doctor Felton. I'm afraid I don't recall just where I read that.
@@TonySlug
Tito and Franco were both known to be crazy hunters to a degree that was insane. On the level that these East Indian Maharajas practiced.
Marks channel is one of the few i actually watch the adverts fully , he deserves that cheddar.
100% agree.
I gotta say that's a good point.. These videos and the knowledge are fantastic
just please no Raid Shadow Legends
Superb factual, historical programs from top man Mark, well deserved praise for professional dialog, well spoken with clear and distinct vocal. Simply the best, can't thank this man enough.
Consider donating a few $$ to Mark via PayPal or whatever system is in the description. The knowledge & entertainment value is well worth it.
This is mind blowing. Tremendous range and a greater bomb payload than our beloved B-17. From a slow azz twin engine French kite. Well done Mr. Felton. Well done.
Another remarkable Mark Felton story, and shining star in an otherwise disastrous campaign for France.
I know a lot about WWII. But Mr. Felton always manages to find obscure pieces of history that was forgotten about and brings it to the forefront. Thank you for your hard work.
Very interesting bits and pieces of history.
Mark Felton is that history teacher we all wish we had in high school. So glad I can enjoy his work on RUclips.
Do you say that every time?
@@krisfrederick5001 Yes he does.
Too late! I’d already had him. His name was Paul Freeland
@@krisfrederick5001 not really.
As a wise man once said: “This is History, that deserves to be remembered.”
I undertood that reference
this History is the one WE want to be remembered ... please do look at this hand whilst my other hand takes ur wallet ..
Once?
The History Guy on RUclips. Great channel.
It belongs in a museum!
Most interesting, Mark. That was a brave and daring pilot.
Mark Felton, thanks for making this exceptional story public.
You have absolutely one of the best history channels on youtube. I have been following you for years and am mighty impressed by the interesting stories you are able to dig up and the engaging way you present it. Most importantly of all, you present history in a very objective manner, avoiding emotionally charged words or personal judgement.
Thank you Mark. Have never heard of the story before. Great to see someone’s shed light on feats of daring during the early parts of the war for the allies. Especially France
Captain Dailliere and his crew were talented and brave airmen! And the Farman 223, with a 1200 mile range and 10 ton payload was amazing for that time. I think it was a good looking airplane too, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Thanks once again Mark Felton!
Been looking forward to this one, just as one operation carried out in a 'borrowed' Farman F220 by James Denis, a French pilot who on realizing the fight for France was lost, piled 20 guys on a Farman at Saint-Jean-d'Angely and made it 'cross the channel, joined the Free French and shot down 9 German planes
Denis shot down Hans-Joachim Marseille (one of the most famous German aces) not once, but twice in North Africa, forcing him to crashland on April 23, 1941, and again on May 21 of the same year.
@@ramonzzzz Showed the French weren't failures at all, and not lions led by donkeys, Just the good guys led by idiots and serving alongside traitors
@@ramonzzzz Goes to show I always said the French weren't Lions led by Donkeys at all, the were good men as good as any army, just serving alongside traitors and led by simpletons
Excellence as always Dr. Felton. I would like to sincerely thank you for sheding light to some of the lost heroic stories that fell through the cracks.
This is rather defiant for a country that is reputed to have surrendered too quickly. We need to hear more stories like this about the early-war French contributions to the Allied war effort.
France is very underated in WW2, despite a major defeat, the country finished the war with a force of half million soldiers made by De Gaulle from scratch.
And they did great, they even were the most succesfull troops engaged in Italy. France is quite complex in this war, the country was technically speaking in civil war with too separate governement claiming they were the true legitime state.
@@cpp3221 De Gaulle was in command of tanks in early 1940 and acquitted himself well. A proud Frenchman, personally unpopular with many on the Allied side, he was an astute politician who took care of her future, outwitted the communist résistants in Paris and went on to do much good for her, along with some mistakes too.
@@artinnevada The French army and generals were still relying on WW1 tactics and completely not ready for the blitzkrieg, same as the British and Polish in 1940 hence why no countries were able to drive the germans out at that time.
I think the French soldiers who did their best to defend the perimeter of the beaches around Dunkirk also deserve great credit.
De Gaulle had the balls to fight but Petain had PTSD and dropped his sacks.
As french, I was aware of those raids, but thank you Mr Felton for showing to the rest of the world that French army fought bravely and hard in 1940.
I hope you will do a video about the cadets of Saumur, the Lille defenders, and the Moncornet battle.
French soldiers of 1940 deserves to regain their place in history books, as they fought like Lions.
Well put. Few remember or note the French held the line at Dunkirk so the British could escape. They fought on, very bravely, even after the British left. And that's no insult to the Brits or anyone else. It made sense on a tactical level. But, yes. The French covered the Brit's 6 at Dunkirk and fought on quite valiantly.
U can also add the French air raids over Italy or the Battle of Menton, also known as the battle of Saint-Louis bridge (9 French soldiers vs 3 000 alpinis) in 1940.
@@methodeetrigueur1164 of course, even if I think that Saint Louis Bridge action is pretty well known. But there is so much action that happen during the Campagne de France that deserve to be explain to all the people.
There is an amazing books about those fight (I don't know if it was translated in english), it's "comme des lions" (like lions) by Dominique Lormier. It really show that the French campaign was everything except an holiday trip for the Germans.
@@TOMCATnbr I read it 25 years ago…
@@TOMCATnbr Sorry 15 years ago.
I hope they got the appropriate recognition....extremely brave crew indeed..May I just add ..Mr Felton sir ...I can't find anything more educational and informative content anywhere on such actions that are lost in the archives of conflict...you sir are a genius....greatest respect, gratitude for your timeless effort...
Very interesting, I never knew this had happened, the Germans were far too confident. Great channel! I’m always learning something new!
I think german confidence was earned. The Germans looked invincible before operation barbarosa. You dont think so my friend?
@@keithjefferson9863 really reminds me of the Tyson quote: everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Germany thought they were invincible, the world occasionally agreed, yet by the end of the Spring of 1945, most every big German city was destroyed, their armies universally retreating and dying at one of the highest war casualty rates in human history and their mechanized armies and the luftwaffe being outclassed and/or outmanned on every front. They got punched, stumbled, got grappled and then kicked to shit from every cardinal direction and even if they weren’t, the Americans alone developed the means to erase the nation should they want to long, long before anyone else could have. Germany had 70 scientists devoted mostly part time to developing nuclear power, then nuclear weapons at the time the Americans employed some 130,000 and the equivalent today of tens of billions of dollars a year. Germany’s victory was hopeless, even without the Russian invasion. Any hope to the contrary is fantasy. Hitler was simply outmanned and outgunned because he was deluded by the fantasy he was invincible. History speaks for itself, Germany was never invincible and their confidence was earned on the basis on fights they won when the defensive party basically didn’t even fight back. France ‘fought’ as disparate brave fighters with no coordination and scant willpower by the political class to engage in another protracted war in their territory. You can’t really consider most of the rest real fights. They annexed and invaded nations piecemeal, picking only fights they were certain they could win. They failed to do so with regards to Britain, the first nation to put up a stiff and spirited organized defense with a sole piece of technology thwarting the entire luftwaffe; radar. Then, when Germany failed to defeat a nation of smaller military capability, they tried to beat Russia, assuming the Russians would revolt the same as they did against the tsar, a dumb and hopeless endeavor based almost purely in misguided assumptions about the Russian people, state and capability entirely proven wrong by their failure to even reach the capital. Then, they declared war on the US and drew in essentially the China of that age against themselves and allied with a monetarily and industrially more capable coalition. Hitler fucked up basicslly everything, his confidence was obviously misplaced as he oppressed (leading to the flight of Germany’s best nuclear scientists) then murdered tens of millions in mechanized cold blood, got a sizable % of the German population killed, the nation divided and the legacy of his political ideology into a slur for likely centuries to come.
@@keithjefferson9863 Oil was their Achille's heel.
Confident that britain and us would ally with them to stop the communist invasion
As Spike Milligan said in his Trilogy of six war memoirs, it was amazing to him that a bunch of ill - disciplined oiks could beat the best trained army in the world, as he watched them march in serried ranks, guarded by two Tommies, out of Berlin, from the back of the lorry he was in, going into Berlin. He and his mates gave them a razzing, and they kept their eyes front...
Well produced with excellent narration. I've been a student of WWII for many years, and I continue to learn new information from Dr. Felton's productions.
Mark Felton would be a history teacher I would pay attention to!
I know what you mean. The history teacher I remember from my schooldays was so fkn boring, he made it hard to believe that water is wet.
@@stoopingfalcon891 or maybe you guys were just too stupid or uninterested to pay attention..
he is*
a teacher grts paid to teach, not entertain. RUclipsrs get paid by entertaining their aydience and capturing interest in their content.
@@stoopingfalcon891 a teacher grts paid to teach, not entertain. RUclipsrs get paid by entertaining their aydience and capturing interest in their content.
Another WW2 event I had never heard of. Well done Sir, well done. 👍
We look at these old black and white videos and forget just how much courage it took to fight that war and especially to go on these missions. It was all in living color then, especially the color of blood.
The old vets always say, it's the sounds and smells that they remember the most, especially the smells
@@chrisoliver4757 for many Vietnam vets I’ve talked too and heard speak it’s specifically the smell of diesel fuel. Or Jp4 if they were in helicopters a lot.
@Hew Jarsols To be fair, if they're American that's how they spell it.
Amusing name by the way.
I wonder if it's courage or just boredom. When there's a war on, soldiers (no mater the service) don't want to be left behind. Being left behind is depressing and boring. The "fun" is out on the field. Rarely boring out there.
@@morgan97475 You are right.
My grandfather was a skilled tradesman working in a protected job at the start of World War 2.
However, he didn't want to be left behind and wanted the opportunity to see some of the world.
So, inspite of not having to, he joined up to the services and ended up in Burma fighting against the Japanese.
Incredible!
I have no idea!
Many thanks Dr. Felton, you are an incredible historian!
Greetings from Guatemala!
A great story! Well done with this one Mark.
Thanks for increasing my knowledge about the European theater of WWII. Courage I have heard is the highest virtue. This is a definitive example of this quality. History that surely deserves to be remembered.
I had never heard of this raid. Once again, an informative lesson in WWII history!
Or this plane.
Never knew this. Outstanding mini-documentary.
Mark... my screen says you posted this 6 min ago and there are 1328 views... that is what success smells like. Thank you for what you do to provide a great anthology of the history of the largest human struggle for freedom and the stories of the individual's who shaped the outcome.
F5
Great Job bringing this History to us!
Great little slice of forgotten history. This is why I'm subscribed to all of Dr. Felton's channels. As much as I know about WW II history he always exposes me to the little things I'm unaware of. Thank you again for the bit of serious history. Peace.
Kind of like the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. Did little tactical damage but reeked huge strategic damage on the enemy.
Winston Churchill: "Mark Felton is the bravest cat I ever knew"
S.W.J. ..................Churchill I think, was a Jazz Buff , way out Daddy ???????
Totally amazing story.
Thank you!
An almost perfect mission that shocked Nazi Germany. This is the first time I've heard about it, well done Mark Felton.
Thanks!
According to the authors of "The Fall of Berlin" (Anthony Read and David Fisher), on the night of September 1, 1939 two Polish aircraft managed to reach Berlin, but did no damage.
Interesting
A polish aircraft in 1939 made it to Berlin is impressive....
I don't disbelieve this, but I would like to see the documentary evidence that the authors have drawn on. It would be interesting, indeed.
@@keithjefferson9863 Poland had one of the most modern airforces in the world prior to the outbreak of the war... this isnt a stretch by any means! 1930's was a golden age for Polish airforce.. however, Germany was more advanced than EVERY nation when the war broke out... :-/
This is simply not true.
Magnificent men in there flying machines. Fabulous.
I have NEVER jumped so quick as when I see a Dr. Felton video!
That’s an amazing story that I’ve never heard. Thanks for bringing the extraordinary courage and planning of these men back to life for your viewers!
A fantastic ignored history of WW2 that France should be proud of. Thank you Mark!
I hope that someday you will do a feature on the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron in WWII.
Fantastic! Never knew about this event. Thanks Mark!
You keep unearthing these untold stories!
I have heard of this raid, but never found much information online. Thank you Dr. Felton!
As a sidenote, is it true that on some occasion late in the war, Göring entered a civilian air raid shelter during an attack and asked "Is there any room left for Hermann Meyer?"?
i forget what phenomenon its called, but i first saw the story about the "Meyer" thing yesterday and got a chuckle out of it - i had never seen it referenced before. Since then, I have since seen it 10+ times in 24 hrs. Awesome stuff though and I got a good laugh out of your comment :)
Would it be outrageous to say I find him quite likeable?..... Sorry.
@@rob5944 Goering was a very charismatic and amusing man. He apparently enjoyed being the but of a joke.
I don't know about the air raid shelter story. But he was asked about his Meyer quip by an American reporter during the Nuremberg Trials. He was reportedly very embarrassed by the question.
@@rob5944 Göring was Hitler's man of choice to entertain foreign dignitaries for a very good reason - he was a charmer
The Farman got it's range from a sharp leading edge lifty airfoil that gives up speed for a huge bonus in efficiency.
Think what you like about the French, this was a remarkable design, flown by remarkable men on a remarkable mission!
With remarkable panache.
I get teased for my French ancestry all the time.......pisses me off. Thanks for the video!
@@thomash4447 you have nothing to be ashamed of.
According to the BBC: "There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them, UK 43. In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10. Giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe.
According to British historian Niall Ferguson, France is the most successful military power in history. The French participated in 50 of the 125 major European wars that have been fought since 1495; more than any other European state. They are followed by the Austrians who fought in 47 of them, the Spanish in 44 and the English (and later British) who were involved in 43.
Out of 169 battles fought since 387BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10.
Idiots try to judge the French military record using one battle, not realizing how foolish that makes them look.
@@thomash4447 But you were born here, and I take it you don't have an accent?
@VoltigeurFR it doesn't really matter does it, a fantastic story.
This is by far the best middle finger given ever, of all time
Well all I can say is "Vive Le France" I knew absolutely nothing about this raid until five minutes ago. Well done those brave French Airmen! And thank you so much to you Mark for enlightening all of us who were and shouldn't have been ignorant of it.
I've studied WWII since the 1970s... I never heard of this raid. You have an amazing channel. You're the channel we need, but not the one we deserve right now.
I wasn't aware the raid was executed in this manner. So thank you for sharing the facts. Very interesting.
Great story that I had never heard of before!
Such is Mark Felton's continuing contribution, for which many are thankful.
The most astonishing fact about this mission is that the searchlights were not able to find the huge brass balls of the crewmen in the night sky over Berlin.
Amazing history...
Thanks Mark!
An Amazing first again Dr Felton! Thank you, Sir!
I been studying WW2 for 15 years and this is something new to me. Thank you for the lesson..
Goering: "No one will be able to bomb Berlin!"
Capitaine Dailliere: "And I took that personally."
“When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.”. Hermann Goering
You meant: " 'Old moi Dubonnet!" didn't you?😉
@@Mackeson3 Hermann Meyer*
dude... the cliche is getting really tiresome... AND i TOOK THAT PERSONALLY!!!!!!!111
I Think it Was ADOLPH GALLAND Who said THAT Herman goring Was an Arse !!!😂g
I love that Mark finds these great stories that no other history sources seem to know about.
It is hard to comprehend today, the courage it would require to carry out such a mission, which on the face of it, was suicidal.
You can. If you don't do it, you'd be convicted and shot for insubordination. The French have killed a lot of their own men before for not dying in battle...
Pointless is a better word.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 that's a very inaccurate or biased statement...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 there were only a few execution for the exemple in WW1...
In a democracy, citizens lifes are the most valuable thing for the state, especially in France.
@@Arno_L - You seem to be implying the raid had a "point" since you disagree that it was pointless. What was that point? It didn't change the outcome of the Battle of France in 1940, nor probably even delayed it. The raid makes for an interesting story today but I'm pretty sure that was not the original motive.
This video illustrates why Mark Felton is one of the best British modern historians.
He will also cover historical facts even if Britain doesn't play a major role in it.
Now, that I didn't know! Those were really gutsy raids by tough men.
I always learn something new on this channel..😊😊😊😊
5000 MILES!! Holy cow! That’s impressive, VERY impressive. Given the “tour of Europe” route he took, its no surprise they didn’t see that coming.
Thank you for finding and fixing this historical " Airbrushing "... All history needs to be told and honored.
What a daring raid against all the odds of success, brilliant! Bet that pissed them right off!. Has similarities with Dolittle's Tokyo raid 2 years later. Any idea of the fate of the crew? Thanks for putting it out there.
I have a book written after the war by the pilot of the Jules Verne, Henri Yonnet and it gives some information on their fates, I'll list them here:
After the Battle of France, the commander of the Jules Verne, capitaine Henri Daillière, advised the onboard mechanic Corneillet and the radio operaror Scour to return to civilian life as their specialties would guarantee they'd find jobs. On the other hand he encouraged the youngest of the crew, the bombardier Deschamps to remain in the navy and pursue a promising career.
Their fates after that is left unsaid in the book.
The navigator, Comet, was a long-time friend of capitaine Daillière but again the author doesn't elaborate on what happened to him later.
As for the author Henri Yonnet, he remained a pilot in the Vichy navy until January 1941. He flew several recon missions over Gibraltar against the british, until he apparently felt too frustrated by the general mood in the Vichy military and was disgusted by the requirement to swear an oath of allegiance to Pétain which arrived at the same time he learned his brother had been shot by the germans, seemingly for revenge over the raid on Berlin.
So he left the navy, the book doesn't say anything about the rest of his life during the war, but I suspect he eventually joined the allies. He certainly survived to write his book.
Lastly, Capitaine Daillière was deployed to Dakar as commander of the naval aviation base there in January 1941. There he met again with Henri Yonnet and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to stay in the navy.
On 11 October 1942, he took the place of the dorsal gunner on a Martin Maryland to fly a two-plane recon mission over the british base at Freetown in Sierra Leone. As the plane suffered from an oil leak, it had to return to base for a quick repair, which meant that they arrived 20 minutes after the first one. As a result, the local RAF squadron was in full alert and intercepted them. No planes were shot down in the ensuing fight, but Daillière was unfortunately shot through the head by a single bullet from a chasing Hurricane.
Interesting, something I did not know about. Thank you. Have a great week.
A raid in Berlin in 1940, before the more sophisticated navigation aids were introduced by Britain and Germany. The return leg included night flying, a truly amazing feat of navigation for the French bomber pilot, his landing feint was also admirable.
A great story that I was totally unaware of. I have a good comprehensive knowledge of WW2, but am grateful to have learned something new.
I've akway considered myself a pretty good history buff, but I never knew about this.
BEST VIDEOS ON RUclips!!!! Keep up the great work! It really is appreciated!
Thank you for bringing this amazing story to light
Mark can you do a video about the two Irish men in the Waffen SS, it's extremely rare to bring up that particular story.
Good idea.I wonder if there were south-africans in the waffen ss I know about a south african Olympian trained in the ss.
I think he already did, did he not ?
@@stomper2888 except that Ireland has never been unified as a single independent country.
@@dotdashdotdash but it will be !!
@@shutup2751 Except it won't. There is no majority support and a lot of people in the ROI don't want the North because they correctly guess it will just lead to a Protestant, Unionist version of the IRA and bring back the troubles.
Never heard of this before - fascinating.
Additional detail : one crew member was so furious against Germans that he threw out his shoes through a lateral door..
Always enjoy history courtesy of Mark Felton, a true historian of the modern age.
Everyday is a school day, thank you.
The Farman F223 may have looked strange compared to its Briish contemporaries such as the Wellington, Hampden and Stirling, but it worked when put to the test, and that's what matters. And Capitaine Henri Dailliere was a skilled and courageous pilot who (to quote Lord Baden-Powell) kicked the IM out of IMPOSSIBLE. Kudos to Dr Felton for bringing the story of Capitaine Dailiiere and "Jules Verne" to our attention.
Good video but two anecdotes are missing:
The first is that one of the crew members, running out of bombs to throw over Berlin, threw one of his shoes over the German capital.
The other is the following. While Göring had called Dallière's crew pirates, promising them a firing squad, Dallière replied that they were not pirates but privateers. Since then, the "Jules Verne" has been known as the privateer plane.
A remarkable piece of history, thank you for bringing it back into the light!!
The SAS have a saying, "He who dares wins" that raid is a prime example.
The official motto of the SAS (as displayed on their cap badge) is ‘Who dares wins’. (No ‘He’).
@@AtheistOrphan Thanks, knew it was something along like that.
@@AtheistOrphan Honi soit qui mal y pense!
@@rabbi120348 - As on my brother’s Queen’s Regiment cap badge!
@@AtheistOrphan Also on the Order of the Garter. Even (some of) us Yanks learned that!
Thank you.
Be interested to know what happened to Captain Daillaire - was he able to partake in further missions following the fall of France; did he even survive the War? No mention either of any medals awarded to him and the crews on the three raids undertaken.
He was killed while piloting a Vichy airfare reconnaissance plane off Sierra Leone in October 1942. His aircraft was surprised by a RAF Hurricane who opened fire on the Vychist plane. He was killed by these shots, but his co-pilot brought the damaged aircraft back to base.
Awesome as usual Mark!
Goering: "No enemy aircraft will violate German airspace" ........The French: "Hold my wine "
and some of the Allies might have said hold on there Bucko, the Yanks said hold my Beer most of the Brits, I Say wait for a minute old boy holdoff on high tea I'll be right back I got some nasty Jerries challenging us the rest of the Brits saying hold my Guniness some rude Germans is challenging me during a dart match I take that personally
How is this not a more prominent story?! That is amazing! Mark Felton is the best. He should be handed the keys to the history channel.
Video thumbnail goes hard.
As I've commented on other of Mark's videos: I've been avid amateur historian of WWII for years. And thought I knew even the most trivial facts about the conflict. Yet it never ceases to amaze me how Mark comes up with stories such as this. Something I've never heard of before in the history of the war.
Good evening Dr Felton, thanks for making my evening once again.
Peace
Charlie 🇬🇧
Amazing! Such a brave mission would of gone otherwise forgotten. Thanks as always!
There doesn't seem to be much retelling of any of what the French did before or after Dunkirk and I thank you for making people aware of things like this. Even though most of the army gave up to the Nazis, a lot of them didn't and their courage and honor should be told.
None of the French Army gave up to the Nazi, Surrender after being hopelessly cut off and similar incidents but never for a lack of bravery. The French being known for stupidity would not be totally accurate but understandable but for cowardice no. Saying the French were cowards is like saying a prize fighter face down on the mat after being knocked out is a coward.
Talk about an courageous and intrepid mission and crew!!!
Another great but unknown story. Even though they were losing the French were feisty.
Reminds me of the Char B1 tank “Eure” that took out 13 so German tanks. It just rolled in and started shooting.
I am so sad this guy got deleted from history, thank god we have mark felton!
The country I would have least expected! How did Herr Meyer explain the (minor) damage?
I would spell it Mire (mud).
Fantastic !!! Yet again something exciting and exclusive. I heard about this daring raids by the france airforce but i couldn't find any details by now. I was with the impression that the aircraft flown to Berlin was an another " flying cabinet " designed by papa Marcel Bloch....This definitely helps illuminate the events and inspire all of us to search for further infos and learn more . Thanx Mark your RUclips channel is a real treasure mine.