The Only Underwater Submarine Clash Ever Recorded
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2024
- On February 5, 1945, in the depths of a Norwegian fjord, U-Boat U-864, helmed by Captain Ralf-Reimar Wolfram, thundered out of Bergen on a mission that could shift the tides of World War 2. With the Axis powers teetering on the brink of collapse, the Nazi war machine was banking on U-864 to deliver a cache of cutting-edge military tech promising to supercharge the Japanese war effort.
Packed with the blueprints and parts for Jumo 004 turbojets, the makings of a next-gen Japanese jet fighter, and the critical components of V-2 ballistic missiles, not to mention a contingent of top-tier engineers versed in this tech, U-864 was a steel-clad lifeline for the Axis.
However, Captain Wolfram and his crew soon steamed blind into a lethal trap. Having cracked the Enigma’s secrets, the British had U-864 in their crosshairs. HMS Venturer, a top-of-the-line British submarine, was on the prowl, tasked with a single objective: to hunt down U-864 and consign her and her secrets to the abyss.
As Wolfram plunged into the frigid waters, the weight of the entire conflict bore down on his shoulders. HMS Venturer’s ASDIC sonar pinged through the depths in a desperate bid to find its target, gearing up for an unprecedented duel beneath the waves. History was about to witness the only underwater submarine clash ever recorded…
It was a bearing on one of the prop shafts that failed necessitating them to return to the bunkers & giving away their position. The Mercury found was from 40 tonnes she was carrying destined for Japan. It was also witnessed by one young boy ashore. He heard the explosion & seen the stern of U864 rise from the water.
Why so much mercury? Fuses and primers?
@@johnmoriarty6158. I assume so yea, it was for weapons production. I looked it up & it was 67 tonnes she was carrying. 2 or 3 Japanese scientists if I remember too.
@johnmoriarty6158 Yeah, must be mercury fulminate.
This would make an excellent movie. This is the first time I heard of this battle. The intrique, the desparation, the patriotism, the tension in the plot, this could be a box office hit.
Yeah but unfortunately it wasn’t an American submarine that was the hero, if it had been you can bet that there would be countless remakes too
@@lynby6231 Yeah, the British got pretty upset with Hollywood when they made the movie U-571 starring Matthew McConaughey. The movie said it was an American sub that recovered the Nazi's Enigma machine when it was a British sub that did that.
I knew the story, but this is an excellent narration of the tale
There’s a better more descriptive video on RUclips than this, with a non robotic voice about cot Laundrr’s exploits, worth watching if you can find it.👍( it was called “ only underwater submarine battle in history” I think)
Been waiting to see this epic video, one of the only underwater battles in history.
Battle usually implies shots fired in both directions. This was a successful ambush if anything.
Great work with keeping history alive! And a event I never had heard of before, well done, incredible bravery for freedom.
There's a pretty good doc on here. The Hunt for U864 I think it's called.
UNDERWATER COMBAT, Good vids bro
I love these videos and the comments, the world is full of knowledge, if you open your ears and eyes
Could you imagine if Germany figured out nuclear weapons before the US did? They would’ve had ICBMs in 1945.
They already had ICBMs, the V2s. I think you mean nuclear warheads... (it's more likely however that Germany would have used a truck to carry the bomb since the warhead far exceeded the payload weight capacity of the V2 platform and literally every German bomber at the time
It's a nightmare fantasy, but only a fantasy.
Realistically, only the US could afford the expense involved. The amount of electrical and material resources consumed was ridiculous for the time.
Also I think that some scientists sabotaged their work slightly knowing full well that Germany should never be allowed to have such weapons.. Cannot remember if I read this in Beevor’s book Berlin or it came to light sometime after..
Great seamanship, awesome work by the crew..
@11:35. It's 150 meters deep, not 2 miles.
if the sound was recorded why not let us hear it?
It's long and boring. And I think they mean a record was made. Not a recording of the actual on sub action.
Every sentence of this narration is done with the exact same cadence and emotion. I could only listen to about two minutes of it before I was so distracted by the narrator’s tone that I had to stop.
brillant stragem by cmdr.Laurance
How can you say that it was 2 miles deep and then show a surface a diver connected to surface air and portray that as if he’s working on the boat that’s not possible
7:32, highly decorated? He's got one one ribbon. Lol, but I know it's just a filler picture. Great story to definitely be remembered.
0:09 - On February, 1945 was too late for a single mission "could shift" the tides of WW2.
V2 has little impact in Western Europe, will have less in the Pacific.
Epic Submarine Fight
"picture of a sea"
By “recorded,” I assumed this meant there was audio of the encounter. No? Or was that just a synonym for “documented”?
Documented.
@@Sniperboy5551 👍
Dark, a Japanese sub was sunk by an American sub in 1945 i think... 1:17
How was this a 'clash' or 'battle'? Only one sub got shots off at an unsuspecting opponent.
eh, but you cleeked on de veedeo, yes? I ain't got no body...
Talk about splitting hairs!
A lot of the preamble is conjecture that isn't supported by history or reality. The rest is pretty good though.
Idk why I had assumed submarines were underwater dogfighting (bottom gun;)
Is the thumbnale title alluding to some sort of conspiratorial secret unreleased footage of arial submarine clashes? I mean, it's only natural that submarines would clash, "under water."
"I'M LOSE'N IT!" ~George Costanza
So you’re trying to tell me that the sub on sub attack scenes in The Hunt for Red October weren’t real?
That type of thing in Red October is certainly possible. But up until the end of WWii Sonar wasn't that sophisticated. However it improved markedly post war and then you started to have submarines developed specifically to hunt and destroy other submarines. So in this case with HMS Venturer it was an amazing feat.
I've heard there were sub battles between the US and Japan during WW2.
Yes, the us(I embarrassingly admit I forget which sub now) sank 3 Japanese subs in I think 36 hours. However none of the Japanese subs were submerged when sunk.
It was the batfish and it was done in 76 hours.
@@skybarnum9859 only two were confirmed.
Why on earth didn't the British sent more than a single submarine to sink U-864?
6:49 Why are the British using such huge and probably expensive bombs here? Is it us or did we just happen to be here? If us, how could they have known?
Radio is the weak link of secrecy.
if only they had telegraphed detailed documentations of v2 and jet engines to japan
Good point
I wonder why the Norwiegians sealed this sub and not the Germans?
Because Gremens don't exist 😂
Actually, because it is in Norwegian waters
@@johnemerson1363 And the Norwegians can get the Germans to pay, it would be there responsibility
@@flyingdutchmanindustries5877 Niether do Gremens...
@@LadyDewBuild I've often wondered about that. But I have little knowledge of the international maritime law involved. The fact that there was a war on makes it even more murky. .
The adjustable glasses advertised in the attached advertisement at 4:55 is pure rubbish. Don't get sucked in.
Always w the darn melo drama! This is known for the tactical genius of the venturer and as only submarine dogfight in ww2 but from a strategic standpoint germany was done japan wasnt far behind. Even if U-864 reached japan it wouldnt have mattered!
click bait........no recording
Damnnnn I've already watched half of it
"The weight of the entire conflict bore down on his shoulders..."
- the war ends 4 months later...
Drama queen narrator.
60 Tonnes of mercury .....bad mojo
Called the “breathless” narration style. Irritating!
Rarity was more pronounced....ha.
Get your axis . against the wall.
Thought this was about sub on sub action.....?
Interesting … but voice of commentary Has got to go. Annoying
Can't stand the voiceover . Sounds like you done a fat line and rushing ,
Kinda clickbait. I guess you missed the Connecticut pulling into port a few years ago with her entire sonar dome ripped off...
The Connecticut hit an undersea mountain, at least according to official sources