Germany's Ultimate Secret Weapon to Win WW2
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Pictured: A diver recovers some of what was thought to have been £132.6 million to £300 million of fake British bank notes that Germany intended to drop on Britain in order to crash their economy. Germany's war planners initially balked at the idea, calling it obscenely "grotesque" and ungentlemanly (even despite their later actions in the war!)
As World War II began, Germany hatched one of its most devious and notorious plots to bring Britain to its knees. Instead of bombing the country with the power of explosives, Germany would bomb its enemy with money. Operation Bernhard began forging British banknotes of such quality that one Bank of England official called them “the most dangerous ever seen.” The intent was to collapse the British economy and sow chaos by showering its citizens with free money, falling from the sky.
The unit in charge of replicating the money successfully duplicated the rag paper used by the British, engraving near-identical blocks. The Germans also cracked the algorithm that gave each banknote its alphanumeric serial code. It was only through the capture and interrogation of German intelligence leader Alfred Naujocks that the plot was eventually foiled…
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"Germany's Most Grotesque WW2 Plan"
I dunno man, I can think of a more grotesque thing they did.
😳🤭😂Good on ya
Err... Yes, a few things come to mind...
Yes I thought that, should have thought about the title longer but interesting.
@@stephenle-surf9893 He changed the title to "secret to win"
I thought they might have started bombing with poo.
"He was concerned that the project was sharply contradicting International law."
The Nazis were an odd bunch.
funny heh?
Really makes you think.
@@ForgetNetThrottling i recently saw a documentary about WWII called "The Greatest Story never Told" i cried.
James Evans How so?
@@Francois_Dupont sadly it keeps getting taken down off RUclips.
1000 years from now humans will still be learning new things about WW2
@rudiger891 They learn but wont get teached
rudiger891 Dont disrespect WW2 by comparing it to that. WW2 was Global and nearly leaked into space.
knowledge sometime disappear because of war , power shift ,book burning or disinformation and propaganda so they might not know much about ww2 in 1000 year .
rudiger891 Over 3% of the world died in WW2. That conflict literally changed...Earth. Too much of our modern world derives its existence from WW2. It'll never be forgotten because too many firsts occured in it. 😅 And I'd gladly go fishing if you'd take the hook out of your ass.
rudiger891 See dude this is a misunderstanding. I have no malice toward you. When I say “disrespect” I am not trying to imply that you as a person lack respect. Im saying that the comparison of 2 such drastically different events is laughable. Like comparing the Hubble space telescope to an apple. I even agree with your point that old things fade with time. But WW2 is...just something else man lol
Wait, so printing a bunch of excess money and handing it out to people for free can wreck an economy? Who woulda thunk?
Once people doubt their currency, businesses refuse to accept it and people won't accept it for the work done. It undermines the economy. That is exactly why the Secret Service was originally created in the US, was solely to arrest counterfeiters.
No you dumb.ss. That is not how economics works. Printing extra money and injecting it into the economy where that currency circulates can have a positive or negative effect. It all comes down to the state of the economy. Every healthy economy requires a certain amount of inflation. If prices are falling, deflation occurs and printing more money will be required, and yes in that case governments would want to give as much “free” money as they deem necessary.
@@darthjarjar5309 printing more devalues it all.
Doesnt matter what the economy looks like.
@@jessejennings3828 The trick, which never works, is not getting caught.
Capitalism is a confidence game. It's like the Emperor's New Clothes. Money is only worth what you believe it's worth.
I heard that the counterfeits were too good: their quality was much higher than that of real money.
@Adi Krieg I've been saying that for years....
@Adi Krieg here comes the wehraboo
@Adi Krieg Damn man, get a life. I was expecting a wehraboo, not a full blown nazi.
You are correct. The Germans realised the UK used paper made from old cotton rags. What they did not realise is that the rags the UK used, because they were cheap, ware rags that had been used in factories etc as cleaning rags i.e. they were filthy and oily. That's how the UK authorities were able to spot them so easily.
@Adi Krieg dude, why don't you start your own channel discussing these sources of you? You seem to be quite knowledgeable about the lead up and follow up of the war and all appearsto be well sunstantiated
In America, printing and airdropping 30 billion is just called Tuesday.
Are you referring to the federal reserve?
Public Assistance, Welfare
@@labrd41 learn some basic economics
In Canada we do this once a month
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Hell the Federal Reserve in the USA basically is doing the same thing.
Exactly print paper till it is worthless and the UK also does the same thing.
Its tragic that the value of money is being destroyed by quantitative easing...printing money. John Adams turns in his grave and our hard earned wealth and pension money is destroyed by ignorant politicians. I can only suggest to buy physical gold, land, property, water, food, guns and ammo to hold on to something 😞
@@RedcoatsReturn The bad news is gold plated Tungsten is becoming a problem. Being found in bars and coins as small as 1oz.😖
It's important to not forget history. Perfect example why.
Das Raddiche no for much longer 👍
British soldier at a schnitzel stand in occupied Berlin: "Do you accept pounds, good Sir? :):):):)"
"Yes. Do you accept ersatz?" =)P
@@Taistelukalkkuna Lol. Tasty sawdust.
So funny i forgot to laugh
@@OF01975 Because that was no joke. "Ersatz" in context of food means it's stretched with the help of specific substances.
And when he says yes the guy punches him.
I'm pretty sure Germany had more grotesque plans during WW2.
Financially ruining a country is pretty brutal 🤷♂️
@@Methoverbitches genocide is significantly more brutal 🤷♂️
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vegetarian
@@Balthorium Man that sounds horrible. Good thing that never went through
Cory Fice truly diabolical.
I aint broke yet but could Still afford a money bomb.
Alfred Nunchucks is a really cool karate står name. Almost as cool as Chuck Norris.
The U.S. government is doing just that with stimulus checks.
@@michaelmarks5012 demokkkrats know they won't win the election, so they are settling to make our dollar as worthless as demokkkrat run cities
@@garrysekelli6776 Nunchuk Norris?
This!? Was Germany's most grotesque plan? I can think of a few other worse plans.
When I think of grotesque, counterfeiting is not what comes to mind.
My friends dad worked in this office, he's still alive and is 94 years old and living in Vancouver B.C., his last name is Lubinsky and he was in a Idaho POW camp in late 40's for a few years!
The most ironic thing about it is how many of the fake notes got handed in to police stations.
That was their share of the package.
Gordon Lawrence - Where is the irony ?. Using counterfeit money has been very criminal since the first money was made. The English people were and are very patriotic. But the banknotes meant that several "small" spies were captured during the war, as they were to take advantage of their degrading work.
@@haraldpettersen3649 The irony is that the Nazi's worked for years perfecting the fake fivers and when they were dropped on the UK people just handed them in to police stations.
@@gordonlawrence1448 - Were a lot of banknotes dropped across the UK ?
@@haraldpettersen3649 Yes tens of thousands at least.
Figuring out the numbering sequence sounds like something 4chan would do lmao
Who is this "4chan".
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx some say he is a hacker O.o
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx based on what?
@@fishin_da_hood5020 it’s based on
Hmm, that is a really clever plan ;)
I've thought that for years.
Hey, thanks man!
Never swiftly dismiss plans like that in wartime. You'd be surprised how far a LOT of governments will go to create funny money...
I think I saw this on Hogan’s Hero’s once.
SCHULTZ!!
@@feelx92ger It was a great series.
You did. Lots of IRL WWII stories made it into the show.
You saw nothing...NOTHING!
Colonel Klink: "Hogaaaaaannnnn ... Diiiiissss Missed !"
Mmmm nice vid but I'm still gonna have to give the Holocaust the nod for Germanys most grotesque WW2 plan lol
The Japanese must be up their with them
I wouldn't
The two were tightly linked.
@@bigblue6917 and ustasha
The title was more of a referance towards what the officers thought of the plan.
Do a video on the Laconia Incident. Also make a video on the Hungarian guy who was taken POW in 1944 by the USSR and wasn't released until 56 years later in 2000.
*please
@@danielleetaylor He's not asking, he's issuing a challenge, since those two events, in particular the Laconia Incident, were quite "grotesque" themselves as well, but carried out by the allies instead.
gold and silver is the kryptonite to such a plan.
How's that?
Atreid3s hes not wrong
@@Atreid3s replicate gold or silver.
@Denes Szerdahelyi when was the last time people used hunks of gold to pay for stuff?
Yeah, exactly.
@@phredphlintstone6455 when was the last time people used hunks of metal to pay for, say, their groceries or a trip to the cinema... Exactly.
Officer: sir it may broke international law
Hitler: dude, since when do we follow them
Did anybody listen to the voiceover? It was a Nazi official who declared this plan as grotesque. In our view of the Nazis, this is not nearly as grotesque as other actions they took during the war. Listen before you react.
There's an old BBC TV comedy series about this very event. It's called Private Schultz and very good.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0081919/
He should have been promoted
I think you mean Hogan's Heroes.
@@ronwilken5219 Nope!
Good video, Dark Docs.
There was a film made about this: The Counterfeiters (2007). I haven’t seen it in awhile but I remember it as being pretty good.
I did not see the Movie, but the book Krueger's Men, I think it was L. Malkin who wrote it, anyhow; it is an excellent read.
Was looking for this comment. It's an independent film in German, was very good. It was based on these events and from the fictional perspective of one of the prisoners.
So that's how my penniless relative got his Rolls Royce and gold knapsack back in the war
Very interesting video. Kinda sounds an awful lot like the Federal Reserve bank... A private bank that for some reason has an infinite amount of money that we have to pay back with interest. I can print my own wacky money at home! Hell, I can start just by using my monopoly money. On a serious note though, people need to understand that the "Federal Reserve" is a private bank. Start looking into it. It all stinks to high hell!
End The Fed
It's like, how can you borrow money from yourselves and then pay yourselves an interest payment, too?
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That's ridiculous.
Could you imagine if it wasn't a Public Trust? Nah
The Federal Reserve is not a private bank. It's part private and part public. It's the public part has "an infinite amount of money" is the public part.
You need to go back to your research. Your description of how the Fed works is very sophomoric. The actual money supply is far in excess of the printed supply. Most transactions nowadays are done electronically.
@@Olkv3D Buying T-bills is betting on the future growth of the economy. It is that growth that provides the funds to pay the interest.
I'm so glad that this is only the most grotesque that Germany's plans went in WWII.
What about poisonous sweets!
Me too, at least they didn’t do anything worse...
@@MaxThomas79 yeah imagine if they had planned to idk murder millions of inocent people. Hopefully that didn't happen
The Federal Reserve finally had some competition to see which one could destroy a county faster - the Federal Reserve easily won the agenda in 1907 & in 1929, interestingly both WW made the staff of Federal Reserve very wealthy 🤔
No country has the liquidity to stage a war, they must borrow from the banksters.
They love war and have no qualms funding both sides.
Only the banksters win in war.
Debt is their weapon and now, even without war, they flood the world with their fake 'money' causing inflation.
Basically, the more of something there is, the less valuable it is.
Having savings in a bank is insanity.
Fractional reserve lending alone is theft, let alone causing the kind of hyper inflation we see today
Yeah, not to mention a whole bunch of Republicans as well. And their profits are still coming in. Ever notice that whenever the US Economy starts to have a recession that we somehow get into a war & all of a sudden no recession-no depression. Magically just disapears.
disappears.
Knowing german craftsmanship and quailty this plan would have failed because the german duplicate banknotes would be of infinite quality compared to the british ones
Did the thumbnail change, or am I going insane? Where'd the plane air dropping money over the leaning tower of pisa go?
I was completely fine with your pace but just because I’ve seen a lot of complaints about it, good job for slowing down slightly. I can tell you’re talking a little slower this time! Your videos are great.
Too funny I actually sped it up!
is a great film about this subject called the Counterfeiters
Was it a made for television movie?
@@thomasswafford250 no it was a German film from 2007. I saw it in local indy cinema as "Die Fälscher" so may find it under that name too.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0081919/
Is an incomplete sentence, lol, but thanks, I`ll check that out :)
@@docgonzo3517 Indie*
Unless it was an INDY Cinema Group thing or something..
There was a British TV show about German counterfeiting the pound. I remember it beginning with the British dropping ration coupons to which the German officer says they haven't started ration yet. Private Shultz (1981) played by Michael Elphick, 6 episodes.
Meanwhile, the FED just generates fiat computer byte from thin air now!
I've heard about this before back in the 80's in a TV documentary. Thanks.
and the federal reserve is doing the same thing 75 years later
3:55 that guy looks so sneaky, he looks like what a hacker in the 1930's would look like
You should revisit Dyatiov pass incident because there is a similar and less known incident with one survivor and answer what really happened in Dyatiov pass
This is the most devious plot against ****** hegemony I have ever heard of
“Nun Jucks” the inventor of German mele sticks lol
Lmao, same
So.... gassing little children = OK. Counterfeiting your enemy’s money = Grotesque. 🤨?!?!
05:44 "Alfred Nunjocks". Are those like German Nunchucks?
Haha no it was misspelled in the vid. His name was Naujocks -- pronounced like "Now jokes" ;)
Jack Pulman had a TV show and book about this, “Private Schultz” a comical take on Operation Bernhardt. Michael Elphick starred as Schultz.
Now do the USS Liberty!!
He'd probably get his channel demonetized for talking about... them... lmao
Mark Felton did a USS Liberty
@@admiralradish Cant seem to find it. Did RUclips Zucc it?
Check blackpilled channel. Probably the best one I've seen
OY VEH!! SHUT IT DOWN!!!
Not proud of the misleading title, especially since the Allies engaged in the very same activity against the Axis powers.
Dark times in RUclips these days. Gotta whore out for the clicks.
@@jeeves2227 I can't add to that, funny as fcuk! I've got a mental image of a 6ft 2inch guy with a beard, in high heels and an evening gown, leaning in a car window 'oral is 10 clicks, anything else is 20'
As for a 'thumbs-up?'! lets not even go there.... (I kinda feel guilty now for giving you the thumb, please forgive me!)
Pax dude
Timothy Phillips I think it was only titled grotesque because that’s what the german officer called it
This one amazing life hack will make the allies mad!! See how I became my own boss making counterfeit money and making it rain baby! LOL
Same as the fed is doing
"every note had it's serial number registered in a ledger"?? OMG lol......
I pity the poor bastards who had to write down all those numbers. That sounds like a lot of work...
@@largol33t1 you can say that again! omg
Bernake says helicopter money is a great Idea Hitler wanted to use it against his enemies. Who's right?
Gonna need to see your internet permit, sir. Looks like you might have had a bit too much to THINK
Back in the 1980's PBS showed a series called Private Schultz (or Schulz) which was the semi fictional account of how the Germans counterfeited the Pound. It was a very good series and at one time was on RUclips but is gone now because of copyright issues.
In other words beware of old british pounds in Argentina haha now we know how Evita was so rich
Just remember folks... "IF YOU WISH TO LEARN WHO RULES OVER YOU, SIMPLY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE"
If anyone gets a chance to see "Private Schultz" from the 70's/ 80's, it was based on this.
Thanks!couldn't remember the title exactly!
Dark docs:" ...some of the equipment was damaged"
Me: "I think I have found the equpment damager..."
7:20
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Shame it was foiled, Britain might not be in the position they are today if they were defeated or accepted one of the many peace offers by Germany.
Neither would the United States. Churchill and Roosevelt were the tools (fools) used by the Zionist to obliterate Germany. It was a big mistake.
wow, This is insane. I had no idea. Thank you for the information!
Secret? I learned this watchin Hogan's Heroes.
It really is buffeling how creative the germans were
The guy's name was Alfred Naujocks (not Nunjocks), a Sturmbannfuehrer (SS) and leader of the Gleiwitz operation in August 1939
Well - it was my understanding that here in England there was a similar but more discrete operation producing funds/notes to fund the resistance and underground. My father said the person who took the funds behind enemy lines was known as “the Carpetbagger”!! He always spoke with the greatest respect and awe of the man who did the engraving and how the different functions took place in very separate locations unknown to each operative. His descriptions in the 1950s was of a much more discrete operation. But then that’s was the English way!
If you think this was grotesque, wait till you find out What the federal reserve has been doing for the last year, particularly in June.
Now we have a Chancellor of Exchequer doing the same thing electronically.
Germany had no shortage of grotesque plans.
@Slim Jim We can't forget Japan's Unit 731. Almost forgotten because the scope of Japanese war crimes was so vast.
“Good pitches kids. I’m almost proud. But watch closely as grandpa topples an empire by changing a 1 to a 0.” Anyone?
Good point, grandpa!
Completely 'over my head' I must admit. Anybody care to explain to a numpty like me?
"Most grotesque secret...." nope, clickbait bs.
Genocide?
That's okay
Forging banknotes?
Grotesque, must be a war crime.
@Darr Assuming that "the British" will just lie and deny everything I'll ask you instead - give us examples.
Fire away.
I do enjoy these vignettes, but, the narrator (who does have a good voice with proper inflection) in my opinion, speaks way too fast. As these things he speaks of, are important and significant historical events, it would be nice to hear them with the impact and respect that they deserve rather than listening to a fast forward narrative.
This is honestly the first I have heard of this - and I studied WWII twice! I'm not surprised they did it - kinda makes sense... just shocked this is the first I'm hearing of it.
Hmm... sort of like today in the USA.
Thx for posting.
Warfare is fought on many levels
If they stopped printing, because of the threat, didn't that increase the value of the available currency?
I don't trust anyone but my momma, and my children.
Always try and think outside the box.
I've got several Bernhard notes I bought years ago - really good quality
Totally engrossing, from start to end.
The irony of it all those fake notes are worth far more to collectors now....Thanks
There's an unnecessary sense of urgency in this guys voice.. Like, relax man it happened ages ago!
This IS the Very First Time I've Ever heard about this and I delve into History like a Junkie but hadn't heard Anything about this Before. I Live by Learning something New Every Day and this has started my day of learning so far, with Many hours left for more!
Yay first comment
Tactically I made the first comment saying nice, while you degenerates always wanting attention or some random sh*t with saying first or first comment
DARK DOCS Is the main reason I watch utube aks RUclips.
PS I've been with u since to the very beginning! Glad to say that
Very well presented and informative. I read the comments. Thank You!
“If it works on you it works on them”
There is a 2007 austrian movie about this operation: Die Fälscher - The Counterfeiters
The idea that this was the most grotesque secret is grotesque.
Going by the insignia, pretty much the entire German Security Service were Luftwaffe😂😂
That sounds hilarious but on a side note the USA threatened both the UK and Israel with this over the Suez Canal. Because the UK and Israel supported the British right while the USA supported Egypt's claim.
Again, another excellent video! Imagine the skills needed to produce forgeries! The inmates had to be exact or perish, Now, those required skills, under those circumstances, to produce flawless notes was enough motivation to gain another day without execution. They may have been given cigarettes, newspapers, better rations, and a ping-pong table, but they were quite aware of their worth depended on their ability to provide flawless forgeries. Without that, their knowledge of what was happening guaranteed their demise. And, obviously, a few survived the war and may have been used in criminal cases concerning the SS who planned to exterminate them in short order and to be witnesses in the prosecution for their jailer's crimes.
Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but this plot was used as the stimulus for the comedy series 'Private Schulz' back in 1981, starring Michael Elphick and Ian Richardson. Still worth a watch for the performances of the two lead actors.
Also, those in the USA who thought 'House of Cards' was the best thing since sliced bread (before Kevin Spacey's fall from grace) may want to check out the original - broadcast in 1990 - with the aforementioned Ian Richardson completely eclipsing Spacey as the odious Francis Urquhart. One of the best political dramas ever on TV, it still stands up well today.
This doesn't say why the original effort ceased. If it does, it wasn't easily extracted.
In GOLDFINGER, Ian Fleming has James Bond and M discussing the counterfeiting plan, and how bothered James was about the change in the look of the five pound note to prevent it from ever happening.
Accounted for the inflation, today it would be 6% of all banknotes in circulation.
I've read the British decided to do nothing about the BP forgeries. They were so good they decided to honor them and avoid a panic.
i didnt even know that this was a thing, truly great and interesting subject.
MAN, your research is absolutely top notch!!! Love Dark Docs!!
As an illustrator, I have met the occasional casual counterfeiter. This one guy in particular, used a crow quill nib and a straight-edge metal ruler and India ink ... Perfect eyesight, steadiest hand I've ever shaken. Drew his money freehand, it was brilliant! But he had a problem ...
He handed me a bill he had just finished one day, sitting up on a hill overlooking (won't say what town) and asked my opinion. Well, I scrutinized it with admiration and said, "On the good side: Your lettering is pitch-perfect! All your edges are crisp and corners sharp! The points around the Seal are perfectly spaced and even the eyes and skin textures are spot-on!" Well, he was quite pleased, and urged me to "Go on!"
"On the not-so-good side, it's a $15 bill." His face fell ... "So what? You just told me it's a beautiful bill!" "YES, IT IS!" I yelled, "BUT IT'S F*ING USELESS!! It's a lovely piece of ART, but you can't SPEND IT!!"
Miffed, he sniffed "Bet I can."
I was agape! "IT'S A FIFTEEN DOLLAR BILL!! THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FIFTEEN DOLLAR BILL!"
"Betcha I can spend it," he said, snatching it back. "Betcha twenty real dollars I can walk right down there and pass this off as real!" And he stood up and started down the hill to town. "Bring me something besides the police!" I yelled after him. "Whaddya want?" he hollered back without even turning around. "You could use a breath mint," I taunted. "Get me 50 cents' worth of peppermint candy. NO ... better make that 65¢, you REALLY NEED the mint!" Still not looking back, he waved "bye-bye" and, as usual, didn't use all of his fingers.
Well, imagine my surprise when about a half- hour later, here he comes hiking back up the hill with a little white paper bag! He gets about a yard away, reaches into the bag, pulls out a red/white peppermint puff, pops it in his mouth and tosses the bag in my lap. "That's twenty REAL bucks," he reminded me, and I dutifully paid up. It was really good peppermint, too ... He described the old-fashioned candy store and the grandmotherly old lady who ran the place: there were jars of penny-candies like red-hot jawbreakers and little licorice infants and strips of paper with petrified pastel sugar mouse-turds ... He described her flying up and down a ladder on wheels attached to the back of the candy store counter, which he said was "separate" from the "(ahem) Beer Hall" occupying the back half of the establishment. But being (a) cheerful, (b) dimwitted and (c) disinterested, some of the things he described going on make me almost wish the cops HAD followed him up the hill (fortunately, no one did, from EITHER side!)
I finally got around to the question. THE QUESTION. "You counterfeit to steal money from people, yes?" "Well, that and the pride in my craftsmanship, my attention to ..." "YES," sez I, "So after those man-hours of meticulous craftsmanship, what did you actually achieve? How much was your time and talent and effort worth? WHAT KIND OF CHANGE COULD YOU POSSIBLY GET THAT'S WORTH THAT AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND PERSONAL RISK??!!"
He dug it out of his pocket and duly reported, "Two sevens and a 35¢-piece. So what?"
Badum-tiss
Pretty sure 60 Minutes on CBS featured a piece on this years ago. Divers recovered sunken bales of money from a lake in the Alps.
pulling this out is the most gangsta move of the whole ww2
This is far from Germany’s most grotesque secret!
There is a 2007 film called The Counterfeiters about this. It is in German, but is a great movie worth watching even if you need the subtitles.
I remember this idea in a novel I read (it was a while back and I cannot remember it's title) and a thread was the Brits were very concerned but their American allies didn't particularly care - until the Nazi's started printing dollar bills. It was a long time ago when I read the novel so I guess this is a story that's generally known.
you guys have really improved. good work
There’s a movie about this: “The Counterfeiters”
Its a shame that were not taught about the full picture of ww2. I dont learn anything like that in school
I just watched the movie 'The counterfeiters' yesterday. 😀