This woman was amazing!! She could hunt, speak four languages, and organize a way to give nazis the clap………all with one leg. I am so glad she was on our side.
She reminds me of Shannon Kent. She was a military linguist who specialized in gathering human intelligence but tragically she was lost along with three other servicemen in Syria about 5 years ago.
Hey, um, thanks for making this. I'm a disabled woman, and this was really inspiring to me. I've felt so hopeless. So, for man to shine a light on this means a lot. So many people don't care, but you did enough to make this wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing her story with the world when the time was appropriate to do so. I hope this means that more people will see her story, and will be similarly inspired to do good in the world.
My Wife and I are 24/7 caregivers to our Adult Handicapped Son...YOU matter! Don't ever think otherwise! I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2013 in my early 40's. I've had 4 spinal surgeries because the cancer (bone cancer) ate my spine up. I don't know your disability but I have experienced it and continue to. It sucks! I HOPE you can find something/someone to assist you in your journey. Best of luck!
@bananayoshimoto554 so what your saying is that your a one legged spy? What's your next move? Disappearing into the mist to never be seen again..... I'll be watching..... 👀
Disability does not define you. You are awesome & van be a force to be reckoned with. As a fellow disabled woman, this story inspired me to get my Master's degree & become an English professor. You can do this! I have faith in you. Rock on!
The best type of spy is the person that nobody who would believe could even possibly be a spy. Imagine trying to convince a superior that a one legged woman is a trained spy.
One of the north Vietnamese’s beat couriers was a 70+ old lady with a broom. It just happened to be a hollow broom filled full of messages. She was never caught.
Not just convincing a superior that a one-legged woman is a trained spy... convincing that superior that the one-legged woman spy is absolutely bodying your war effort and you need an entire division of reinforcements to find her and stop her... and then, telling that superior that, well, uhh... no, sir, she got away. And took 12 prisoners with her. Yes, sir, *those* 12 prisoners.
After watching like 6 different videos from him about crazy bad a** heros from WWII its actually insane to think about how many real life main characters there were during that time, even if ONE, a single one of these people messed up and something went wrong with ANY of thier duties the entire war could have legitimately played out differently...
Of course there were others that didn't get the happy endings. She said to !any of her friends died because they talked. For every awesome ending there are a thousand shot in the head or slit throats. They all thought they were the MC as well. Their stories are just worse endings. That's why when we get to hear the success stories it's amazing. The others died trying. One slip up, small mistake or just a single instance of bad luck and you die without your story ever being told or remembered by anyone.
How could one feel in retrospect after ALL of these stories, knowing everything you'd accomplished made such a difference and when told becomes a nearly mythological tale when in reality you were fighting not only for what you and your own believed in, but just surviving to see another day. I could only assume it'd be a very mortal, sobering reality enough to practically put the fear of God in you. Praise be to those righteous who lay down their lives for the right cause, even to those non-spiritual it's definitely deserving of high respect.
Dude, if you're into military history, WW2 is a deep, fucked up and beautiful black hole. WW2 was the ultimate shitshow of shitshows, and some things we still don't actually know for sure to this day. The stories from spies, soldiers, mercenaries, etc, are kinda crazy and happening all over simultaneously.
She basically wrote the book on how to not tell on yourself. Nothing she did was for herself. She loved and believed in humanity. Like a paladin cosplaying as a rogue. My kind of woman.
@@paulvamos7319 even mentally, in the nazis were mildly annoying compared to what China alone did. Then there's Russia, Cambodia, North Korea, just off the top. Human nature will always revert to the most brutal state unless tempered by God.
@paulvamos7319 that is a mistake that many make. We try to distance ourselves from evil by saying they are less than human. They were ordinary people put into extraordinary circumstances. Only a few dozen members of the leadership were hard boiled nazis. The rest were people like you, like me. We all are fully capable of great evil, it just takes the right push. The only saving grace for humanity is we are also capable of truly great things as well. The thin line that keeps you and me from one side or the other is chance and choice.
I had my 18 year old daughter listen to this. She does not want to listen to anything I send her. But she did listen to this and loved it. Thank you so much.😂😂
@ignatiusq.snerdiiesq.7007Christopher Lee was a badass. He ran intel for Popski’s Private Army. Highly recommend looking them up, because they were fucking bonkers back in the day.
This is a prime example of "you cant make this up." Imagine being Heinrich Müller, chief of the Gestapo, which was feared in all of Nazi-occupied Europe for seemingly seeing, hearing, and knowing all and catching just about anyone they wanted just looking at the wanted poster for this lady for 5 years and still never catching her. The feeling of shame knowing you got outplayed throughout the biggest war in history, start to finish, by a women you know has a wooden leg, knows what she looks like, and was deep behind enemy territory pretty much the whole time and still failing to catch her.
@@TheAnnoyingBossFrom a biography of her I just read, she organized the entire thing, which was perfection in terms of prison breaks. It all went like clockwork. But that was just the first. While doing everything else, including smuggling downed Allied pilots out of France and back home, she was the one who planned and coordinated prison escapes for other agents who had been captured. She knew the Germans might execute any of them at any time, so it was hugely important to move quickly. When she had to leave the country quickly, someone asked her, “ What about the prison rescues?” And she basically said in an annoyed tone, “Maybe someone else can do it!”
@@Deki_Srpska That one of my favorite things about @the_fat_electrician is that he literally shows, "reality is stranger than fiction." Just like "The Dirty Dozen", "World's Greatest Meth-lete", "Proportional Destruction", and essentially every subject of his long form videos; They Had to Document It or you'd never believe it.
You won me over with the first comment. I do have daughters and they will be educated on the story of this heroic woman. I think her story should be taught in schools, but we both know that won’t happen in the current climate, so it’s up to us to pass her story on and my goodness it’s a great one! God speed Virginia Hall an example to us all about virtue and overcoming hardships. What a fantastic American Lady! Thank you mate for covering her story 🥰
Too many people in this world go unrecognized for the heroic things they’ve done. Thank you for shining some light on an unknown soul. She was an outstanding woman and you as usual are a brilliant storyteller. Thanks again.
the minute I heard of her deceased father coming to her in a dream while on death's door all to say "Get up, we have business to take care of", I knew she would have major main character energy and just wreck house
My dad was Army MI and also worked with the OSS during WWII. He knew 4 languages and used to do espionage too. When he passed away in 1998 our family tried getting his military records from WWII Korea and Vietnam but were told that his military history was still classified. Our family still doesn't know exactly what dad did during WWII.
My dad was security services in the USAF during the cold war. Honestly, the best thing you could do for your dad is remember the man you knew and let the confidential stuff stay confidential. You knew your dad, the rest is another world that is impossible to understand without the proper context that simply can't be acquired unless you were in that time.
Lol right. I clicked the name once to educate myself on some electrical and was like "this ain't got shit to do with electricity". Been subscribed and watching ever since 😂
Thank you to all of you for your kind words , he's been through a lot , had to have his legs amputated not too long ago 😔partly due to vascular disease from the agent orange stuff in Vietnam, but he is well cared for and his favorite episode is about Sergeant reckless😊🙏✌️🇺🇲
It was the way of the true Heroes of WW2 my grandfather a half-track driver was hiding a silver and 2 bronze stars in the locked steamer trunk in his bedroom no one knew until we opened it in 92 after his passing. These people were made of something better than we are today.
There is an even earlier tomboy American that never took no for an answer. Sarah Emma Edmonds faked her enlistment during the Civil War under the name of Franklin Flint Thomas and proceeded to be the American version of Mulan. She was at tons of major Civil War battles such as both battles of Bull Run, Antitime, and Vicksburg. While not officially recognized, in her memoirs she wrote that she also worked as a spy escaping execution once and even dawned Silver Nitrite face staining to blend in with Confederate army slaves when gathering intelligence for the Union. her Wiki is a wild read, like most spies are.
Not trying to sound like an ass, but do you have a reliable source? From everything I can personally find, the only record of her doing anything comes from her own memoir
I’m a Vet and former 11H trooper of the 82nd Airborne, D co 1-505 PIR and the fact that I’m just now hearing about this brave young woman and all the badassery she did pisses me off! THIS is service to your country TRUELY looks like. I will forever be grateful for what this amazing woman did for these United States of America!!! Thank you Ms Virginia Hall
My dad was attached to the OSS. He would parachute behind enemy lines to assist the resistance. I have a paper that was written years later by an officer. The paper was written about the effectiveness of them sending in people, spies, and equipment behind enemy lines. My dad was a radio operator and was mentioned a few times in this paper. Ironically he never talked about it.
My dad also parachuted behind enemy lines only he was a B-17 pilot who was shot down on July 26, 1943 by German Senior Lieutenant Carl Decker flying a FW-190. Decker was shot down and killed on July 30, 1943 by an unknown American P-47 pilot. Germans kept detailed records. The Americans not so much. My dad spent the rest of the war behind enemy lines as a POW in Stalag Luft III (the Great Escape) and Stalag VIIA until liberated by the advanced forces of Patton's Third Army in April 1945. He never talked about it. I had to find out everything many years after he died on active duty by doing years of research. He remained in the Air Force flying B-47's and B-52's during the Cold War. He died of a heart attack on active duty at the age of 51. I had the best and coolest parents any kid could hope for. I ended up joining the Marine Corps in 1967 to avoid being drafted into the Army. I served 21 years in the Marines as an infantry officer with 3 years in combat. Beyond that I had one hell of an adventuresome life. I'm 77 now, but I'd do it all again if I could.
My Nana worked on science during WW II. Never said anything about any of it past an assignment in San Diego loading ordinance ships. She was developing computers. Found out after she died. Those people took security very very seriously.
"weapons of ass destruction" crushed me...... Glad Virginia was one of ours! She would make a great video game character. Pure Solid Snake shenanigans.....
Just as I told someone else here in the comments, I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack" British officer who went into battle with bagpipes, a broadsword and a longbow....in WW2. Has the last confirmed longbow kill. This man is a legend and needs his own episode.
Think he's done it already. Wait one, Imma go look it up. Edit: NM I must be thinking of the McNasty episode. But Mad Jack has been brought up before, just not yet given an episode.
Infographics has a great Mad Jack episode but would love to see TFE do an episode with his twist on it, plus love seeing that history teacher Terry guy do his reviews of TFE, which TFE actually gave free merch to, awesome addition to these vids!
Sent this video to a friend whose a grade school teacher, she is going to be showing your video to her class. She said this is a very inspirational story and kids need stories like this
I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
A lot of things never make it to history books let alone get to the public/press or acknowledged by the respective governments. This is done for a few reasons asset ( the spy/operators) operational security and safety both during operations and after they are transferred to a new assignment or retire. Plausible deniability for the intelligence/ military department/agency if they didn't play exactly by their governments rules or international law. And lastly to protect the tradecraft and other skillsets used by spies/agents/operators both past and present that the intelligence/military service would rather not have publicly known. This can mean anything from forging documents and identity papers to gathering HUMINT (human intelligence) in both conventional and unconventional ways, soft Interrogation techniques (speak with foreign or domestic assets and getting them to give up something valuable without them knowing it) or hard interrogations and torture methods (yes they all do this at one time or another but call it a debriefing lol). Lastly bare in mind field agents/spies/operators/UC's are a different breed and live a rather complex life while occupationally assigned. Their anonymity is what keeps them alive as the secrets they hold, some which they disclose to their handlers and some they don't, the assets both human and non-human they cultivated/used and "hidden talents" they learn over the course of their careers are all things that both keep them safe and make them a high value target for both their own agency/military service/department and those they operated against. So why spill the beans and increase the risk to themselves loved ones and trusted associates if unnecessary, just cause some become glory hounds doesn't mean they are all like that, or are exposed by another to "burn" them.
In addition to "A Call to Spy" that was already mentioned, "A Woman of No Importance" is being made into a movie and Daisy Ridley has already been cast as her.
I cannot express enough my love for these untold stories. The fat electrician is by far my absolute favorite creator. Followed by Brandon herrera, then demolition ranch. This guy is an absolute genius.
After being down south some years, "snipe hunting" is when local folk take you out to the woods at night & leave you stranded in the middle of the woods 🤣😭
@@jensonhartmann3630 it’s a no brainer really… like even her name as a Title like “Hall” and tell her story would get so many eyeballs glued in watching.
There are a couple of good books on her but my favorite is: A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell About 10 years ago, the former Field Activities Building (FAB) at the Farm, where they trained Agency officer in skills such as land navigation, commo, driving, firearms, and medical, was renamed the Virginia Hall Expeditionary Center.
I swear i hated history in school, but having you as a teacher i would have made A+ on every grade. Thank you for your service and the free lesson Sir.
That's because history is about the story of what happened, but it is presented in school as meaningless names, dates, and events, with no context or connection to life. TFE tells you the story.
Words cannot describe how badly I want this to be a movie or drama documentary. It's got everything! Spy thriller, patriotism, history, a strong female lead, a romance subplot, a tragedy or two, prison break, Nazis, disability, and a positive message.
Wow, what a hero. She sought no gratification, didn’t need to write a book, she just wanted to serve and defend the world from tyranny. It’s people like this that we should Endeavour to emulate in our lives.
Being a paraplegic and a double amputee, I loved the bit about the Dr. Telling her your leg is trying to kill you so I am going to kill it first as that hit damned close to home. Don’t ever change the way you tell these stories as that is your gift. Even the words from your sponsors are hilarious.
"She's one awesome woman who should be known by subsequent generations." Truly Amazing, if they would have made her life into a movie script it would not be accepted, they would say "could never happen".👏🇺🇲 Great video FE!!
This woman didn’t need legs to walk. Her ambition takes ever everywhere she needs to be. Max respect. All in a time when it was EXTREMELY hard to do as a woman.
Him Habitual line crosser, mr.terry, all teamed up with the operation room doing the animation. Have them cover operation phantom fury (Fallujah Iraq) where the US air drops flyers for anyone looking for a fight.
So excited you did her story! As a proud American tomboy gal I always admired her story. She didn’t whine about the crap she faced as a woman she worked hard to prove herself. She didn’t let others tell her she couldn’t. She didn’t give up after losing her leg. She refused to be stopped by limitations and figured it out as she went. Her never quit attitude and her humble demeanor are truly admirable. Adapted & overcame with insane courage. She is a true American hero and who all young women should look up too. Don’t complain., just get on with it & prove yourself!
Truth be told their are a lot more women like her throughout history than most can even conceive of, some like Mrs. Hall others who were comparable to the darker side of this aspect of history. Think about this for a second, yes we are very impressed with her accomplishments, can you imagine all those who still have their anonymity and how impressive their stories are. The fact is their are places and situations uniquely suited for a woman to do a job a man could never do. For instance the network of women who worked as clerks, secretaries, nurses, maids, etc. that were the backbone of critical intelligence to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolution, How do you think they found out the then military Govenor of Massachusetts was going to send the British army to Lexington and Concord to destroy the provisions the minutemen had hidden giving them ample time to relocate the bulk of it and spread some around to be found so more than one fire would be set which was used as a signal for the minutemen to use to counter attack the British Army and push them back to Boston. I mean can you imagine the kind of stories someone like Julia Childs, the famous chef, could have shared cause all that was ever confirmed was that she was a CIA asset (SPY) not who or what she spied on. Then there are women like the USMC Lionesses who were trained by FORECON and The Marine Raiders for both combat and special operations capable missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they aren't the only women in the world to do so in recent history or the past.
It would be a much better country with women like Hall being the one young women looked up to as opposed to the majority of celebrities that get pushed and seemingly forced upon the populace.
I can tell your a tom gal by how you communicate and i agree this woman is gonna be a rolemodel for my daughter if i have anything to say about it she was a unicorn of a person most guys are not this badass and ive known alot of badass dudes i know at least ine per war going back to ww2 and none of em have the brass she did
So, I'm a Girl Guide leader and last year I did an evening on Women in War - I choose Queen Elizabeth the 2nd (I'm British - even the Queen rolled up her sleeves and was a Truck Mechanic), I did the WATU - Western Approaches Tactical Unit, where a bunch of 18 year old girls spanked seasoned Naval Officers (including those that had fought in WW1) in a series of Wargames to reverse engineer German U-Boat tactics and develop counters, and the Night Witches. *WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I NEEDED IT!?! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTE UNIT OF A LADY!?!*
Appreciate this. Being a woman in the forces, not enough is mentioned about our work. Never mind there is much more to service than point a rifle and shoot. Many of the early spies were women. Many early code breakers were women. :)
I'd love to see Hedy Lamar discussed! She did a LOT behind the scenes that we're still learning about! And she didn't get recognition until sometime the '90s.
Absolutely love all of your stories! This is what I should have read about in history class when I was in school. Thanks for being such a great storyteller, and keeping me captivated from beginning to end. I’m only a third way into your videos, but here I am again at 3 in the morning because I can’t stop listening. You make my night sometimes, sir.
I’m currently reading books that chronicle the 82nd 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, which included my great-grandfather, who was their Chaplain (Protestant). He served and dropped with the 82nd Airborne 325th GIR from start (Africa) to end (Germany). Participated in every campaign, Tunisia to Sicily, Italy, England in preparation of D-Day (-1) into Normandy, Market Garden, their encirclement in the Battle of Bulge, through the discovery/liberation of a concentration camp, and fighting through Germany till linking up with the Red Army. It’s truly remarkable how the stakes and situation of WWII led to such incredible acts and tales of such bravery by so many. Seems a trend in the books these books, that some of the ‘best’ men, most loved and respected within their unit were also some of the first to lose their lives in combat, undoubtedly due to them taking the initiative and exposing themselves to risks for sake of others. The 12 spies in France who were caught, (and many others) should remind us that many braves souls fought, and the ‘hero’ is just the one of them who survived to tell their tales. (Arguably) some of greatest acts of bravery and selflessness in war will inherently never be heard since those have paid the ultimate price. For every hero we remember, for each one who came home, there is someone who did not. As the chaplain, my grandfather was responsible keeping records of each man KIA and/or casualty. The number of men KIA or WIA in his records exceeded the size of their unit by over a thousand…… when a medic could do no more, it was my grandfather’s job to pray with or over that man in their last moments make their soul right with their god, then correspond with their mothers and families. He didn’t speak about the war when he returned. We didn’t fully understand the burden he carried till finding the lists with his signature years after he passed. In one of most deadly wars in history, it was his entire job to look the death in the face, all of it. When they discovered a Nazi concentration camp, it was he who presided over the their (proper) reburial and service for the victims and to help process the horrors they witnessed. You might think, being a Chaplain, with the Red Cross on his arm, he was never in the fight or much danger, but he was only ever as far back as the medics and never far from the frontline. During the Battle of the Bulge, he receiving a Purple Star and Silver Star while they were pinned down and cut off. He’d spent a day and night running back-and-forth across the battlefield to a water pump to supply the wounded men and medics held up in a barn. The men surprised he time he returned. In memory of my great grandfather, and the burden he carried, I like to acknowledge the nameless men in the footnotes of each of these stories who were lost to history, who thanklessly risked and sacrificed the lives all the same.
@@GlamorganManor my great-grandfather and the surviving men in his unit didn’t consider themselves the hero’s. To them, the true heroes were men like Charles DeGlopper. On D-day +6, their unit got pinned down by a machine gun nest, with their escape route covered, DeGlopper picked up his BAR, stood up in full view of the enemy and advanced on the German unit ALONE, so as to draw their fire long enough for rest of their unit to get out. DeGlopper was shot, and men recall seeing him stand back up, pick up his BAR, and firing another mag of 30-06 till hit again. After being shot at least 3 times, he used his last strength to get up again, raise his BAR and get off another mag before being cut down. By then all the men had made it out of the ambush. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, and the reason manny of them made it through initial phases of the Normandy invasion. He’s an example of what I mean when say seems the hero’s take the initiative, and inordinate risk for sake of the others, and end up being some of first to lose their lives. Seeing bravery like that, and getting to survive thanks to men like him, is why those that returned could not claim themselves to be the true heroes, when they got to go home. (I’m surprised anyone read this long comment! So many people these days say or think “TLDR” and move on when confronted with more than 1 paragraph. Thank you for reading my comment. These books written from all the men’s stories and letters home are filled with incredible information about what each day was like.)
It was more than that, she wanted her mother and only her mother to witness her success in life from not being “ladylike” and to emphasize the importance she had only her mom show up as the witness so her mother had no other distractions or excuses to not pay attention. Very brilliant
She was very lady like thats why she was a spy. All the men where at war being a very womanly creature allowed her to sell milk for cover while secretly saving the world. Being a crippled old woman so she coyld sit on her devices.
I have nothing funny to say! I just wish I could have met this woman in person before she passed! She sounds like an amazing person and an inspiration to all people and young women in particular! This woman fits my definition of the word "hero"!
Literally this. But instead OF girls are idolized while real women hero are ignored. She lost half a leg and still managed to fight the ENTIRITY of WW2 helping to change the war in our favor. These women are the kinds that should be in books, movies and popular culture.
I LOVED this!! I have 3 teenage girls and just told them a recap on the drive to school! They said that is amazing!! I love stories that tell them how big a difference one badass woman can make!! ❤ Thank you!!!!
So glad to see you as a host on the unsubscribe podcast, you were easily one of the best guests ever on there and your long form content is amazing. Please dont stop!!
I read a few books based on her. She totally owned, not putting the safety on her shotgun when she hopped the fence. She is my hero. Love your short synopses. Hopefully, it will encourage your listeners to learn more about her.
Thank you for teaching me about a kick ass female!! As a female firearm instructor it makes me feel a little less alone in a typical "man's role" LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Thanks again ☺️
TBH there are more women out there like Mrs. Hall (glad she kept her name so we get a better idea of who she was and her upbringing) than people know about, and all throughout history to boot. In her story I find it amazing that for the time it was her father who wanted to allow her to break the cycle of societal expectations by actually taking an interest in and supporting her where as her mother wanted another life path for her, one of a more restricted/constrictive nature. People are either conditioned by society or their homelife as children to except certain concepts some good, some not so much. Do women get undervalued or denigrated to a role by society or the ignorance of ones family's beliefs, absolutely. Is it fair, absolutely not, I'm of the mind that ones gender should not automatically pigeonhole them in to a specific role in life. As both a FORECON Marine and a specialist in the critical disaster/mutual aid occupation I've worked with both men and women of the highest caliber. I have also come across ignorant and entitled members of both, those who work hard, are determined to succeed and are willing to set aside preconceived notions will always get a fair opportunity from me, the outcome is entirely up to them. This served me well when training a Lioness element for special operations capable missions in the Marine Corps, and the women who are apart of my rescue squad in my current occupation. Both which were/are very dangerous jobs requiring the individual to be much better than most physically and mentally. Instead of just seeing groups and lumping everyone in to a demographic by gender age ethnicity politics religion or culture we need to start seeing the individuals, especially those who set themselves apart from the rest.
Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 - 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern Front in World War II;[3] and as a United States Army Major (under the alias "Larry Thorne") when he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War.
Yo Virginia Hall is a real Boss Ass Lady! I cant wait to get home and tell my girls about her. With this writer strike going on, you, Eli, and the gang should start making these historical hero's stories into movies! Clearly we love just hearing about it but holy heck, to see these stories coming to life like the Pacific or Band of Brothers would be soooo freakin rad!! Its so wild to me that we weren't taught about these amazing Americans growing up and I'm so glad your working on trying to change that for the future.
Daily Wire's 2023-2024 release schedule... 1. Lady Ballers 2. Snow White 3. The Limping Lady (you could really trigger people by having all the host make brief cameos...as Nazis)
Virginia was a solo Jedburgh. You should do a video on the Jedburghs. Their efforts prevented 2/3 of German resources to operate, making the amphibious landings at Normandy possible.
Are we thinking of the same people? Dutch sisters, one would seduce an officer get information out of him then trick him into a situation where he'd be by himself and the sister would then kill the officer?
@dangarrett8676 the Jedburghs were a group of international military men that would parachute behind enemy lines, and organize resistance efforts. The were 3 man teams, each member being from a different Allied nation. They used crystal radiosto transmit information back to OSS/SOE headquarters.
I love hearing your take on lesser known characters from history that most people never even know about. And making it funny and patriotic af at the same time
I whole heartedly appreciate the work you do to immortalize these heros and stories for us who otherwise would never know these amazing parts of history
A Woman of no Importance is my favorite biography of this American hero. Her bravery, brilliance, and contributions to the Allied victory cannot be overstated. One of the greatest Americans ever.
In all honesty, I have learned more about history form you than in my entire educational experience combined. I absolutely love what you do and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Just sat down lit a cigarette opened a cold one brought up RUclips on my phone just to be gifted with this treat, waiting for your videos to come out is one of the driving factors keeping me going instead of laying down and dying
Great to know people like this at least once existed and hopefully still do somewhere. Surely the pride of Baltimore, MD and Roland Park Country School.
I wish I could write… her story needs to see the big screen… she was a pimp, a drug dealer, an escape artist, a mountain climber, an amputee, a war leader, a master of disguise, not to mention a spy and an all around bad ass…. Sounds like every movie’s main character for the last several decades all wrapped up into one… I would pay to see that.
I'd read Virginia Hall's story in two or three different sources, and you still had details in here I didn't know about her. Not the first time that's happened when I watch your videos. Great research, man.
Thank you so very much for finding and sharing the history of this amazing woman. I never heard of Virginia Hall before and she's worthy of a movie of her life. You found a gem in the annuls of history.
Once again, great story! Why isn't this a movie?? Instead of remaking old fliks since Hollywood seems to have little imagination, here is a perfect story to put on screen. It has everything!
WOOOOOW. Dude, you have been smiling at points more and more in the video and I know you loved doing this one. This woman is a PURE Badass. Another AMAZING story. Thank you
I love your videos and story telling skills. The only problem I have is figuring out how I’ll convince my future wife to let me name our kids Cassius and Virginia. Please don’t ever delete your videos 😅
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Dawg, Fister here, thank you for the vid 😆😆
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This woman was amazing!! She could hunt, speak four languages, and organize a way to give nazis the clap………all with one leg. I am so glad she was on our side.
She reminds me of Shannon Kent. She was a military linguist who specialized in gathering human intelligence but tragically she was lost along with three other servicemen in Syria about 5 years ago.
@@1977Yakko two other servicemen and a contractor linguist. They are still missed.
She was shit at climbing a fence though ;)
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she could snipe dude, that's pro hunting
Can you IMAGINE reading your own grandmother's obituary only to find out that meemaw was world class spy?
So that's how she knew I stole from the cookie jar.
@@olympusgolemoflight7198top comment 😂😂😂
Brooo 😂😂
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I found that out about my grandma she was a Brit spy and there’s a photo of her standing next to hitler blew me away
Hey, um, thanks for making this. I'm a disabled woman, and this was really inspiring to me. I've felt so hopeless. So, for man to shine a light on this means a lot. So many people don't care, but you did enough to make this wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing her story with the world when the time was appropriate to do so. I hope this means that more people will see her story, and will be similarly inspired to do good in the world.
My Wife and I are 24/7 caregivers to our Adult Handicapped Son...YOU matter! Don't ever think otherwise! I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2013 in my early 40's. I've had 4 spinal surgeries because the cancer (bone cancer) ate my spine up. I don't know your disability but I have experienced it and continue to. It sucks! I HOPE you can find something/someone to assist you in your journey. Best of luck!
@bananayoshimoto554 so what your saying is that your a one legged spy? What's your next move? Disappearing into the mist to never be seen again..... I'll be watching..... 👀
Disability does not define you. You are awesome & van be a force to be reckoned with. As a fellow disabled woman, this story inspired me to get my Master's degree & become an English professor. You can do this! I have faith in you. Rock on!
The best type of spy is the person that nobody who would believe could even possibly be a spy. Imagine trying to convince a superior that a one legged woman is a trained spy.
She wasn't trained. She just did shit and did it well
Great way to prove the technique. Who here is the spy mastermind? 😂
One of the north Vietnamese’s beat couriers was a 70+ old lady with a broom. It just happened to be a hollow broom filled full of messages. She was never caught.
Not just convincing a superior that a one-legged woman is a trained spy... convincing that superior that the one-legged woman spy is absolutely bodying your war effort and you need an entire division of reinforcements to find her and stop her... and then, telling that superior that, well, uhh... no, sir, she got away. And took 12 prisoners with her. Yes, sir, *those* 12 prisoners.
"Too many of my friends died for talking too much." Words to live by.
Are you a spy or sum? ;p
@@loveitftw I can neither confirm nor deny....
@@DanPeacock and so you'll have a long life ahead of you comrade 🫡
@@loveitftw, now why do ya wanna curse me like that? :)
@@DanPeacock I'm about to ruin this man's whole career. :>
After watching like 6 different videos from him about crazy bad a** heros from WWII its actually insane to think about how many real life main characters there were during that time, even if ONE, a single one of these people messed up and something went wrong with ANY of thier duties the entire war could have legitimately played out differently...
Of course there were others that didn't get the happy endings. She said to !any of her friends died because they talked. For every awesome ending there are a thousand shot in the head or slit throats. They all thought they were the MC as well. Their stories are just worse endings. That's why when we get to hear the success stories it's amazing. The others died trying. One slip up, small mistake or just a single instance of bad luck and you die without your story ever being told or remembered by anyone.
How could one feel in retrospect after ALL of these stories, knowing everything you'd accomplished made such a difference and when told becomes a nearly mythological tale when in reality you were fighting not only for what you and your own believed in, but just surviving to see another day.
I could only assume it'd be a very mortal, sobering reality enough to practically put the fear of God in you.
Praise be to those righteous who lay down their lives for the right cause, even to those non-spiritual it's definitely deserving of high respect.
I like how most of the fat electrician heros are culls or crippled blind etc. Everyone has value if they apply themselves properly
I think its when u got a million people llusbat war ur bound to have some people pull of some pretty wild shit
Dude, if you're into military history, WW2 is a deep, fucked up and beautiful black hole. WW2 was the ultimate shitshow of shitshows, and some things we still don't actually know for sure to this day. The stories from spies, soldiers, mercenaries, etc, are kinda crazy and happening all over simultaneously.
Virginia Hall. She did her job so well even her enemies clapped for her.
don't you mean "got clapped by her"? she was the one-legged man in the ass kicking contest, and won
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This wins my internet day
Your comment is massively under rated! I see what you did there. 🤣
Rofl
She basically wrote the book on how to not tell on yourself. Nothing she did was for herself. She loved and believed in humanity. Like a paladin cosplaying as a rogue. My kind of woman.
Not humanity but her country and her values. The nazis were human to.(physically anyways)
@@dwimrel😂 But not mentally, right!
@@paulvamos7319 even mentally, in the nazis were mildly annoying compared to what China alone did. Then there's Russia, Cambodia, North Korea, just off the top. Human nature will always revert to the most brutal state unless tempered by God.
@@dwimrel I meant mentally not human! 🤣
@paulvamos7319 that is a mistake that many make. We try to distance ourselves from evil by saying they are less than human. They were ordinary people put into extraordinary circumstances. Only a few dozen members of the leadership were hard boiled nazis. The rest were people like you, like me. We all are fully capable of great evil, it just takes the right push. The only saving grace for humanity is we are also capable of truly great things as well. The thin line that keeps you and me from one side or the other is chance and choice.
I had my 18 year old daughter listen to this. She does not want to listen to anything I send her. But she did listen to this and loved it. Thank you so much.😂😂
@20:58 " Too many of my friends died for talking too much." Coldest Spy line ever. Absolute gangster quote.
Agreed!
@@the_fat_electrician I had a wonderful merch idea I wanted to yeet at u,
gasten flag with a simple statement
Don't tread on my boats
Take it or leave it,
@ignatiusq.snerdiiesq.7007Christopher Lee was a badass. He ran intel for Popski’s Private Army. Highly recommend looking them up, because they were fucking bonkers back in the day.
Navy seals could take some of her advice.
This is a prime example of "you cant make this up." Imagine being Heinrich Müller, chief of the Gestapo, which was feared in all of Nazi-occupied Europe for seemingly seeing, hearing, and knowing all and catching just about anyone they wanted just looking at the wanted poster for this lady for 5 years and still never catching her. The feeling of shame knowing you got outplayed throughout the biggest war in history, start to finish, by a women you know has a wooden leg, knows what she looks like, and was deep behind enemy territory pretty much the whole time and still failing to catch her.
Also finding out she was American, and not Canadian.
Ya know.. that really had to suck... probably worse than losing the war entirely. 'You had one job!'
She was the entire reason you had to preface it with “Just about”. 😂😂
The 12 spies getting trapped together on hardcore mode and actually getting busted out its absolutly insane
@@TheAnnoyingBossFrom a biography of her I just read, she organized the entire thing, which was perfection in terms of prison breaks. It all went like clockwork. But that was just the first. While doing everything else, including smuggling downed Allied pilots out of France and back home, she was the one who planned and coordinated prison escapes for other agents who had been captured. She knew the Germans might execute any of them at any time, so it was hugely important to move quickly.
When she had to leave the country quickly, someone asked her, “ What about the prison rescues?” And she basically said in an annoyed tone, “Maybe someone else can do it!”
I kinda want to write a screenplay about her. THIS is the definition of a strong independent female.
Yeah these feminist nowadays don't have a clue what a real strong independent woman is.
@@Freesavh1776”i love the kind of women who can actually just kill me” 😂
yup.. feminists pls take notes
No, THIS is the definition of a REAL strong and independent woman.
Yes unlike the fake ones Hollywood creates with no character development etc.
Her actions as a spy during WW2 makes the shenanigans of Hogan's Heroes look at best, mildly creative.
Fr like people think the movies are dumb but they never look into what actually happend😂
@@Deki_Srpska That one of my favorite things about @the_fat_electrician is that he literally shows, "reality is stranger than fiction." Just like "The Dirty Dozen", "World's Greatest Meth-lete", "Proportional Destruction", and essentially every subject of his long form videos; They Had to Document It or you'd never believe it.
@@CP_BlessedDad yes
So you're downplaying their achievements and sacrifices?
@@CanadianTehGamer no
Thank y'all for covering Virginia Hall. Ferocity and determination were innate to her. True American hero!
Never heard of her before but this woman was a true G this is nuts
You won me over with the first comment. I do have daughters and they will be educated on the story of this heroic woman. I think her story should be taught in schools, but we both know that won’t happen in the current climate, so it’s up to us to pass her story on and my goodness it’s a great one! God speed Virginia Hall an example to us all about virtue and overcoming hardships. What a fantastic American Lady! Thank you mate for covering her story 🥰
Unlike the Nazis she had a leg to stand on.
Nice! 😂
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you win the internet Sir! Bravo!
She gave them a swift kick in the ass. Had the same effect as a wooden baseball bat.
Eyyy~
Lost a foot and still walked away fine what a legend.
Too many people in this world go unrecognized for the heroic things they’ve done. Thank you for shining some light on an unknown soul. She was an outstanding woman and you as usual are a brilliant storyteller. Thanks again.
the minute I heard of her deceased father coming to her in a dream while on death's door all to say "Get up, we have business to take care of", I knew she would have major main character energy and just wreck house
"The Brothelkrieg" 😂
I fucking love it. Thanks for coving this hardcore lady. Virginia Hall definitely deserves to be known by more people.
Even with a missing leg she figured out a way to hit the Nazis in the genitals.
My dad was Army MI and also worked with the OSS during WWII. He knew 4 languages and used to do espionage too. When he passed away in 1998 our family tried getting his military records from WWII Korea and Vietnam but were told that his military history was still classified. Our family still doesn't know exactly what dad did during WWII.
Did you try filing for a freedom of information act?
@@Kma99107Classified info won't be released under FOM requests.
My dad was security services in the USAF during the cold war. Honestly, the best thing you could do for your dad is remember the man you knew and let the confidential stuff stay confidential. You knew your dad, the rest is another world that is impossible to understand without the proper context that simply can't be acquired unless you were in that time.
As an electrician this was never what I thought it would be when I found your channel but I’ve never been disappointed by it 😂
I can see how his name might be deceiving 😂😂😂
He is a badass! 😂
Lol right. I clicked the name once to educate myself on some electrical and was like "this ain't got shit to do with electricity". Been subscribed and watching ever since 😂
My veteran father who just turned 80 and I absolutely love your show!!!! He and I have watched every episode you made ✌️🇺🇲🦅
Tell your father I said thank you.
@@PennyPlant-fr1gd ✌️🇺🇲
Amen and God bless America, thank ms to your dad for his service
Thank you to your father.
Thank you to all of you for your kind words , he's been through a lot , had to have his legs amputated not too long ago 😔partly due to vascular disease from the agent orange stuff in Vietnam, but he is well cared for and his favorite episode is about Sergeant reckless😊🙏✌️🇺🇲
21:20 i agree, Kim does not do even a thing that's gangster, yet Virginia Hall did it for all her life, WITH ONLY A LEG.
Drunk history did a great episode about her but TFE's story telling and attention to the details makes this one so much better.
...I've never heard of this woman, so I'll just chalk it up to her being just THAT good of a spy.
It was the way of the true Heroes of WW2 my grandfather a half-track driver was hiding a silver and 2 bronze stars in the locked steamer trunk in his bedroom no one knew until we opened it in 92 after his passing. These people were made of something better than we are today.
There is an even earlier tomboy American that never took no for an answer. Sarah Emma Edmonds faked her enlistment during the Civil War under the name of Franklin Flint Thomas and proceeded to be the American version of Mulan. She was at tons of major Civil War battles such as both battles of Bull Run, Antitime, and Vicksburg. While not officially recognized, in her memoirs she wrote that she also worked as a spy escaping execution once and even dawned Silver Nitrite face staining to blend in with Confederate army slaves when gathering intelligence for the Union. her Wiki is a wild read, like most spies are.
I've heard about that, I love her story
Fat electrician needs to do an episode on her next!
Bump.
Not trying to sound like an ass, but do you have a reliable source? From everything I can personally find, the only record of her doing anything comes from her own memoir
@the_fat_electrician
I’m a Vet and former 11H trooper of the 82nd Airborne, D co 1-505 PIR and the fact that I’m just now hearing about this brave young woman and all the badassery she did pisses me off! THIS is service to your country TRUELY looks like. I will forever be grateful for what this amazing woman did for these United States of America!!! Thank you Ms Virginia Hall
This woman should have a film or series made telling her outstanding story. Complete Legend!
Absolutely yes. if Hollywood can get their shit together and stop pushing the message for once, it could/would be a win for both sides.
They have made a movie….it’s called “ A Call to Spy” and it was excellent!!!!
My dad was attached to the OSS. He would parachute behind enemy lines to assist the resistance. I have a paper that was written years later by an officer. The paper was written about the effectiveness of them sending in people, spies, and equipment behind enemy lines. My dad was a radio operator and was mentioned a few times in this paper. Ironically he never talked about it.
No... no he wasn't
My dad also parachuted behind enemy lines only he was a B-17 pilot who was shot down on July 26, 1943 by German Senior Lieutenant Carl Decker flying a FW-190. Decker was shot down and killed on July 30, 1943 by an unknown American P-47 pilot. Germans kept detailed records. The Americans not so much. My dad spent the rest of the war behind enemy lines as a POW in Stalag Luft III (the Great Escape) and Stalag VIIA until liberated by the advanced forces of Patton's Third Army in April 1945.
He never talked about it. I had to find out everything many years after he died on active duty by doing years of research.
He remained in the Air Force flying B-47's and B-52's during the Cold War. He died of a heart attack on active duty at the age of 51.
I had the best and coolest parents any kid could hope for. I ended up joining the Marine Corps in 1967 to avoid being drafted into the Army. I served 21 years in the Marines as an infantry officer with 3 years in combat. Beyond that I had one hell of an adventuresome life. I'm 77 now, but I'd do it all again if I could.
My Nana worked on science during WW II. Never said anything about any of it past an assignment in San Diego loading ordinance ships. She was developing computers. Found out after she died.
Those people took security very very seriously.
@@Cessna152fulProof that he wasn't an intelligence officer?
@@nicholasneyhart396
there is no such thing as evidence to prove not. You need evidence to prove.
"weapons of ass destruction" crushed me...... Glad Virginia was one of ours! She would make a great video game character. Pure Solid Snake shenanigans.....
Good god imagine if she was a German in the states💀
Virginia Hall is on of my FAVORITE historical figures of ALL TIME! Thank you so much for covering her and her incredible contribution to history 💜
Her story should really be a book or a movie. Both honestly she’s incredible.
Just as I told someone else here in the comments, I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
There is a book- “a woman of no importance”
I'm torn on the movie bit. Yeah, her story deserves a movie, but it deserves way better than what I think Hollywood would come up with.
@@rbb.828 The book is worth the read. She was a force of Nature.
There is a movie about her.
Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack"
British officer who went into battle with bagpipes, a broadsword and a longbow....in WW2. Has the last confirmed longbow kill. This man is a legend and needs his own episode.
Yeah but he was Br*tish.
@@jffry890 So what
Think he's done it already. Wait one, Imma go look it up.
Edit: NM I must be thinking of the McNasty episode. But Mad Jack has been brought up before, just not yet given an episode.
Infographics has a great Mad Jack episode but would love to see TFE do an episode with his twist on it, plus love seeing that history teacher Terry guy do his reviews of TFE, which TFE actually gave free merch to, awesome addition to these vids!
@@jffry890he's already covered brits what's your point
Sent this video to a friend whose a grade school teacher, she is going to be showing your video to her class. She said this is a very inspirational story and kids need stories like this
Update: at first the class said they didn't believe the story, they were astonished by her determination. The girls in the class were truly inspired.
WHY hasn't this been made into a movie?? What an incredible story. Sir, you have, bar none, the most interesting content on any platform.
I just went to search, apparently there is a movie she is in, but the movie is apparently not historically accurate she seems to not be the main character either. The movie's name is A Call to Spy
A lot of things never make it to history books let alone get to the public/press or acknowledged by the respective governments. This is done for a few reasons asset ( the spy/operators) operational security and safety both during operations and after they are transferred to a new assignment or retire. Plausible deniability for the intelligence/ military department/agency if they didn't play exactly by their governments rules or international law. And lastly to protect the tradecraft and other skillsets used by spies/agents/operators both past and present that the intelligence/military service would rather not have publicly known. This can mean anything from forging documents and identity papers to gathering HUMINT (human intelligence) in both conventional and unconventional ways, soft Interrogation techniques (speak with foreign or domestic assets and getting them to give up something valuable without them knowing it) or hard interrogations and torture methods (yes they all do this at one time or another but call it a debriefing lol). Lastly bare in mind field agents/spies/operators/UC's are a different breed and live a rather complex life while occupationally assigned. Their anonymity is what keeps them alive as the secrets they hold, some which they disclose to their handlers and some they don't, the assets both human and non-human they cultivated/used and "hidden talents" they learn over the course of their careers are all things that both keep them safe and make them a high value target for both their own agency/military service/department and those they operated against. So why spill the beans and increase the risk to themselves loved ones and trusted associates if unnecessary, just cause some become glory hounds doesn't mean they are all like that, or are exposed by another to "burn" them.
In addition to "A Call to Spy" that was already mentioned, "A Woman of No Importance" is being made into a movie and Daisy Ridley has already been cast as her.
Yeah, this is the empowering story that should be put out there. I'm fuckin inspired. She was a goddamn badass.
There isn't any victim mentality
I cannot express enough my love for these untold stories. The fat electrician is by far my absolute favorite creator. Followed by Brandon herrera, then demolition ranch. This guy is an absolute genius.
Me too. Add Donut and Sean Ryan!
Hey I'm subbed to those too!!!!
@@ThelostMiragemost of us are, tbh. One big community
HLC is another.
After being down south some years, "snipe hunting" is when local folk take you out to the woods at night & leave you stranded in the middle of the woods 🤣😭
Where in the south
If you are homeless, snipe hunting means looking for 1/2 smoked ciggs on the ground
This. Was. AWESOME! Why can't we have a franchise of spy thriller movies about her?
she is not lame or gay????? 😝
@@Zacknafin yes, that's it
@@Zacknafin ... put a chick in it, and make her a lesbian!! ...South Park
@@Zacknafin Having a bad leg, she is technically "lame." :P
We need this story as a TV series. Great storytelling as always!!!
A TV series would BE KILLER.
@@jensonhartmann3630 it’s a no brainer really… like even her name as a Title like “Hall” and tell her story would get so many eyeballs glued in watching.
i'm already so excited for the first season that wont exist haha
@@punisherpr
The TV series is in development, according to imdb.
a TV series that includes a bunch of spies in a WW2 prison camp with a two-way radio that can contact Brittan sounds familiar
When I heard she named her leg “Cuthbert” I said, out loud, “Fuck yeah.”
There are a couple of good books on her but my favorite is:
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell
About 10 years ago, the former Field Activities Building (FAB) at the Farm, where they trained Agency officer in skills such as land navigation, commo, driving, firearms, and medical, was renamed the Virginia Hall Expeditionary Center.
I just started reading it this afternoon!!!!
Ah I love Sonia’s Agent Most Wanted! I had no idea she wrote more!
I swear i hated history in school, but having you as a teacher i would have made A+ on every grade. Thank you for your service and the free lesson Sir.
That's because history is about the story of what happened, but it is presented in school as meaningless names, dates, and events, with no context or connection to life. TFE tells you the story.
My husband says I need to watch this immediately. He just watched and said I would love it and he wanted to see my reaction!
This woman took a bunch of disorganized groups and built a true fifth column. Bloody amazing!
Being one of the few channels that have a positive impact on the nation is incredibly commendable and appreciated!
Words cannot describe how badly I want this to be a movie or drama documentary. It's got everything! Spy thriller, patriotism, history, a strong female lead, a romance subplot, a tragedy or two, prison break, Nazis, disability, and a positive message.
Wow, what a hero. She sought no gratification, didn’t need to write a book, she just wanted to serve and defend the world from tyranny. It’s people like this that we should Endeavour to emulate in our lives.
Being a paraplegic and a double amputee, I loved the bit about the Dr. Telling her your leg is trying to kill you so I am going to kill it first as that hit damned close to home. Don’t ever change the way you tell these stories as that is your gift. Even the words from your sponsors are hilarious.
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Amazing story.....loved it . Presentation . Energy . The story is epic .
"She's one awesome woman who should be known by subsequent generations."
Truly Amazing, if they would have made her life into a movie script it would not be accepted, they would say "could never happen".👏🇺🇲
Great video FE!!
This woman didn’t need legs to walk. Her ambition takes ever everywhere she needs to be. Max respect. All in a time when it was EXTREMELY hard to do as a woman.
"Your leg is trying to kill you so I'm gonna kill it first" most medically accurate description of an amputation I've ever heard😂😂😂
This man needs a team cause I'm addicted and he makes history cool
Him Habitual line crosser, mr.terry, all teamed up with the operation room doing the animation. Have them cover operation phantom fury (Fallujah Iraq) where the US air drops flyers for anyone looking for a fight.
So excited you did her story! As a proud American tomboy gal I always admired her story. She didn’t whine about the crap she faced as a woman she worked hard to prove herself. She didn’t let others tell her she couldn’t. She didn’t give up after losing her leg. She refused to be stopped by limitations and figured it out as she went. Her never quit attitude and her humble demeanor are truly admirable. Adapted & overcame with insane courage. She is a true American hero and who all young women should look up too. Don’t complain., just get on with it & prove yourself!
Truth be told their are a lot more women like her throughout history than most can even conceive of, some like Mrs. Hall others who were comparable to the darker side of this aspect of history. Think about this for a second, yes we are very impressed with her accomplishments, can you imagine all those who still have their anonymity and how impressive their stories are. The fact is their are places and situations uniquely suited for a woman to do a job a man could never do. For instance the network of women who worked as clerks, secretaries, nurses, maids, etc. that were the backbone of critical intelligence to the American revolutionaries during the American Revolution, How do you think they found out the then military Govenor of Massachusetts was going to send the British army to Lexington and Concord to destroy the provisions the minutemen had hidden giving them ample time to relocate the bulk of it and spread some around to be found so more than one fire would be set which was used as a signal for the minutemen to use to counter attack the British Army and push them back to Boston. I mean can you imagine the kind of stories someone like Julia Childs, the famous chef, could have shared cause all that was ever confirmed was that she was a CIA asset (SPY) not who or what she spied on. Then there are women like the USMC Lionesses who were trained by FORECON and The Marine Raiders for both combat and special operations capable missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they aren't the only women in the world to do so in recent history or the past.
It would be a much better country with women like Hall being the one young women looked up to as opposed to the majority of celebrities that get pushed and seemingly forced upon the populace.
I can tell your a tom gal by how you communicate and i agree this woman is gonna be a rolemodel for my daughter if i have anything to say about it she was a unicorn of a person most guys are not this badass and ive known alot of badass dudes i know at least ine per war going back to ww2 and none of em have the brass she did
Dude that was awesome. Your hands down the best History Teacher I’ve ever had. And I’m 54. I love the way you present everything. Quak Bang out!!!
So, I'm a Girl Guide leader and last year I did an evening on Women in War - I choose Queen Elizabeth the 2nd (I'm British - even the Queen rolled up her sleeves and was a Truck Mechanic), I did the WATU - Western Approaches Tactical Unit, where a bunch of 18 year old girls spanked seasoned Naval Officers (including those that had fought in WW1) in a series of Wargames to reverse engineer German U-Boat tactics and develop counters, and the Night Witches.
*WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I NEEDED IT!?! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTE UNIT OF A LADY!?!*
Appreciate this. Being a woman in the forces, not enough is mentioned about our work. Never mind there is much more to service than point a rifle and shoot. Many of the early spies were women. Many early code breakers were women. :)
yes because when the royal family joins the military they definitely get the same experience everyone else does
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Loose lips sink ships
Chief Shannon Kent is another hero who gets no air time. Unfortunately, most of her fight against ISIS is still highly classified
I'd love to see Hedy Lamar discussed! She did a LOT behind the scenes that we're still learning about! And she didn't get recognition until sometime the '90s.
Oh yeah! I just recently learned about her and her basically inventing the idea of frequency hopping. Pretty cool stuff
Absolutely love all of your stories! This is what I should have read about in history class when I was in school. Thanks for being such a great storyteller, and keeping me captivated from beginning to end. I’m only a third way into your videos, but here I am again at 3 in the morning because I can’t stop listening. You make my night sometimes, sir.
I’m currently reading books that chronicle the 82nd 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, which included my great-grandfather, who was their Chaplain (Protestant). He served and dropped with the 82nd Airborne 325th GIR from start (Africa) to end (Germany). Participated in every campaign, Tunisia to Sicily, Italy, England in preparation of D-Day (-1) into Normandy, Market Garden, their encirclement in the Battle of Bulge, through the discovery/liberation of a concentration camp, and fighting through Germany till linking up with the Red Army. It’s truly remarkable how the stakes and situation of WWII led to such incredible acts and tales of such bravery by so many.
Seems a trend in the books these books, that some of the ‘best’ men, most loved and respected within their unit were also some of the first to lose their lives in combat, undoubtedly due to them taking the initiative and exposing themselves to risks for sake of others. The 12 spies in France who were caught, (and many others) should remind us that many braves souls fought, and the ‘hero’ is just the one of them who survived to tell their tales. (Arguably) some of greatest acts of bravery and selflessness in war will inherently never be heard since those have paid the ultimate price.
For every hero we remember, for each one who came home, there is someone who did not. As the chaplain, my grandfather was responsible keeping records of each man KIA and/or casualty. The number of men KIA or WIA in his records exceeded the size of their unit by over a thousand…… when a medic could do no more, it was my grandfather’s job to pray with or over that man in their last moments make their soul right with their god, then correspond with their mothers and families. He didn’t speak about the war when he returned. We didn’t fully understand the burden he carried till finding the lists with his signature years after he passed. In one of most deadly wars in history, it was his entire job to look the death in the face, all of it. When they discovered a Nazi concentration camp, it was he who presided over the their (proper) reburial and service for the victims and to help process the horrors they witnessed.
You might think, being a Chaplain, with the Red Cross on his arm, he was never in the fight or much danger, but he was only ever as far back as the medics and never far from the frontline. During the Battle of the Bulge, he receiving a Purple Star and Silver Star while they were pinned down and cut off. He’d spent a day and night running back-and-forth across the battlefield to a water pump to supply the wounded men and medics held up in a barn. The men surprised he time he returned.
In memory of my great grandfather, and the burden he carried, I like to acknowledge the nameless men in the footnotes of each of these stories who were lost to history, who thanklessly risked and sacrificed the lives all the same.
Phenomenal comment.
Thank you for sharing his bravery. Inspiring.
@@GlamorganManor my great-grandfather and the surviving men in his unit didn’t consider themselves the hero’s. To them, the true heroes were men like Charles DeGlopper. On D-day +6, their unit got pinned down by a machine gun nest, with their escape route covered, DeGlopper picked up his BAR, stood up in full view of the enemy and advanced on the German unit ALONE, so as to draw their fire long enough for rest of their unit to get out. DeGlopper was shot, and men recall seeing him stand back up, pick up his BAR, and firing another mag of 30-06 till hit again. After being shot at least 3 times, he used his last strength to get up again, raise his BAR and get off another mag before being cut down. By then all the men had made it out of the ambush. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, and the reason manny of them made it through initial phases of the Normandy invasion.
He’s an example of what I mean when say seems the hero’s take the initiative, and inordinate risk for sake of the others, and end up being some of first to lose their lives. Seeing bravery like that, and getting to survive thanks to men like him, is why those that returned could not claim themselves to be the true heroes, when they got to go home.
(I’m surprised anyone read this long comment! So many people these days say or think “TLDR” and move on when confronted with more than 1 paragraph. Thank you for reading my comment. These books written from all the men’s stories and letters home are filled with incredible information about what each day was like.)
If your greatgrand farther the Chaplin I think he is, he is the only paratrooper to earn 5 combat jumps. And has a exhibit at the 82nd abn div museum.
It was more than that, she wanted her mother and only her mother to witness her success in life from not being “ladylike” and to emphasize the importance she had only her mom show up as the witness so her mother had no other distractions or excuses to not pay attention. Very brilliant
She was very lady like thats why she was a spy. All the men where at war being a very womanly creature allowed her to sell milk for cover while secretly saving the world. Being a crippled old woman so she coyld sit on her devices.
Absolute goose bunps! That lady was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing her story. It would make a great movie.
I have nothing funny to say! I just wish I could have met this woman in person before she passed! She sounds like an amazing person and an inspiration to all people and young women in particular! This woman fits my definition of the word "hero"!
Literally this. But instead OF girls are idolized while real women hero are ignored. She lost half a leg and still managed to fight the ENTIRITY of WW2 helping to change the war in our favor. These women are the kinds that should be in books, movies and popular culture.
Could not agree more!@@ILYSNAF
I LOVED this!! I have 3 teenage girls and just told them a recap on the drive to school! They said that is amazing!! I love stories that tell them how big a difference one badass woman can make!! ❤ Thank you!!!!
Seldom do "good" girls make history. But they can make a difference.
What an awesome person.. She is a not the hero you expect, but a hero none the less. What an amazing story!
So glad to see you as a host on the unsubscribe podcast, you were easily one of the best guests ever on there and your long form content is amazing. Please dont stop!!
I read a few books based on her. She totally owned, not putting the safety on her shotgun when she hopped the fence. She is my hero. Love your short synopses. Hopefully, it will encourage your listeners to learn more about her.
As a father to a grown daughter, I respect her honouring her mother that way.
Thank you for teaching me about a kick ass female!! As a female firearm instructor it makes me feel a little less alone in a typical "man's role"
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Thanks again ☺️
TBH there are more women out there like Mrs. Hall (glad she kept her name so we get a better idea of who she was and her upbringing) than people know about, and all throughout history to boot. In her story I find it amazing that for the time it was her father who wanted to allow her to break the cycle of societal expectations by actually taking an interest in and supporting her where as her mother wanted another life path for her, one of a more restricted/constrictive nature. People are either conditioned by society or their homelife as children to except certain concepts some good, some not so much. Do women get undervalued or denigrated to a role by society or the ignorance of ones family's beliefs, absolutely. Is it fair, absolutely not, I'm of the mind that ones gender should not automatically pigeonhole them in to a specific role in life. As both a FORECON Marine and a specialist in the critical disaster/mutual aid occupation I've worked with both men and women of the highest caliber. I have also come across ignorant and entitled members of both, those who work hard, are determined to succeed and are willing to set aside preconceived notions will always get a fair opportunity from me, the outcome is entirely up to them. This served me well when training a Lioness element for special operations capable missions in the Marine Corps, and the women who are apart of my rescue squad in my current occupation. Both which were/are very dangerous jobs requiring the individual to be much better than most physically and mentally. Instead of just seeing groups and lumping everyone in to a demographic by gender age ethnicity politics religion or culture we need to start seeing the individuals, especially those who set themselves apart from the rest.
Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 - 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern Front in World War II;[3] and as a United States Army Major (under the alias "Larry Thorne") when he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War.
Whhhhaaaaaat?!
@@brrrt7623 This dude really hated communists :D
Shout! And return his name!
I wish that she would have written an biography to be released after she passed. The stories that she could tell, would be amazing!
I was literally just about to suggest you do a video on her. She and Cuthbert just absolutely wrecking the Nazis... what a woman
Yo Virginia Hall is a real Boss Ass Lady! I cant wait to get home and tell my girls about her.
With this writer strike going on, you, Eli, and the gang should start making these historical hero's stories into movies! Clearly we love just hearing about it but holy heck, to see these stories coming to life like the Pacific or Band of Brothers would be soooo freakin rad!!
Its so wild to me that we weren't taught about these amazing Americans growing up and I'm so glad your working on trying to change that for the future.
Daily Wire's 2023-2024 release schedule...
1. Lady Ballers
2. Snow White
3. The Limping Lady (you could really trigger people by having all the host make brief cameos...as Nazis)
Reminds me of my little sister. Tough, rock thrower, and beat up boys. Even named my M14 after my sister in the USMC. "Lizzy."
Virginia was a solo Jedburgh. You should do a video on the Jedburghs. Their efforts prevented 2/3 of German resources to operate, making the amphibious landings at Normandy possible.
Are we thinking of the same people? Dutch sisters, one would seduce an officer get information out of him then trick him into a situation where he'd be by himself and the sister would then kill the officer?
@dangarrett8676 the Jedburghs were a group of international military men that would parachute behind enemy lines, and organize resistance efforts. The were 3 man teams, each member being from a different Allied nation. They used crystal radiosto transmit information back to OSS/SOE headquarters.
@chuck.reichert83 so definitely not thinking of the same people. Thanks for the quick lesson on them
I love hearing your take on lesser known characters from history that most people never even know about. And making it funny and patriotic af at the same time
Good stuff. Thank you Mrs Hall for your service
...and... Hollywood is still re-(terribly)making movies with all of the most amazing stuff being left on the shelf. I think we need TFE productions!
I whole heartedly appreciate the work you do to immortalize these heros and stories for us who otherwise would never know these amazing parts of history
Clicked so fast
Ditto
Fuckin same🤘🤣
I just noticed it said 6 minutes ago and clicked on it
same. chubby current constructor is one of the faves for fun presentation!
Same
A Woman of no Importance is my favorite biography of this American hero. Her bravery, brilliance, and contributions to the Allied victory cannot be overstated. One of the greatest Americans ever.
In all honesty, I have learned more about history form you than in my entire educational experience combined. I absolutely love what you do and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Just sat down lit a cigarette opened a cold one brought up RUclips on my phone just to be gifted with this treat, waiting for your videos to come out is one of the driving factors keeping me going instead of laying down and dying
Great to know people like this at least once existed and hopefully still do somewhere. Surely the pride of Baltimore, MD and Roland Park Country School.
Truly a Strong Independent woman that COULD be used as a role model...but we have what Disney gives us...
Disney? THATS A MAN BABYYYYYY 😂
Revenge of the Bloodhound, that is literally a strong woman, and a hot one at that.
My favorite Disney Princess is LT Ellen Ripley.
The second is Klinger.
And lizzo
I’m reading “A Woman of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell, right now!! Virginia’s story is truly inspirational.
This story needs to be made into a blockbuster film, so young people get to hear her story.
Glad you're giving her story the spotlight it deserves. What a badass.
Beat the notification. You should honestly be featured in history classes in every school of the country.
I wish I could write… her story needs to see the big screen… she was a pimp, a drug dealer, an escape artist, a mountain climber, an amputee, a war leader, a master of disguise, not to mention a spy and an all around bad ass…. Sounds like every movie’s main character for the last several decades all wrapped up into one… I would pay to see that.
I'd read Virginia Hall's story in two or three different sources, and you still had details in here I didn't know about her. Not the first time that's happened when I watch your videos. Great research, man.
Thank you so very much for finding and sharing the history of this amazing woman. I never heard of Virginia Hall before and she's worthy of a movie of her life. You found a gem in the annuls of history.
Once again, great story! Why isn't this a movie?? Instead of remaking old fliks since Hollywood seems to have little imagination, here is a perfect story to put on screen. It has everything!
The amount of forgotten acts of heroism always staggers me. When we look at what our society lifts up in comparison 😢
It is a horrible shame!
WOOOOOW. Dude, you have been smiling at points more and more in the video and I know you loved doing this one. This woman is a PURE Badass. Another AMAZING story. Thank you
Mr electrician dude. I enjoy your presentations way more than those other casters who don't have the vocal flow to convey the message. Thank you...
I love your videos and story telling skills. The only problem I have is figuring out how I’ll convince my future wife to let me name our kids Cassius and Virginia. Please don’t ever delete your videos 😅
A New Fat Electrician video is the perfect way to end the Workday