Last Sunday, we had our one year anniversary livestream in which we talked about the last year, our current challenges and the plans for the road ahead, and answered a lot of your questions. We explained how we have to want to increase our Patreon income to be able to travel to the known and unknown locations of World War Two. To do so, you can help us by supporting us on www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory or timeghost.tv. Literally every dollar counts. If you'd like to say the livestream I mentioned, you can check that out right here -> kzitem.info/news/bejne/poGt2WWgh3tyoHo Cheers, Joram
@Vulkanprimarch
5 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant episode. Although I can't wait to see Australians feature more prominently in future episodes.
@eduardklima5698
5 жыл бұрын
Wasn´t Paul Thümmel doule agent for Czechoslovak goverment in exile that passed aquired inteligence to Brits?
@cezariusus7595
5 жыл бұрын
My god, this in detail video makes me want to binge watch them from the beginning, I'll start with ww1 first.
@indianajones4321
5 жыл бұрын
@World War Two another great history channel you guys should check out is “The Front” they have a lot of great content for lesser known people and battles
@Sandwich13455
5 жыл бұрын
This was a great video to watch!
@aroundhere1200
5 жыл бұрын
Polish pilot: *lands in the meddle of a tennis game* Tennis man: "Finnaly, a worthy opponent, our battel will be legendary!!"
@SuperLusername
5 жыл бұрын
Saying tennis man is gender discriminative. You must say tennis officer
@jack-hq4ek
5 жыл бұрын
@@SuperLusername smart sarcasm or stupidity?
@sgt.eclair
5 жыл бұрын
@@flashgordon6670 >implying Brits don't drink beer like their blood is made of it
@robtoe10
5 жыл бұрын
> "Fuck off" >"He's one of ours, lads" that's strangely heartwarming lol
@adonissherlock
5 жыл бұрын
Only in Britain lmao
@brucetucker4847
5 жыл бұрын
The sad, rarely reported sequel was when the farmers asked him "Arsenal or Tottenham?" and he replied "What? - Arsenal I guess, I'm a fighter pilot after all" - and the enraged Spurs fans poked him full of pitchfork holes before pouring acid on him and then setting him on fire.
@NuclearToxinify
4 жыл бұрын
"Hande Hoch!" "Fuck off!" "Nevermind, he's one of ours."
@heisenberg1817
4 жыл бұрын
I can see it in my head like a Monty Python skit
@Legitpenguins99
5 жыл бұрын
"Hände hoch!" "Fuck off!" Yeah, he's one of us
@jonbaxter2254
5 жыл бұрын
In his best English, he yelled "Fuck off". Brilliant, the absolute madman.
@Dataism
5 жыл бұрын
RIP Trotsky, your cameo in this series won't be forgotten.
@lancaster643
3 жыл бұрын
Good riddance to that criminal
@slimsh8dy
3 жыл бұрын
@@lancaster643 he was an opponent to Stalin's totalitarianism and argued that socialism cannot exist without democracy. he was no criminal
@FourThousandAndFive
2 жыл бұрын
@@slimsh8dy fr fr
@shivangbhardwaj826
Жыл бұрын
@@slimsh8dy lol no. Trotsky was bad if not worse than stalin, much more fanatical Leninist and fully believed in totalitarianism or he wouldn't support the Bolsheviks and the leninist regime. The only thing that differentiated him from stalin was that he was far stupider and way less politically savvy than stalin
@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3
Жыл бұрын
@@slimsh8dyalthough I do think he was far better than Stalin, if he was leader he wouldn’t make the Soviet Union much better than it was after Lenin’s death. Trotsky was basically just Lenin 2
@simonhagsten6799
5 жыл бұрын
Kudos to the polish pilot yelling "FUCK OFF!" to the people with shotguns and pitchforks, kudos
@pegzounet
5 жыл бұрын
I guess after getting shot at by 20mm autocannons and jumping out of a burning airplane, the notion of what's risky gets relativized
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
@@pegzounet As the war extended, Allied aircrew bailing out over Germany sometimes confronted angry civilians, and lynchings took place. An American shot down near Hamburg in 1943 recalled being marched along a road by a civilian youth who was on horseback and had a pistol. The American had a feeling the youth was looking for a pretext to shoot him. He offered the German a cigarette - the German glowered at him but accepted it. After that the tension slightly eased. The American was dropped off at a police station and that evening was removed to a POW camp.
@speedydb55
5 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine surviving being shot down in desperate mid-air dogfight, bailing out of a flaming airplane, parachuting to the safety of the ground below... ...and then.... "Anyone for tennis?!"
@kiandocherty3589
5 жыл бұрын
That "Fuck off" line is just soooo British. We take that with good humour over here: it`s like saying "Hey. Leave me alone please."
@its_dippy6779
5 жыл бұрын
Imagine being that Polish pilot at the end. "dzięki bogu, I am alive" "Hey! You, the pilot chap, this is an exclusive tennis club" "Ah, o-ok, I leave, yes?" "Oh no you don't, you land here, you gotta earn to be here" "przepraszam?" "Thats right, someone sign him in for me. Grab a racket and get playing, flyboy" "????"
@sanitarycockroach9038
5 жыл бұрын
And then proceeds to roflstomp them in tennis XD
@MegaTang1234
5 жыл бұрын
British Tennis player:"It's Dangerous to fight Nazi alone, take this" *hands Polish pilot tennis racket*
@The_Jawnski
4 жыл бұрын
"Fuck off." Legend.
@lomax343
3 жыл бұрын
Those, of course, were among the first ten English words learned by all foreign pilots serving in the British forces.
@charjl96
5 жыл бұрын
Ah, that story about the Pole who got stuck in the tree warmed my heart
@LoneWanderer727
Жыл бұрын
The polish pilot telling the Brits to f*CK off had me rolling 😂
@waltski4375
5 жыл бұрын
Hats off to the trapped Pole. "F*ck off!"....brilliant!
@sanitarycockroach9038
5 жыл бұрын
God bless the Poles, those beautiful bastards!
@TLTeo
5 жыл бұрын
Unsure which one between the tennis and fuckoff anecdotes is most British.
@brutalnyas5639
5 жыл бұрын
combine them
@hannahskipper2764
5 жыл бұрын
So true!
@waltski4375
5 жыл бұрын
Polish pilot lands....gets drafted into impromptu tennis match....wins...and is told to "F*ck off."
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
@@waltski4375 Not in that type of high society. On the subject of bad language, the first known radio in the English language to use "f!ck" on air was a German-run radio programme in English called "Workers' Challenge". This purported to be a left-wing radio programme operating from Britain but in fact it broadcast from somewhere near Berlin. It encouraged British workers to go on strike and said the war was being waged in the interests of the upper classes. It did not have much of an audience even though it used swear words in an attempt to sound authentically British working class. Other radio channels encouraged Scottish and Welsh nationalism - the objective above all was to sow disunity in Britain during wartime. The technique is called "black propaganda" and the British themselves used the technique and began broadcasting radio programmes which purported to originate in German-occupied Europe, notably "Soldatensender Calais".
@luciusvorenus9445
5 жыл бұрын
The Polish aviator and the British Tennis Club is a great anecdote. "Smashing parachute landing, chap! Care for a game?!"
@Raskolnikov70
5 жыл бұрын
If they'd also nabbed a German pilot they could have settled the entire battle in a much more civilized manner :D
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
@@Raskolnikov70 In the film Battle Of Britain, I am always amused by Edward Fox parachuting down into a suburban garden in London and damaging the greenhouse. A kid immediately dashes up and offers one of his father's cigarettes or cigars. How did the kid know he wasn't a German? After all, Fox's character is blonde, blue-eyed and wearing no very obvious uniform...
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
The only thing that surprises me about that anecdote is that there was time for a game and he was not whisked back to base and sent back into the air almost immediately.
@Tlhague998
5 жыл бұрын
Nah, speaking as an Englishman. The most British anecdote is knowing someone is on your side by being told to "Fuck off"
@Guaguadeath
5 жыл бұрын
More like Fack off.
@eh1600
5 жыл бұрын
Feck off, copper!
@Tlhague998
5 жыл бұрын
@@Guaguadeath that's the one.
@Rednecknerd_rob9634
2 жыл бұрын
lol, Mob: Hands up! The Polish airman: F*ck off. Also Mob: Awww, he's one of us.
@carlmanson6634
Жыл бұрын
My dad was born in 1933 and so obviously thought the war great fun! A German pilot was in a local police station one time and so of course all the kids went to have a look. This pilot gave these kids a wooden sculpted model of an aeroplane which they cherished and dad handed down to me. Wish I still had it, lost to time tho but he said he used to play in the craters the bombers had left and inspired him to join the artillery (in the fifties) as he wanted to shoot the bastards with massive guns next time (which luckily never came to be and he just missed out on Korea).
They really don’t care abt getting demonetized anymore huh?
@azraelswrd
5 жыл бұрын
At this point, anything involving history especially warfare or "violence" is on KZitem's shitlist algorithim.
@davewilson4058
5 жыл бұрын
I had to smile at the tennis anecdote. It was so English of the 1940's just as I remember it. We had a German pilot land by parachute in our road and one of our neighbour's came out, took him indoors, sat him down with a cup of tea and a piece of cake while they waited for the Home Guard to come and collect him. We children clustered outside curiously gazing through the window at him. I just remember he looked so young and very bewildered. Perhaps he was shocked at being shot down and wasn't sure what was going to happen. Eventually an army lorry turned up and he was whisked off. I often wondered how he fared.
@airraverstaz
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an incredible story thanks for sharing. To have actually lived through those times must have been something. Film reels and books can only educate one about it so much.
@davewilson4058
5 жыл бұрын
Hi@@airraverstaz, Glad you liked it, just don't get me started on my bomb stories, or experiences with doodlebugs in 1944-45
@chArAls1989
5 жыл бұрын
@@davewilson4058 You are more than welcome to share any stories you have.
@davewilson4058
5 жыл бұрын
Hi @@chArAls1989, Perhaps another time. I've found that most people are no longer interested in events so long ago and I'm sure that many from my part of England have a wealth of personal stories far more interesting than mine.
@snappy452
5 жыл бұрын
@@davewilson4058 The waning interest is exactly why we need every story that still exists to be told. Hopefully, in time, the interest will wax again and the fullest human experience can be taken in by those curious of 'what it was like'. You're a living treasure trove.
@annafirnen4815
5 жыл бұрын
I have one even more British anecdote - in the Polish book called "Squadron 303" there was this story: One day while the battle was raging in the air, a Polish pilot (Witold Urbanowicz) landed on the closest airfield to renew the fuel and ammunition. He looked everywhere but there was no one around. Then he finally found a man who took him to a bunker/shelter. All people there were casually drinking tea, eating sandwiches and smoking cigarettes. Who would care about bombs and shells flying IT WAS 5 O'CLOCK. One Brit even asked him "Would you like a nice cup of tea?". The pilot looked at them in disbelieve. 😂
@LuvBorderCollies
5 жыл бұрын
I've heard and read several firsthand witnesses to British strangeness about taking breaks when they should be moving (WW2). My dad mentioned the Brits tendency to stop for tea while the US troops were moving forward in Korea.
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
More an upper class thing as workers would be drinking beer.
@archstanton6102
5 жыл бұрын
@@LuvBorderCollies I worked at Regent's Park Barracks, London from 2008-12. Officers' Mess 1030-1100 every day was tea and toast with the daily papers. Best place to develop contacts.
@crashusmaximus
5 жыл бұрын
11:26 "FUCK OFF." and then they knew he was friendly. I'm dying here. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@azraelswrd
5 жыл бұрын
it beats carrying an umbrella (yes that's a Bridge Too Far reference.... :P )
@ariochiv
5 жыл бұрын
The little heart seals the deal. I did laugh.
@louisswanepoel1614
5 жыл бұрын
I must say, that Pole was one Badass
@samuelogle2197
5 жыл бұрын
"Fuck off" That's how they knew he was one of theirs.
@jonash5320
Жыл бұрын
Unfair match, that guy landing in the tennis court was maxed out on adrenalin xD
@TheStevewhelan
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the best laugh I have had since my wife passed away earlier this year - regarding the chap who landed in a tennis club etc... That has cheered me up big time! She would have laughed loads too as her mum was a "Deaf Olympics" Gold Medalist for Tennis in the inter-war years. Thank you so much :-)
@rob9472
5 жыл бұрын
In his best English he replied Fuck Off, hahaha oh that got me I had to hear that a few more times.
@m3a2uploads3
5 жыл бұрын
give me timestamp please
@ghostdog5525
5 жыл бұрын
@@m3a2uploads3 11:35.
@Bird_Dog00
5 жыл бұрын
Did the locals think he was an australian?
@janwacawik7432
5 жыл бұрын
Now I gotta inquire in my local government to build a monument to Czesław Tarkowski, the pilot whose bravado and spirit are reflected in the words "fuck off". Fighter pilots from Poland, second to none.
@arnavbhagwat4232
5 жыл бұрын
You should do that for sure!! Much respect to the polish spirit from your Indian ally!
@wuugaa6776
5 жыл бұрын
They should dedicate a tree to him
@tejesedeny
5 жыл бұрын
I just loved that little animation about the story of the pilot stuck on the tree. And yes, the tennis match is probably the most British story I've ever heard.
@SuperLusername
5 жыл бұрын
Soviet Union this week lost the idea "Trotskyite Plot?" with an effective change of +20% national unity. True story.
@lzj1001
5 жыл бұрын
*Sees HOI4 reference* Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well
@fromamorecivilizedage
5 жыл бұрын
Evilsamar *+20% stability.
@confusedpineapple9948
5 жыл бұрын
i hate to be pedantic BUT in hoi4 it is +5% stability when trotsky dies
@kennethwarring7681
5 жыл бұрын
Everyone saying that it's stability now doesn't realize that they are playing on an old version smh
@fromamorecivilizedage
5 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Warring yea but pre 1.5 is an inferior game
@stevebarrett9357
5 жыл бұрын
I very much enjoyed the anecdote about the Polish pilot's eloquence. I never realized before that there was, in some respects, a lot more going on in the Great War than in the second one, at least in the beginning. WWI practically simultaneously had the western, Serbian, Galician, Polish and East Prussian fronts, along with incidents on the high seas (flight of the Goeben, von Spee vs. Craddock and Sturdee), and several battles in Africa going on. In contrast, WWII has had what almost seems like separate wars, China vs. Japan, Poland, Denmark-Norway, Benelux-France, a single action in Africa and now the Battle of Britain. Thank you for bringing these excellent series to us.
@Litany_of_Fury
5 жыл бұрын
It just hit me... "Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few." The Pilots aren't Heroes, the Heroes are Pilots!
@farhanrahman7119
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@kennychilders8261
5 жыл бұрын
Well mate, you've fallen down from the sky but now that youre here, tea and tennis?
@jollybritishchap485
5 жыл бұрын
How to convince someone that you're British; Shout fuck off as loud as you can
@teto85
5 жыл бұрын
My wife's grandfather flew Hurricanes and later Mosquitos. He never flew in an airplane as a pilot or passenger after 1945.
@JonatasAdoM
3 жыл бұрын
That Pole on the tree story had me laughing out loud!
@jeremynewcombe3422
5 жыл бұрын
Most channels after demonetisation: Guess I'll quit controversiality World War Two channel after demonetisation: The Battle of Britian is a BITCH
@jonash5320
Жыл бұрын
Bet one of the pitch fork guys was like: 'you cant park there mate'
@MaxwellAerialPhotography
9 ай бұрын
People weren’t that retarded back then.
@lmperlum
7 ай бұрын
@@MaxwellAerialPhotographyThey definitely were.
@MrSaywutnow
5 жыл бұрын
The only thing that could have made that tennis club story more British would be if he were offered tea and scones after the match.
@NamFlow
5 жыл бұрын
That "fuck off" part had me in stitches :-D :-D :-D :-D oh you British people! :-D :-D
@celticguy197531
5 жыл бұрын
A Stan Boardman joke …………. A BBC TV journalist is interviewing a elderly former Polish fighter pilot. Interviewer: So Mr Stanczewski, I understand that in 1943 you shot down five German aircraft in a single engagement. Could you tell us what happened? Polish Fighter Pilot: Well we were flying at 20,000 feet when we spotted five Fokkers flying along below us. So we dived down and I aimed at one of the Fokkers and fired a burst from my machine guns right into him and he exploded. Then I saw that one of the Fokkers was on my tail, so I pulled round in a loop and got behind him, and fired and he went down on fire. I looked around and saw two Fokkers attacking my squadron leader, so slipped in behind them, and fired, and that was another Fokker going down in flames. The other Fokker tried to get away from me, but I got right up behind him, and blasted him with my machine guns and turned over and exploded. There was only one of the Fokkers left now, and he was trying to get away, but I flew up behind him, shot - bang, bang, bang - and he blew up too! Interviewer: I should point out for the benefit of the viewers at home, that the Fokker was a type of German aircraft used in the war. Polish Fighter Pilot: No, no, no - these fokkers were Messerschmitts!
@themarshalpjnuke2276
5 жыл бұрын
XD HAHAHAHHA
@sanitarycockroach9038
5 жыл бұрын
Glorious!
@AceMoonshot
5 жыл бұрын
Bwahahaha. Good one!
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
I have heard variations of this, mostly with the interviewed pilot being Irish, hence "focker".
@turktownblue70
5 жыл бұрын
As a Brit I agree that is something we would still do! But the Polish pilot saying F off is THE most British thing he could of said other than make me a cup of tea
@mariannelynnlatjow5641
5 жыл бұрын
As a Pole, I declare: FUCK YEAH 😁!!
@TheCimbrianBull
5 жыл бұрын
Kurwa! 😀
@nemo6686
3 жыл бұрын
It's only the most British thing ever if the tennis-playing Polish pilot got a glass of Pimms for his efforts.
@techgeekout
5 жыл бұрын
Actually laughed out loud at both the end stories, loving it
@DanteG023
4 жыл бұрын
That tennis tennis bit got me haha. This is far better than any documentary I've seen in the past
@StuSaville
5 жыл бұрын
3:13 So technically you could call this method of defence a "Scorched Water" strategy?
@davewilson4058
5 жыл бұрын
Briefly, in the early days of the blitz, I just remember hearing the shrapnel from the guns pinging on the road and picking up incendiary bomb casings and shrapnel in the garden after a raid. They used to be great to swap for comics at school. My Mum and neighbour's used to douse them by covering the ones they could reach with sand and then wetting them down to try and put them out. A land mine was dropped by parachute to try and hit the nearby railway bridge and cut off access to Portsmouth He missed but destroyed a whole block of shops and glass was strewn everywhere. We lost our front windows which took ages to replace. The battle taking place overhead was usually very high up and it only seemed to last for a short while before everything drifted miles away leaving the sky empty, but covered in vapour trails. I was taken outside one very dark, moonless night and saw a large Orange glow in the distance, lighting up the dark. It was London burning 20 miles away. I was due to be evacuated at that time, but Mum changed her mind and said that we'd stick together and face whatever happened. My Dad was a Fireman and we didn't see much of him in those days. When he did come home, he was usually very dirty and smelled of smoke and of course, very tired. At school there was often an empty desk in the classroom and the teacher would just say that they'd gone away. We never knew if they were killed, bombed out, or evacuated.
@ThunderBuddy
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting story that. How old was you at the time?
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your story! We'd like to try to use it in a future video, to show more of the human side of war and how it affected society, if that's okay with you. If you have any more stories, or even a diary or letters of that time that you are willing to share with us, you can send me an email at wieke@timeghost.tv and I'll get back to you. Thanks again!
@davewilson4058
5 жыл бұрын
@@WorldWarTwoi'm flattered that you find my experiences as a child in wartime Southern England interesting, but I don't feel that it is of sufficient moment to put in a video,. There must be many of my generation who have had far more eventful and exciting stories to relate. I did put down my life in those times and sent copies to two of my three children. One wasn't interested. I have kept a copy for myself in my computer to refer to when my memory fades and I start to forget things, which at 84 may not be too far off:-)
@hannahskipper2764
5 жыл бұрын
"F**k off" is the most awesome way to tell the local British population that you're with them!!😂😂 I wonder if a native pilot told him to say that? Best line ever!
@neilwilson5785
5 жыл бұрын
I just raised my glass to that Polish pilot - what a great bloke. Na zdrowie! to him.
@waltski4375
5 жыл бұрын
It is Monty Python-esque. Imagine the thought process. Here I am caught in a tree and here comes a mob armed with pitchforks. First option: "I say there, would you chaps be kind enough to help me down?"...nah. Second option: "You don't need the bloody pitchforks, I am on your side."....nah. Third option: "F*ck off!"....yep, that will work.
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
Depending on the audience, sometimes swearing or ribaldry is more effective. It is said that Nell Gwynne's carriage was surrounded by an angry mob in London. She was one of King Charles II's mistresses and they were not popular - one or two were Catholic and Charles II himself had Catholic sympathies and was baptised before his death in 1685. Gwynne said to the mob, "Good people, forbear! I am the Protestant whore." The crowd cheered. When Washington was crossing the frozen Delaware to attack Trenton, he remarked to Henry Knox, his artillery commander and a fat man, "Move that fat ass, Henry, but slowly or you'll swamp the ---------- boat." This was heard by other boats and the remark was reported to pretty much the entire army, improving morale for some reason.
@hannahskipper2764
5 жыл бұрын
What can we say, sometimes swearing is a good ole morale booster! 🤬😄
@edwardhogan67
2 жыл бұрын
Only 22 British dead in Somaliland? They've got this evacuation thing down pretty good by now, huh?
@YouGotTheMelvin
Жыл бұрын
It was against Italy TBF
@romulusnuma116
5 жыл бұрын
Love that the British plan was to set the fucking sea on fire
The anecdotes at the end were quite amusing. Also interesting to see things heating up in China again.
@owenbenson8082
5 жыл бұрын
Already donating on The Time Ghost army but I feel like it’s never enough. This show along with all your others is how I’ve been dreaming about learning history ever since I was a kid. I read all the time but there’s something different about it being narrated with sounds and sound effects and maps. I love what you guys do, we’re more blessed because of you. “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure does like to rhyme” I hope you guys find a way to continue this kind of education even past WW2. Maybe the Cold War? Vietnam? JUST KEEP MAKING VIDEOS!!!!!
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your support and the kind words, Owen! I think that we will have our hands full with this project for at least a couple more years, but who knows!
@frankwhite3406
5 жыл бұрын
When I last Sat in a Splendid Spitfire at RAF Hendon Museum London . I did note that on the inside of the cockpit door to your left , it is equipped with a Very useful Crow Bar to Unjam the Cockpit incase it becomes stuck and one has to make a rapid bail out , if the Aircraft was gravelly damaged and on Fire .
@n00bswillruleall
5 жыл бұрын
Incredible how Mao's words have stood true for every single conflict after world war two. Korea, Vietnam, Contra, and Isis. All were made larger by conflict and nearly all were supplied heavily by the ones they were fighting.
@princeofcupspoc9073
5 жыл бұрын
The US in particular has a way of selling arms to their allies, and then turning their back on them, resulting in conflict. Ho Chi Min, Saddam Hussein, just to name a few.
@ICULooking
5 жыл бұрын
You folks are the best at balancing drama and lightheartedness.
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We try our best not to make every episode a grim summary of all the suffering, though sometimes we have to face the reality of war
@nuttyjawa
5 жыл бұрын
hahah loved the stories at the end
@canthama2703
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome, anecdote at the end was indeed hilarious. Congrats fellas.
@gunman47
5 жыл бұрын
An interesting thing to note that happened this week among the already many events happening, is the commissioning of the German battleship Bismarck into service on 24 August 1940. This mighty battleship might prove to be a real threat to the Royal Navy’s dominance in the Channel and the North Sea...
@merdiolu
5 жыл бұрын
Not really. Kriegsmarine has no Luftwaffe cover or proper inter arms cooperation.
@preussen4983
5 жыл бұрын
*PRIDE OF A NATION, A BEAST MADE OF STEEL!*
@cmdrgarbage1895
5 жыл бұрын
@@preussen4983 *BISMARCK IN MOTION, KING OF THE OCEAN*
@giannisg3387
5 жыл бұрын
@@cmdrgarbage1895 *HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS!*
@zetectic7968
5 жыл бұрын
No! The Germans had learnt their lesson from Jutland. Bismarck et al were commerce raiders.
@dylantaylor3139
5 жыл бұрын
Just some casual Ice Mountain climbing in Mexico
@sanitarycockroach9038
5 жыл бұрын
Ah, the glorious Poles finally getting all the recognition they deserve. And I love the criteria for the Brits accepting people!
@MILITARY-TUBE
5 жыл бұрын
The most important is that the Germans lost.
@azraelswrd
5 жыл бұрын
it helps that Netflix has a series devoted to Polish squadron. Haven't seen it yet but I saw the ad for it.
@AceMoonshot
5 жыл бұрын
The allies really threw the Poles under the bus after the war though. Damn brave people too.
@RedbadofFrisia
5 жыл бұрын
@@AceMoonshot I feel bad for the poles, but how could they have saved them though, seeing as the soviets were the most effective fighting force after the war? Genuinly curious.
@AceMoonshot
5 жыл бұрын
@@RedbadofFrisia I completely disagree. The United States had the atomic bomb. With that game-changing weapon it made them the most effective fighting force. And an air and naval power no other country could match.
@thetsarofsalt2485
5 жыл бұрын
The two pilot's stories were by far the best parts about this video! Haha
@NowinWTF
5 жыл бұрын
When I was learning about WWII in school, I couldn't understand why it went on for so long, or why people didn't just put a stop to it sooner. Now that I'm watching it week-to-week, I realize that this stuff happened really fast. From the time this war started (almost a year ago), my life was pretty much the same as it is today. That isn't true for basically anyone in the world between September 1939 and end of August 1940. Everything changed.
@Ayyyyther
5 жыл бұрын
History is about putting yourself into the shoes of the past. Something that is uncomprehensible today could be the norm for that era. Unfortunately school really doesn't think learning about past mistakes is important and just focus on math and languages.
@MaureenLycaon
5 жыл бұрын
I've been having a similar experience. I've always had this impression of World War II as a long, long, interminable war, but seeing what happened week by week makes it clear that things were happening almost too quickly for most people to keep up. What's also scary is just how fast many Europeans' lives changed for the worse. One month, your main concern was getting the crops planted in your village, or maybe getting ready for your daughter's wedding in your small city or town. A month later, the front had rolled over you, and if you weren't blown up or shot, next thing you knew you were either one of thousands of refugees walking the roads with your surviving family and everything you owned in one cart . . . or the enemy soldiers had taken over your valley and were helping themselves to your food and maybe grabbing off people to be shot while you cowered in your house and prayed you weren't next.
@ZackMarrs556NAT0
5 жыл бұрын
Everything chamged when the -fire nation- nazis attacked...
@rycroft2557
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao Indy saying "Fuck" was just really funny to me. Like when your teacher accidentally says shit or something and the whole class just goes silent and completely taken off guard. That was me when Indy said a naughty word.
@randomclouds4404
5 жыл бұрын
Hehe, he also said it multiple times during the recent livestream.
@Southsideindy
5 жыл бұрын
@@randomclouds4404 I did indeed.
@jamiehacker7059
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting note Peng Dehuai later became commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Korea and was extremely popular. When he was purged in 1958 one of the things he was accused was prematurely exposing the real strength of the Communist Army with the 100 regiments offensive which caused the Japanese High Command to concentrate more on pacification of communist insurrection that lead to massive losses and massacring of civilians, especially from 1942-1943. Though to be honest the reason for his downfall was his objection to military cooperation with the USSR and openly opposing non-military decisions made by the politburo.
@DotepenecPL
5 жыл бұрын
Also on this day: Sgt Antoni Głowacki (501 Sqn) claims 5 German aircraft shot down, becoming the first "ace in a day" in the battle of Britain.
@jeremyfeldmann7969
5 жыл бұрын
Ace in a day was a show. Of skill now there are so few
@StrangerOman
5 жыл бұрын
The ending anecdotes at the end of the episode is so bizarre that you know that is real. Tbh, learning a lot about China and Japan in the early years of war. That side almost never got covered in major WW2 history class.
@stuartmcnaughton1495
5 жыл бұрын
In the Battle of Britain film it sounded more like "good afternoon" than "fuck off".
@Dave_Sisson
5 жыл бұрын
They had to sanitise it and make it "wholesome" rather than realistic, for prudish American audiences.
@azraelswrd
5 жыл бұрын
@@Dave_Sisson Yeah, they also didn't want to use Galland's real name in the film either despite him actually being an on-set consultant where they included his infamous quote to Göring about what he needed to fight the RAF. LOL
@mikedocherty6160
5 жыл бұрын
How is it that this amazing program is given for free every week? THANK YOU!!
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
That's entirely thanks to our supporters on Patreon who help us finance the show, since we are often demonetized on KZitem and simply don't receive enough money to sustain the team that is needed to achieve this quality. And thanks for the kind words, Mike!
@hakichiki
4 жыл бұрын
@@WorldWarTwo Isn't there some UNCF, UNIDO, UNICEF or World Bank Grant you guys can apply for to assure financial support for such fine and incredibly valuable content? I can imagine that having this as an annually leased platform to distribute quality educational content globally for "free"? Can you imagine how boss it would be to kids allover the world to have you guys as a history faculty??? Hold on a minute there with that #GoebbellianPlanForWorldHistoryDomination... that might just mean you are faced with so much ground to cover in global history that you would have to decide between eating or sleeping (for your 15 free minutes a year) if that came true? I am soooooo grateful for what you guys do, in ways you can't begin to imagine. My #2Cents worth is wending its way to your coffers. #Kudos.
@johndillinger8424
4 жыл бұрын
My Wife's Uncle survived that to die in Egypt in 1942. RAF, Pilot Officer. Northern Ireland.
@stevejauncey3086
4 жыл бұрын
May he rest in peace. What was his name?
@jaanuspapp1333
Жыл бұрын
well, considering they were up against hans joachim marseille and the boys there, cant say im that suprised.
@CloseUp1961
5 жыл бұрын
I like the anecdote of the tennis club, I thought he would have been invited to tea.
@nomobobby
5 жыл бұрын
They were playing tennis while waiting on the caterer to brew them a spot of tea
@abdulmasaiev9024
5 жыл бұрын
Bold of you to assume that tea didn't happen in a British tennis club even without being explicitly mentioned
@purpleleaf16
2 жыл бұрын
I love this series so much
@nexter3892
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@lorenzomenegol6461
5 жыл бұрын
I really miss the plane roaring in the intro. It gave me chills, especially with earbuds in. Bring it back please Indy!
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
I'll pass it on!
@iCrapBubbles
5 жыл бұрын
11:20 A Pole that's more British than the British, no wonder they knew he was on their side xD
@Kilo12117
5 жыл бұрын
Wheeey! I got mentioned at the end, thanks guys, the work you all do is fantastic! I'm a volenteer myself at an RAF Heritage Centre in the UK in Norfolk. Information from your videos is very helpful when talking to visitors about the war. Thanks again guys keep up the good work!
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
We’re the ones that have to thank you! Love to hear about how what we do sends ripples like that. Keep up the good fight to remember the war!
@lDrFuManchul
4 жыл бұрын
Battle of Britain they say, what a nuisance... now who’s in for a game of tennis? *polish pilot lands* Splendid!
@tammyt3434
4 жыл бұрын
I'm terribly sorry , dear, but we've only three players. How can we possibly play doubles? *Pilot lands* Smashing!
@exeterjedi6730
3 жыл бұрын
I read an anecdote about Southampton, but I can't remember in what, so don't know how true it is. German pilots were bailing out over the city. One guy landed near some old blokes, so they took him to the pub for a drink. Another landed near some housewives, and they beat him to death with rolling pins or whatever was to hand.
@benwilson6145
2 жыл бұрын
He should have handed over his parachute
@jaanuspapp1333
Жыл бұрын
and they say women are the weaker, gentler and kinder gender.
@golden_smaug
5 жыл бұрын
Trotsky's life and Mercader's are very well pictured in a book called "El Hombre que Amaba a los Perros" (The Man Who Loved Dogs) from cuban writer Leonardo Padura. If you can read it, it's very much worth your time
@princeofcupspoc9073
5 жыл бұрын
Trotsky was the man. We can only speculate that, if he had taken power instead of Stalin, the Soviet Union may have progressed to the "permanent revolution," instead of the abortion of a dictatorship that it was. The rich take power and then give it up universally to the workers. That last bit, yeah, the rich decided to stay rich.
@asherrfacee
5 жыл бұрын
I’m happy to be seeing this channel recommended in my feed again
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
So are we!
@REALmacheight
5 жыл бұрын
Churchill certainly had a way with words! Gives me shivers of pride even now...
@stevew6138
5 жыл бұрын
Pole: Fuck off. Locals: G'day mate, lets be off for a pint.
@Fenristhegreat
5 жыл бұрын
Your Pole landed in Australia I take it?
@stevew6138
5 жыл бұрын
@Fenristhegreat, No, my pole has never landed in Australia. It has been around much of third world Asia, however, cheap times. Back to the story, sorry I got my on-line accent's wrong. Silly me, mixing up a Kanga and a Limey. You know how we Americans are. Later gator.
@chrisarcher4098
5 жыл бұрын
So glad I found this series, I watched in perpetuity until I caught up to the week by week order! Now i'm just patiently waiting each week for greatness! Great job on this endeavor team! Great Job!
@bingograffiti
5 жыл бұрын
I did the same in june ;)
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Chris!
@ayethe4603
5 жыл бұрын
The tennis club one is epic lol
@rat_thrower5604
5 жыл бұрын
Those British anecdotes are fantastic, both of them absolutely still true
@mrber0546
5 жыл бұрын
This series is so great, definitely the highlight of my day
@12345678900987659101
5 жыл бұрын
What is an Ice Axe doing in Mexico?
@Skyfox94
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe it was on vacation? Even the coolest of axes needs a day off every now and then.
@Cancoillotteman
5 жыл бұрын
@@Skyfox94 does it need to... let some STEAM off ? Heh ? EH ? Ok, I'll show myself the door
@MaciejBogdanStepien
5 жыл бұрын
He lived in a villa, oh... my bad: Hacienda
@AceMoonshot
5 жыл бұрын
I thought it was like an ice pick type o' thing. Used to render big blocks of ice into smaller cube sized chunks.
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
Mexico has mountains - in 1956, Che Guevara climbed Popocatepetl.
@MrRenegadeshinobi
5 жыл бұрын
Indy did a swear.
@MrRenegadeshinobi
5 жыл бұрын
@@MeinungMann No, I don't think I will.
@andrewlampart
5 жыл бұрын
When you binge watch every episode until there's no new ones left :(
@afungula1
5 жыл бұрын
That was me last week. I get the feeling this ones not going to be over by Christmas though.
@charjl96
5 жыл бұрын
Now there's a guy with a lot of free time
@mihailkondov4773
5 жыл бұрын
Like for the tennis court story
@TheLazer3
5 жыл бұрын
The story of the Polish pilot reminds me of a World War One comic written by Bruce Brainfather where a sentry asks who is passing by and is cursed out by the soldier, so the sentry just replies "pass friend".
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
Spike Milligan was called up but at first they could only issue him a helmet and puttees, while he wore a civilian pinstripe suit. He was put on sentry duty. He would challenge, "Halt, who goes there?" The reply was "Fèck off." he was later issued full uniform. It made no difference. "Halt, who goes there?" "Fèck off."
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
images.app.goo.gl/GN4EWL49DF4ePTJq9 This was Milligan's own drawing later of how he looked in June 1940.
@alicetwain
5 жыл бұрын
A light note. The sister of Ramòn Mercader, the man who killed Trockij, was the second wife of Italian actor and director Vittorio De Sica.
@milanstevic8424
5 жыл бұрын
Small world!
@kaczynskis5721
5 жыл бұрын
@@milanstevic8424Dora Kaplan, who tried to assassinate Lenin, was an acquaintance of Lenin's younger brother Dmitri.
@tinyman1144
5 жыл бұрын
I remember finding the great war channel back in 2015. Been with you guys ever since, and the quality's only gone up! (TGW is still doing pretty good monthly episodes too)
@WorldWarTwo
5 жыл бұрын
That's amazing, thanks for sticking with us! We're glad to have you on board!
@anxietyinducing6601
5 жыл бұрын
These titles makes it easier to recommend it to my friends, though I was wondering how much 'future proof' are they? Love everything you guys do btw.
@joshivanoff3803
5 жыл бұрын
Hey I think you guys are amazing I'm turn 20 recently and I've been watching you since Turkey joined ww1 please keep up the good work
@rgm96x49
5 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the British making a Great Firewall before it was cool.
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