The St Nazaire Raid 1942
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2020
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"Lone torpedo boat, identify yourself"
HMS Campbelltown: **Flashes code**
"Well it's an older code sir, but it checks out"
Huh?
*walk over*
Nein! Fire Everezing!
British Captain: It's fine, this'll work.
...
British Captain: Best keep your distance, though. But don't *look* like you're keeping your distance.
British Seaman at the wheel: *Confused grunt*
British Captain: I don't know! Sail casual!
Captain of the HMS Campbeltown: "Keep your distance XO but don't look like you're trying to keep your distance."
XO: "Whadayamean uh?"
Captain of the HMS Campbeltown: "I don't know... sail casual."
*I know that reference meme intensifies*
hello there fellow cultured men
The St Nazaire Raid could be a potential movie.
It already is .
It was - Attack on the Iron Coast - 1967
@@aaronbussey3856 Oh lol, nvm. Perhaps a remake??
Noel Zaporteza Yes, it could be...
@Joe Also I wonder who's gonna make it?
British: use HMS Campbeltown as a kamikaze ship on a one way mission
Germans: “probably has loads of cigarettes lets go check it out”
When a Serb shoots a Austrian Arch-Duke in Sarajevo and a German gets rejected from art school so you, a Englishman, are shooting up a French coastal town in order to sink a ship in Scandinavia
To prevent said ship from sinking american guns exported to the soviet union
Thats what i call a world war :D
what kind i say but superbly done
you're confusing world war 1 with world war 2
Iheb Ben Rhouma Because the events of WW1 led up to WW2
Can’t forget about the five Commandos who managed to escape capture and make their way to neutral Spain where they then returned back to England!
OMG really?!?
but how? there is too much kilometers between spain.
It was a common escape route used by downed bomber crews and stranded soldiers/spies throughout the war, the idea being that if you were captured in Spain you would just have to sit in a Spanish prison for the rest of the war rather than a POW camp and if you evaded the Spanish police you could just walk into the British embassy and get flown back across the channel to rejoin your squadron/force.
correction: only 2 made it. and it was not that raid.
@@doomerboomer9402 I have read several sources which state 5 commando's made their way back to England with help from French civilians and possibly underground members. They were taken to neutral Spain and to England from there. Not sure where the confusion is coming from but I have been able to find 3 independent sources which all state nearly the exact same summary with the number always being 5. And I do think this would make a good subject for a modern film....imagine a well done film which could cover the incredible drama and action of the event itself and then the incredible human drama of those wounded, taken prisoner, killed and the few who escaped. If it were to be done correctly, it could be a movie classic.
"I bet there's lots of booze and cigarettes on this ship that was used for a kamikaze attack"
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!
well when 1/2 the german army is on meth I wouldn't always expect sound decision making.
Like... imagine an army of florida man
I can imagine one of the captured commandos realizing that one of the germans speaks english and "lamenting" how all the booze and cigarettes that they left behind are going to waste
Actually makes a lot of sense to treat the men with items that are considered valauble and desirable to get their morale up before the mission
The germans wasn't aware it was a kemikaze attack. For all they knew, that destroyer might have been meant for fire support and evacuating the commandos but accidentally swerved onto the dock ports and got stuck.
@@timpyrules Same with the Japanese who would drink sake and other alcohols before a banzai charge. I know when I have a good buzz I'm much more willing to do something I would think twice about when sober. Then again, I can't imagine a suicide charge even if I was drunk.
I remember when this was something the History Channel would do. Glad I can get this on You Tube.
There's one narrated by Jeremy Clarkson which is way more epic.
Cable TV must cater to its demographic, which is aging paranoid elderly and rural poor who have cable/satellite but not good internet.
These people are not often interested in knowing the details of an operation they've never heard of.
Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary on the st nazaire raid. i highly recommend it
czcams.com/video/07Zd0Oy8JyQ/video.html
Very entertaining and a lot more in-depth on the major individuals involved in the operation.
Yea I love BazBattles but that documentary covers this in depth and the sheer ridiculousness of the operation doesn't come out in Baz's video.
@@ktvindicare True. The detail of Mountbatten affirming to a critic that "It's the outlandishness, that makes it possible. The germans will never expect us to try it."
He was right, as the germans recieved the raid woth quite a bit of stunned amazement, to the point of later commending some of the prisoners for their audacity and guile.
One of the best things Jeremy Clarkson has ever done. And he's done a lot of great things. Amazing documentary.
I've long been a WWII buff. My father led a mortar crew in the Philippines and his brother was KIA during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. I'd never heard of this important action until now. Thank you for telling these stories that we all need to be reminded of. Heroes shed blood for our liberty!
The whole of WW2 it wasn't Britain's main goal to piss off the Germans. There were hundreds of raids, maybe not to this scale but many against all the odds
This is One of special importance to me. My granddad Harold Westcott was on ML267 and One of the brave men who gave their lives during Operation Chariot. To those who never returned, you will never be forgotten
Salute from Tennessee
Welp, Time to play Medal of Honor: European Assault again
I still think about the soundtrack all these years later
@James Scoles definitely
Águila701 it’s another way of saying “well” but more excited. so replace think of him saying “well I guess it’s time to play Medal of Honor”
@Águila701 "Ah shit, here we go again"
It was cool at the time with the extra objectives and the power meter thing, but it does not hold up these days lol
Medal of Honor: European Assault brought me here
Same😂
Bomber Crew did it for me
I was waiting for this comment.
I was getting like, PTSD level flashbacks “wait a minute....I was there that day”
Is it that first mission? holy sh*t
Sir this boat is packed with explosives! We must evacuate at once and drag the boat of out the docks!
"You're probably hiding a supply of sigs and booze Hans, you can't fool me"
Himmla's last words
I can imagine that lmao
Man this channel is fantastic.
Would love to see the Battle of the River Plate.
Hi spacedock, love your videos
Thanks for recommending this channel Spacedock
ye KMS Admiral Graf Spee Gets rekt again
Historigraph made a video about it long ago, but it would be nice to see it in BazBattles style.
Historigraph did one on that battle, if you can't wait ;)
After a day cutting grass in the hot sun I enjoy sitting inside with the conditioner running. That’s some Nazaire.
8/10
The Brest sort of joke, if I Marseilles so.
Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary about this about 17 years ago called "The greatest raid of all' worth watching.
That explosive surprise at the end reminds of what the Hungarians did at the siege of Szigetvar.
Croatians*
@@_sky_3123 The fortress of Szigetvár was under the command of Miklós Zrínyi. The defenders were around 50%-50% Hungarian and Croatians, with a bit more on the croatian side. But with significant Hungarian presence in the leadership. Saying that it was either the Hungarians or Croatians that defended the fortress is wrong, because they both did together against a common enemy.
@Suleiman 1st The Magnificent The moment when after Eger another little fortress fucks your army. *Sips turkish coffe angrily*
@@kogerugaming The commander's name was Nikola Šubić Zrinski. (Croat), the same as the majority of the troops defending the fort.
Miklós Zrínyi is his great-grandson who wrote a poem about the siege.
@@_sky_3123 They both called Zrínyi Miklós in Hungary.
I grew up right there. This story is well known and you can still see a lot of scars from these battles. We are so thankful for all these brave souls... let’s keep peace in the world.
YES!!! BazBattles and Kings and Generals dropping content on the same day!
This has got to be one of the best raids of all time
It aint a shadow legend though
"The Greatest Raid of All". That's the name it got given in WW2 Commando circles.
I like the 1595 BC Hittite raid on Babylon. These guys hiked over twelve hundred miles to sack the city and modern historians still aren't sure why.
@@levitatingoctahedron922>travels hundreds of miles to a city
>sacks it
>doesnt elaborate
>leaves
Based.
"These must be some fine cigars !" - german officer opens a dynamite case
"Actually Sir, those ar ..." - german officer lits up stick of dynamite between his lips
As nice as this video is, EVERYONE needs to watch the documentary "The Greatest Raid of All" By Jeremy Clarkson where he specifically covers this raid in stunning detail! That documentary, regardless of whether you like the guy or not, is an absolute gem! One of the very best war documentaries I've ever seen!
Watch the doc "Behind Enemy Lines" on Netflix. There's an episode about this raid where they interview some of the original commandos. It's excellent.
thanks man, it's episode two, watchin it rn
Thanks!
@Jeremy Brookes It’s on Netflix.
Thanks for this, I had no idea it existed and enjoyed seeing Corran, ‘Tiger’, Eric, Tom and Micky once more. Absolutely inexplicable though why they didn’t identify a single veteran, even in the credits.
A good segue would be: St.Nazaire Raid:Shadow Legends is sponsoring this video
It's pronoucned segway, but actually spelt "segue" :)
@@SpaceShipDee Thanks!I didn't know
Fun fact, after the commanding officer of the Campbelltown Sam Beattie was being interrogated a German said, "surely you didn't think that silly little boat like that ramming the caisson would smash it up?" Then the detonation went off blowing the windows out, and Sam said, "No we didn't."
When folks utter "Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die." THIS is what they're talking about!
10:14 "What's aboard the ship?" "Um...booze and cigs?" "Really! Hot dog! Uh...anyone smell expl---*BOOOM*"
The naval battle episodes are my favorite. Thanks BazBattles! Impeccable quality as always. :)
I saw on Netflix a BBC miniseries about soldiers who participated in this and many other raids as British Commandos. This was a very interesting attack, especially how it was initially seen as a win for the Germans but, because they neglected the check the friggin British boat for bombs or traps, the next day that massive explosion, when German news reporters were there no less, made clear this was a British strategic success.
As someone living in St-Nazaire, it's sad only few locals know about this raid :(
not entirelly true, maybe the young ones, but i have heard of that raid and the liberation battle around the "poche de st Nazaire" since i am a kid ... and that would be more than 40 years ago. :)
That's because is wasn't really decisive, the British blew up something the Germans didn't really need and used it as propaganda afterwards. Although I guess people in St Nazaire should know it more
@@grandengineernathan By blowing it up they essentially stopped all German major warship incursions into the Atlantic which meant they could retask naval forces they had bottling up German battleships elsewhere such as the Mediterranean. I know video games and fiction has fed you delusion your whole life about 'decisive battles' and 'war altering actions' but in reality winning wars are made up of small victories such as this.
@@Wanderer628 the germans would have lost the battle of the atlantic with the drydock intact, so no this small victory wasn't desicive.
@@mulmusfistus4128 so why did they bother then? It's all very well you saying that with hindsight.
The fuse for the explosives was a copper bar in an insulated container. An electrical current went through the copper holding an relay switch open. They poured acid into the container which, in turn, ate through the copper bar breaking the connection to the relay which then closed the firing circuit and kaboom... The rate the acid ate through the copper bar was fairly well established. It is unknown why it took so long for the acid to do its job.
It would be awesome to see the battle of messines ridge done in this style. I found your channel recently and I've been binge watching your videos ever since. Keep up the awesome work!
This is the most British plan I've ever heard! Great videos!
Thank you Baz for this video. As I live near Saint Nazaire, I knew the history of this raid, but I never understood the overall interest of this operation. I thought at the start that it was an attempted landing in France. But I now understand that it was a strategic operation.
Really enjoying the number of Naval battles you've been covering this year. I tend to read things that don't have much mention of the naval side of wars, whether because they weren't a thing yet (medieval period) or it just doesn't look at it much), and these have been extra fascinating as a result.
"CLARKSON!" - May.
(Shell shock sound effect)
"Oi, Oi Yank! You alright?!"
(Explosion in the background)
"We need to call in the air strike! Captain Beck's already landed, he's got a radio - GET TO HIM!"
*Primary Objetive Added*
Locate Captain Beck
Imagine the comedy and fury as Hitler and his admirals heard about it. Lol
NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN
Hitler didnt care about this in 1942 lol
@@darklysm8345 i bet he did when bizmark was sunk
@@oliva6352 Bismarck *
@@darklysm8345 Quite the contrary, this is a direct quote from the wiki page about the aftermath of the St Nazaire raid. "Adolf Hitler was furious that the British had been able to sail a flotilla of ships up the Loire unhindered and he sacked Generaloberst Carl Hilpert, chief-of-staff to the OB West (Commander in Chief West).[73] The raid refocused German attention on the Atlantic Wall and special attention was given to ports to prevent any repeat of the raid. By June 1942, the Germans began using concrete to fortify gun emplacements and bunkers in quantities previously only used in U-boat pens. Hitler laid out new plans in a meeting with Armaments Minister Albert Speer in August 1942, calling for the construction of 15,000 bunkers by May 1943 to defend the Atlantic coast from Norway to Spain.[74] The battleship Tirpitz never entered the Atlantic. She remained in Norwegian fjords to threaten Allied shipping until she was destroyed by the RAF in Operation Catechism on 12 November 1944.[75]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid
I really love your naval episodes! It interests me, and I think it really sets you apart from the other animated battle map channels
My great grandfather was actually in one of the minesweepers stationed in the port, and just briefly before the HMS Campbeltown exploded, he had inspected the vessel (I don't know what he was looking for), and luckily for me, he wasn't there when it exploded.
"Liquor and cigarettes" sounds like something a tired Commando would tell a Nazi after being asked "What's aboard that destroyer?"
When people ask me what I did in the war, I tell them I did the same thing we all did, we fought for what was right. I've come to realize that there's nothing good about war, but there is good in why you fight wars, and we were all fighting for the same thing.
I get that reference! What a way to start a game in Medal of Honor!
Awesome. I clicked to watch details regarding the raid on St Nazaire and got launched immediately into a lecture on the British Admiralty’s strategy countering potential Tirpitz aggression.
My grand father often tells me about this raid. He was 7 at that time. Thank you for taking some time to make this video, I really appreciate !
German soldier walking into the "KMS" Campbeltown watching the alcohol and cigarettes emit sparks:
*"Dafuq?"*
I laught a lot...
They had to scrape off people from the ceiling afterwards. That's not me being edgy, documentaries on the raid mention it.
@@Holammer oh yeah they found body parts for days afterwards all over the city
"Charles de Gaul is difficult to cooperate with at the best of time."
Considering you have destroyed remnants of his fleet two years ago. I meant why would he agreed with this.
You clearly don't understand De Gaulle. The man was a nationalist anglophobe, for sure, but he first and foremost a pragmatist who hated the Nazis.
He said himself that he understood the Beitish attack on the French fleet. Even saying he'd prefer to see those battleships sunk than in the hands of the German's.
He wasn't head of the French state at the time, those ships weren't his.
And why a French ship? Probably the British tradition of paying others to make your wars, isn't it Napo?
@@hegoney5841 What was a French ship?
@@dovetonsturdee7033 Little things Churchill had to sink in order not to lose war
I've been waiting for this one for so long! Its my favourite operation in WW2 and you really did it justice
Explained the essence of the raid very nicely. A complicated plan so your explanation was very helpful.
Those commandoes sure Tirpitz the scales. I'll show myself out thank you
Those British are awesome! I salute them!
Great video!
And it looks like we get a naval video today 😏 swear you cover naval battles better then the other 2 channels i watch that also includes naval battles
Dropping a video day after my birthday....I miss this channel D: THANK YOU!
Narratives and visualization is great; sounds also historically accurate; more of those please (WWII related) Thanks!
Bruh, watching history through this pandemic really relax me.
The pandemic is over.
@@dawn-blade b-but last time i checked the news the pandemic is far from over since there is still no vaccine nor cure for the virus. But were hoping for the best right? Just keep praying and physical distancing. Wear masks :))
Can I suggest a channel for you? World War Two. All advertising free because CZcams doesn’t like history.
@@dawn-blade ... uhhh what? O.o
Hyde Yeah I watch that too they make a “resume” of the world war each week and some other video about it. I propose to people to watch it.
I love when you do the videos about naval battles. Keep this up!
Awesome video!! I would love to see this channel do its thing/ coverage on WWI and WWII land battles!
U guys really have to know how loyal these BRAVE Men where...
Why isn't there a British 'band of brothers' so many heroes stories greater than any fiction left untold.
I never tire of your videos. Thank you for another great presentation
Avalon Hill made a great solo boardgame about this incredible commando operation.
I know this from Medal of Honor: European Assault. Great Game.
Ive had to make due with K.G and History Marche for a while now, this was a warm sight for sore eyes... :)
Do you know about Epic History TV?
@@alchemist6819 Yes, i know them, they are good also... :)
I really like how you handle the 'footnotes' at the end and don't let the promotional stuff 'below the fold' interfere with your information. Kudos.
You and Kings and Generals uploading on the same day, must be my birthday
I really want to see the battle of leyte gulf in this detail.
I watched the video that Jeremy from top gear did about this operation. Was very cool! Would recommend after watching this
This channel and especially the naval history videos are the best and most interesting videos on CZcams in my opinion.
Really like the videos about modern battles! Would love to see more land battles or operations! Great Work anyway!
The Brits are the true original "Mad Lads"
Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice 🇬🇧 🏴
May those heroes rest in peace for their heroic sacrifice!!
The sound design is so good that sometimes I thought there was a literal plane flowing overhead, or that a WW2 air raid siren was being activated, in a Brazilian town, in 2021. Kudos to your sound designer!
Bloody Hell. Sit through the lengthy in-video ad then straight into a scheduled one. Felt like I was going through an ad-break.
I do strongly recommend checking out Jeremy Clarkson's "The Greatest Raid of All" if you're interested in learning more about this daring raid. It is a fantastically produced documentary.
"So sir, dropping a bunch of explosives on the dock couldn't put it out of commission."
"Hmm, very well. Tag that old destroyer tied up out at Perth 2 for a mission. Find as much Comp B as you can, stuff it all in its nose, and having a team of commandos ram it into the dock's gates. That'll disable it. Don't forget to shout "Ramming speed!" when you're about to hit."
You obviously don't understand, but it required a commando raid to take the dock out completely.
Please keep the WW2 episodes coming! I'm loving this.
Baz battles is the best and really sparked my interest in animated battle reenactments. Please make more videos! Keep it up I miss your content.
Call of War is all right, but I prefer its modern-day sister game *Conflict of Nations.*
Call of war has a bit better graphics.
11:26
Brits: lets sink the french fleet at Mers el-Kébir... later: WTF ! De Gaulle distrust us when we ask him to use a french boat in a suicide mission., what a bugger.
In defence to the British, the French did them no favours there. Drachinifel did a video on the tragedy.
Legitimate act to deal with a bunch of nazi sympathizers and traitors to the French Republic. Should have shot them all at the end of the war.
This channel, man... one of the best of youtube.
Your narration it's a masterpiece! You kept me very tense
"Identify yourself"
*Flashes light*
"Understandable, have a nice day"
"Wait"
GOD SAVE THE KING! Her Majesty is old, but her reign began much later.
How does one disguise one ship as an entire navy? The Kriegsmarine was the German navy, not one ship.
I want to edit the comment but it sucks to be edited... but the original that I was about to say was...
"They tricked us by disguising their ship as part of the kriegsmarine"
RAMMING SPEED!!!!
Ac odyssey?
I really enjoy these WW2 battles! Keep it up Baz!
Excellent video. Very well researched and animated.
You would think with the title The Greatest Raid someone would make a movie on it(yes I know there's Attack on the Iron Coast but that film is very inaccurate and very dated)
The Germans were persuaded many times to limit themselves to warning shots, after the main British ship repeatedly signalled back reassuring messages, such as "dude..the f*ck" and "wait till Hitler heres about this"
Your animations are perfect for story telling.
I love this. I watched it like five times already It never gets old
NEVER, EVER, describe a Royal Navy ship as THE HMS ......
An RN ship belongs to the reigning Monarch, so in this case it was 'His Majesty's Ship Cambeltown', Clearly 'The His Majesty's Ship Cambeltown' makes no sense.
At a stretch you could say 'The Cambeltown'
I feel like this is more british propaganda than anything lol.
Propaganda rarely admits that 2/3s of the raiding force were killed or captured.
@@DomWeasel Sssshhh with your logic, it's not welcome by the tin foil hat wearing brigade.
When your country is on its knees something like this is good propaganda. See the film by Clarkson, at the very end a Frenchman said it gave us hope! ! !
Another amazing video. Great work man!
The naval ww2 recaps are gold baz, awesome job.
Your naval battle videos are always the best. Seeing that you concentrate on naval battles of the Atlantic Campaign, I suggest you make videos on:
Battle of the River Plate
Operation Juno
Battle of the Barents Sea
Battle of Sept-Iles
Operation Zitronella
Battle of the Bay of Biscay
Battle of Ushant
Battle of Pierres Noires
Battle of Audierne Bay
Battle of Point Judith
I love WW2 history! Keep going Baz! There's so much to cover! ❤
Thank you for uploading this good quality documentary.
Brilliant video :D I love this story.
I have a few more ideas if you are looking:
- Battle of Cannae/Campaign of Hannibal Barca
- Battle of Bosworth/ War of the roses
- Battle of Bannockburn/ Robert the Bruce's war for Scottish Independence
- The Falklands War
- Siege of Gondolin/ Wars from the Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion
- Siege of Anvard/ Battles from the Chronicles of Narnia (underrated story though lacking in Military drama)
- Siege of Paris/ Hundred years war/Joan of Arc
Despite the the delayed detonation, the boat took down the same amount of forces and probably some valuable officers.
Wow I've never heard of this raid. Very interesting and impressive. Thanks for the vid
Good job, i love your vid style
This was an extraordinarily good video. Nicely done.