American Dambusters
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- In 1951, US Navy Squadron 195 earned the famous name 'Dambusters' following a daring raid on a strategically vital Chinese-held dam using slow and outdated aircraft during the height of the Korean War.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. He has written extensively on Japanese war crimes, POW camps, Nazi war criminals, the Holocaust, famous escapes, Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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Thumbnail: 'Last of the Dambusters' by Marc Stewart.
Channels like yours is one of the reasons why I watch little tv now and more CZcams!
good job. there are many reasons to not watch. the tv. i got rid of my televison altogether a long while ago .
Tim Oberholtzer only issue now is there is just as many ads on CZcams as TV :(
Fordsidevalvesforever at least we are not forced to watch 3+ mins of ads on CZcams like on TV. But yes, ads are annoying no matter what.
Mvstng GT , I suppose as long as some of the money (from ads) goes to channels like Mark’s then I can bare them
@@vintagetintrader1062 Get yourself a free adblocker. "Adblock" is a good 'un and there are others.
This is what an actual 'History Channel' looks like.
Meanwhile other on the "History" channel. NEXT UP ON ANCIENT ALIENS: DID THE EGYPTIANS UTILIZE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD THE PYRAMIDS?
@Chang Noi The History Channel will invent any old rubbish if it helps them to sell advertising!
Amen to that. I miss when the History Channel was actually about history.
And on a side note. The Sky Raider was one of the most underrated attack air platforms in history.
Alien Nazi Mega Tank found in Atlantis!
Ancient buddhist temple is actually a time travel machine
My father was an AD pilot in the composite squadron on the Princeton and took part in this strike. His plane was side number 503. Not saying he was flying 503 when the film was taken but it was nice to see. Our family archives have a still photo of Dad in 503 loaded with torpedoes launching for the strike.
“8 years after the British, and this one wasn’t in Germany”
Gee I hope so or that would have been real awkward
German Engineer Hans who worked on the Mohne dam during the British raid adviced how to piss off the North Koreans and Chinese the most.
Knowing the Americans reputation for inaccuracy amongst the baor..... they could have easily wound up in germany
Wasn’t part of the Rhine valley in the British occupation zone anyway?
Well, the USAF 'accidentaly' bombed Switzerland several times. We were lead to believe that American daylight bombing of Germany was more accurate than British night bombing, but the RAF tended to at least drop its bombs on the target country.
@@lordbeermonster Swings and roundabouts. The RAF were more likely to get to the right area, but the USA were more likely to hit something... even if they were bombing the wrong place.
I love learning more about the Korean War. It truly has become - at least in the United States - a "forgotten war". Kudos to Dr. Felton for shedding light on this interesting conflict.
I’ve not forgotten.
It’s because you’re not allowed to talk about -pst you know- commies.
It’s theC word like cancer. You’re not allowed to say it out loud or you might get it. Or reveal one. Or make people realize there really are some. And they aren’t good nice or far away.
Yep. They’re still here. Not good or nice. And they’re in you country in your business and still a very real threat.
The gentleman that owned a local bakery/sub shop here was a Korean War vet and unlike almost every other war vet I have had the honor of knowing he actually talked about the fighting and it was chilling. Thank you Ron for your service and for your great food. Ok, I can hear people thinking baked goods and sub but the place was awesome with great baked goods and simple subs to die for.
Korea was small potatoes compared to WW2. It wasn't to the guys who had to go there like my dad. But WW2 was barely 5 years past and WW2 vets and families were pre-occupied with making a life. Korea was like a lot of places US troops went and 99% had no idea where it was until things got hot.
Bradley Weiss Which is why people talk about Vietnam War, A Commie country
Wars that aren't won are always forgotten.
The Korean War spans the centuries - the millennia; this year is the seventieth anniversary of its beginning, and it has not ended, given that the fighting ended in an armistice. So much remains to be told of this conflict, and we can trust Dr Mark Felton to tell those stories in a calm, concise and informative manner.
2017 peace treaty
@@justadino8780 The 2017' treaty hasn't been ratified yet.
N.Korea lost 20% of its population and was razed to the ground. MacArthur said he threw up when he flew over and saw the extent of the devastation.
@Event Horizons The Soviet Union was responsible for the outbreak of war; they equipped Kim Il-Sung's army and approved the invasion of the South. The Chinese intervention prolonged the agony of the war and ultimately led to the stalemate we know today, but they should not bear the ultimate blame. That lies with Stalin, not with Mao.
@@roscoewhite3793 I waste no love on either of them.
Guys, stop comparing Dr Felton to the History Channel. There are absolutely no comparison, and by comparing the two you are doing a huge injustice to Dr Felton. Besides, these videos are for free. From myself - I would like to thank Dr Felton and his Patreons for this content. I lift my hat in salute, gentlemen.
LOL. History channel is definitely written for the lowest common denominator of the audience and it's a very low denominator.
he is what history channel used to be.
Henry Keyter agreed
History Channel just shows pure garbage like Ancient Aliens, Mark makes actually historical content that is educational
Henry Keyter they’re just showing appreciation for his excellent work and the history channel did at one point have excellent historical documentaries like what the doc gives us.
Mark Felton: "The Skyraider was already out of date..."
Far from being out of date, the "Spad" was a tough little bird which was heavily armed and armored. It could carry its weight in munitions and linger on call for hours. Its speed and agility allowed it to place bombs right where they were needed and they had a performance that no jet could match until the introduction of the A-10 almost 30 years later. As an added bonus, just a quick read of them and you realize those pilots were fookin crazy, and sometimes crazy is what you need to get the job done!
Cheers and keep up the good work.
A Skyraider saved a friend's bacon in Vietnam. Stayed on station with ordnance.
@@snowdogs01
My cousin was with the 1st Cav... He said the Skyraiders saved his butt a couple of times with on-the-mark napalm runs...
It seems mark sometimes misses or is wrong about little details regarding military based facts. Then again I doubt hes as intirested in militaries as I am or some other people are.
It was out of date. The technology was available to produce a better aircraft, which of course is what eventually occurred. The fact that the USA did not do so at the time is irrelevant.
He wasn’t wrong, just like the a10, better technology and possibilities exist, but with attack aircraft we love to use them past this tech gap, because they do their job so damn well why invest in an expensive upgrade that does the same thing when you can keep what works well a while longer
My Dad was on the HMCS Crusader (228) in Korea. They were a part of what they called the "Train Busters Club." He told me about how they pummelled the coast line trying to catch them in the tunnels to cause disruption and chaos. And did! He laughed about it when he told me. I saw the youth and vigour of the day in his eyes. RIP my Father.
Fun Fact: the dambusters movie, based on the British dam run was what inspired George Lucas' to make the battle against the death star a trench run in Star Wars episode 4.
As per the usual great topic and excellent video Dr. Felton!
Oh really?
@@Orenorchard Yes, actually some of the audio lines are word for word from the film
Here is the 633sqdn version 😂 czcams.com/video/4OZq-tlJTrU/video.html
Different mission to the heavy water plant in a fjord in Norway
The test test screening of Star Wars used dambusters footage as the Deathstar struck wasn’t ready in time.
You’re joking?!?! Really!!!
Never too old to learn --- In 1956 I served in cag-19 , vf 191 with vf 192 193 and va 195 -- can you believe i never knew this info -- We were at moffett field and were all "deployed " for the suez crisis on board the yorktown but only got as far as hawaii before it was over --
Thanx! I was born 12/28/56! I appreciate your efforts.
You are a 90 year old guy that can post a comment on CZcams? Gtfo.
You served in the world famous golden dragons. I was with vfa-195 from 99 to 2003
@@MichaelJ44 Well that's not fucking good.
Michael He’s a bit of a cheeky one 😉
Thank you very much for the video. My father flew Skyraiders during the Korean War in the VA-115 squadron. It is very meaningful to me to see footage from that era and I can assure you, he absolutely loved the Skyraider, speaking of it in the highest regard for the rest of his life.
As a Brit I have to say I LOVE the Skyraider, a magnificent aircraft and to my mind beautiful too.
It was very effective in nam, jet jocks affectionately called them sandies,when an F4 pilot had to be rescued by chopper,the sandy flew ground attack cover.
Again and again Dr Felton keeps coming up with stories I've never heard before.
Fantastically brave aviators to take on a mission like this, and to be successful is quite remarkable.
Amazing story, but I don't know, man...blowing up a dam seems like a war crime. Think about it. The indiscriminate damage it causes. No matter who controls it. I mean, World War 2, I could kind of understand, because you had to end that regime as quickly as possible. That war had no rules. But post WW2? What if Putin did it to Ukraine?
@@williamyoung9401 Putin is in the process of doing far worse by attempting to cause a nuclear meltdown at any one of four nuclear power stations within Ukraine.
Nevertheless, it's hard to disagree with what you've said - attacking civilian infrastructure on that scale could easily be viewed as a war crime, but where do we draw the line?
Damn another buster to enlighten us about the Korean War. Cheers Dr. Felton!
I'd say Dr. Felton's videos are vastly better than 80% of what's on TV, but...yes, it's better than 80% of what's on TV.
I knew that VFA 195 was called the Dambusters but wondered why so thanks for this little known piece of history.
Thank you Mr Felton for covering Korea, my dad (Commander John W Ramsey USN 1941-63) on his second tour of Korea as CO of VF-111 Sundowners, he told me stories about such missions by these guys and his own attacking railroads, bridges, AA emplacements, etc. I enjoyed this story. He was also with VF-11 two tours WESPAC. Very good job indeed. :) o7.
I don't need sleep, I need more Mark Felton Productions
"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN".
Mark Felton: *Releases a video*
Americans who are up at 2am: "its my lucky day"
Yet there have been 84 down votes. Who the hell clicks on a history link and doesn't like it?
Thomas B . Marxists hate it when we win. 👍👍
@@chriskelleher349
Not just Marxist
but also anti fascist against closet racism & bigotry
@ZebsFrend Frendless Classism is a bad look.
One of the best channels on YT. Very well done.
If you are inclined, do send this fine creator some supporting funds. He is a master of his art.
The SkyRaider was an important aircraft for us in Vietnam. It carried everything, was very accurate, could louter for long periods of time and provide excellent protection for the pilot from ground fire. When you saw it flying overhead you knew somebody was going to have a very bad day.
Mark, I don’t see how you can get all of this research done with photos and videos. It’s great. Thank you!
Another unknown and surprising episode brilliantly brought to life by Mark Felton.
i love marks videos, over the years i have had the pleasure of being able to talk with men who on most fronts during ww2 and some who served in Korea, something that seems to have been forgotten by many. i hope that mark can shed more light on the British involvement in Korea
I used to be in 1-12 cav formally 2-7 cav. Good unit. Proud to have been in such a unit and hear about them in combat.
I'm always baffled by how much research you put into these videos, also congratulations on 800k Subs!
I never knew we had our very own dambuster squadron. Thanks Mr. Felton for another awesome history lesson. It’s always a good day when I wake up to a fresh history lesson from you sir! Carry on!
Whether it was 617 Sqn or VF 195 the run in to release their weapons must have been absolutely terrifying, not able to manoeuvre to avoid the flak and knowing that releasing to high to fast and to far away (especially in 617s case) would result in absolute failure of a mission of vital importance, and then and only then could you go full throttle, clear the dam, still under murderous flak, to try and clear the surrounding terrain and get back to base/carrier, that takes huge brass ones, very brave men.
For those who say this is what the History Channel should look like, and I agree, support Mark on Pateron so he will continue educating us.
Thank you Mark for your videos. Not sure if you know, but Americans are taught nothing about the Korean War is school. Ironic how to takes a non-American to teach us about our history. Keep the videos coming.
MrFelton, your work is fantastic. As a pilot and aviation history buff (everything from the mid 1930 till today) I am alway impressed by your videos.I was especially impressed by your two part coverage of the Falkland war "The Empire strikes back". Congratulations.
Thanks mark for your most powerful speech and teachings me of this Korean war history.!😎👍👍👍
As a youngster in 1956 , my father was stationed at USMC Camp Pendelton. On one occasion he took us to "Combat Town" for a live demonstration of ground forces taking a village. I now realize it was a mock up of a Korean village. Thanks. Narragansett Bay.
Your YT channel represents what the history channel on TV should be...!
If memory serves me right, a Skyraider scored a kill on a North Vietnamese Mig during the Vietnam War. The only time that has happened with that Aircraft. That would make a good war story if you haven't already done it.
This was featured in the DogFight Series Episode "The Gun Kills of Vietnam".....4 20mm cannons pack a lot of punch!
Yep, the first gun kill because at that time the F4 still didn't have a gun.
Also a Skyraider dropped a toilet on North Vietnamese forces
The F4 gun/no gun kill ratio is a bit of a myth. Even once F4’s had guns fitted they still achieved very few gun kills, it was mainly improvements in training, tactics and missiles that improved the kill ratio. Only Air Force F4’s had guns, the Navy never did and they still achieved an improved kill ratio as the war went on.
Having a gun gave them options where without one if the enemy planes got inside of missile range they had to try to extend the range to attack. But with a gun they were not toothless in that situation.
I keep thinking how Dr. Felton can keep digging up these obscure pieces of military history that nobody else talks about.
Thank you once again! I miss these types of informative military videos on the History Channel but appreciate that I can now find it here on CZcams!
Your videos bring me back to the days I'd watch the History Channel with my grandfather and father as a boy. It's my abstract connection to good times and a quality history show and I greatly value it
As usual, Mark is right on time uploading a video minutes before I’m about to go to bed... not complaining though
I didn’t know about these dam busters Mark. Thank you for all your work.
And what a beast the A-1 Skyraider was! That aircraft was just a brute... too late to see action in WW2, but it made up for lost time in Korea and Vietnam. Ironically, the U.S. Navy retired the A-1 in the late 60's, but the "Spad" - as the Skyraider was affectionately known as - served as USAF "Sandys" - providing armed escort for HH-3 Jolly Green Giant helos on extraction missions for down pilots in Vietnam, as well as other missions.
I have heard about this mission before, but I didn't know of the operation by the 7th Cavalry to capture and destroy the dam.
Another great production Mark! Thank you sir for all the good work you do!!
A little aside from the main subject of this excellent video... I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but among the early shots of the RAF Lancaster bombers is a forerunner of the Lanc, the twin engined Avro Manchester, the early versions of which bore a central tail fin. My father flew Manchesters and Lancasters with 61 Squadron. He collected the squadron's first aircraft, L7307, from the Maintenance Unit at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland on the 18th March 1941. This was fitted with the additional central tail fin - later examples were fitted with the larger twin fins and rudders of the Lancaster.
My uncle flew those Skyraiders off carriers in 1960, missing out on both Korea and Viet Nam. He went on to a 30-year career with Northwest airlines, eventually captaining "the whale," their nickname for 747s. Now 80 years old, the old pirate sails the Gulf and the Caribbean, armed to the teeth against drug runners lol. Very colorful, my favorite uncle.
Sounds like a fun guy to meet. :)
History Channel: who are you?
Mark Felton: I am you but historical.
Does that mean something in English?
@@stevenhoman2253 meme template
Another fantastic history lesson, brought to you by Mark Felton. Keep up the great work, sir!
TY Dr. Felton. Simply the best in the class.
This is why I subscribed to this channel a year ago. Top stuff.
2 minutes up, 98 likes, 27 comments, and I bet I am not the only one wondering when we all of us ever sleep..... Mark Felton doesn't sleep,,, he waits.....
A terrific job on an important, but forgotten piece of military history.
Thanks for mentioning the unit names, lineage, and current status. Civilians are often unaware of the fact that there are units serving in modern forces that trace their history back to these famous actions, and that the history of their unit helps gives its troops a sense of esprit de corps.
The Skyraider is a workhorse of an aircraft, despite being obsolete a couple of Skyraider pilots scored a kill on a MiG jet fighter in Vietnam. The aircraft's high endurance and weapons load would make it a good tool in modern counterinsurgency operations.
I’m always so happy when I get a notification for this channel
"Who you gonna call?
Dambusters!"
When the communists... flood your neighborhood! Who you gonna call? DAMBUSTERS!
Your videos and books are amazing, I actually trust your sources and your content is always intriguing and i will definitely recommend it to all my friends.
Mark Feltons channels are 2 of my 3 favourite CZcams history channels
My grandfather was a marine in the USMC during the Korean War.
How old was he ?
Thank you for his service
So was mine from 1951-1952
@@harshbansal7982 Not sure. I know him and a budy enlisted when they were 17 with permission from their parents. He would have been 17 in 1950 when the Korean war began and 20 in 1953 when it ended.
I never really talked to him about his time in Korea but wished I did.
my grandfather fought as an airborne unit during battle of dien bien fou as a French. And I am French so that's why.
The Sky Raider may have been obsolete, but it got the difficult jobs done time after time.
Mark Felton's excellent videos are among an elite few that you can count on for delivering fascinating accounts about famous events down to little known ones like this and do it accurately. I have often stopped a "historical" video because of too many errors. I can live with a lapse or two, but I watch these to be informed, not just pass some time. When a video makes obvious mistakes in "facts" stated or uses wildly incorrect footage (ie Dauntless dive bombers as they talk about the Battle of Britain), it blows the credibility entirely...if things you know are wrong, how can you trust anything else?
I like that I can watch on of these and be confident that I will be learning factual bits of history, well researched, interestingly presented, and without any slant.
Two others that fall into this rare class are a Belgian (I believe) guy who posts as Ace Destroyer and Drachinifel. There are a couple others, but these three are about the best producers of top quality military videos anywhere.
Plz mark get on a tv show or Netflix or something I’d watch that 24/7
Great video Mark. Since Korea is a largely forgotten war, there is tons of material for you to cover. Subjects like Task Force Smith, Pusan, Inchon, Battle for Seoul, Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Porkchop Hill, etc. would be a good starting point for a Korean War series much like your WW2. You could even touch upon other battle in this time 0eriod such as the French battling Communist forces in Vietnam in the early 1950s.
I think many of us know the Korean war from MASH
Mark Felton: What if I tell you there was a Dambuster raid--
Me: Ahh yes, the one aimed at Germany in 1943, nothing new here Mister Felton.
Mark Felton: during the Korean War in 1951?
Me: Screams in Historical confusion XD
and also delight?
I consider myself something of a USN history buff but this mission is one I hadn't heard of before. Thank you sir, this was fascinating.
That was my first squadron in the navy!!!!! 06-12. Heck of a good time!
My great grandpa served on a b29 as a bombardier in Korea. My grandpa served as an engineer in Vietnam. My dad was border guard in Korea and served in Iraqi freedom. My great grandpa knew one of these dam busters, but we don’t know their name.
My father was an engineer of Tu 142 in Indian Air Force. He got retired in 2015.
My whole family generations were all soldiers. My great grandfather was hanged by a knife in North Eastern India by Nagas (terrorist group), he was in Army Intelligence. There is also a school in the honour of him. And my Great- Great Grandfather was in WW1 fighting for the British in 1943 he joined Azad Hind Fauj in Myanmar (Burma).
lastone would but still gonna finish school
@@maxace1078 in which class you are mate?
Krish Chamoli senior
I wish hist could have been taught like this
Dambusters:"Plausible."
But what is the purpose of knowing this, I think history in school should teach the main events and consequences of history. This is really interesting, but it doesn't fills the role of schools.
This is entertainment, not education
moron
It kinda is, I’m a history teacher. At that age, you didn’t care.
Well it is interesting i am in 9 and in india hist is pretty boring so .....i wished it would fit the role in school. Btw itsmilitary hist and i think it will fit the role in the schools
Thanks Mark, all war heroes need to have their stories told and retold.
I'm pleased to say my school history was taught like this. Factual, insightful, and by chaps who had fought in WW2 and Korea. (They knew what a real war was all about.) Thank goodness you are continuing that tradition Mark.
@steve gale easy to disrespect old soldiers with your keyboard isn't it.
@steve gale like I said, easy to be disrespectful to people from behind your keyboard.
"The Skyraider was already out of date by the time of Korea." Except it went on to valiant service in Vietnam.
Some believe it was removed because of Navy "jet fetish"...as a cas platform it would still be viable.
It can be out of date but still in use.
It's an Ed Heinemann design, so it never goes out of date.
Swordfish torpedo bombers were considered obsolete in WWII and they crippled the Bismarck and sank a chunk of the Italian fleet at Taranto. You should never count an old war bird out.
The Saudies had a few Sky Raiders that they used in the Gulf War Desert Storm.
Awesome! Even the widely known history of the Korean war is sparse. Can't wait to hear about some of the lesser known stuff you're so good at digging up, thanks.
A very satisfying channel.
Both my parents were in the RAF/WRAF, each served from late 40's to early 60's. I'm very proud of them. Both died a number of years ago, but I still think of them each day.
Also I'm very grateful to all that serve for the better good, whichever country they're from and in whichever service.
The production value and dedication on this channel is as high as Bob Marley
Finally found the intro song
Title: Redemption's last chance by elijah robert
Time stamp: 1:37 and 0:46
Finally some information about the Korean war
Thank you sir for the information about the American dambusters in Korea and their mission to stop the communists by disrupting the hwacheon dam .
Another page written in the incredible history of the Sky Raiders! In the program "Wings" the Sky Raiders was aptly described as the best tactical bomber the US Navy ever had. It outlasted three different aircraft that were designed to replace it! And today no aircraft in the Navy's arsenal can do every job the Sky Raider was called upon to do. Ironically, the Sky Raider was designed to carry a torpedo in it's interior bomb bay, but never used it against ships so that this special mission was very special indeed! A sky raider was actually credited with shooting down a Mig in Vietnam! Note that the Skyraider carried two 2,000 bombs, the equivalent of a B-17 and sometimes carried a weapons load heavier then the aircraft itself, something no other aircraft ever did!
I respectfully have to take issue with your describing the Douglas A-1 Skyraider as “out-of-date” by the time of the Korean War evidenced by
its extensive and valuable use in the Vietnam conflict.
At the U.S. Air Force museum in Dayton, OH the ONLY aircraft on the premises directly involved with a Medal of Honor action is a Douglas A-1 Skyraider. An incredible aircraft! Thank-you for bringing this valuable channel and history lessons so they WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. Salute!
US Navy,100ft is as low as we can safely fly,Guy Gibson;...Hold my beer.
And 617 done it at 60 feet at night!
I was watching "Hitlers Steel Beast" and was shock to see Dr. Mark Felton on the show, keep up the good work sir i love watching your vids about the unpopular or not well known view of history
My uncle was a member of the RAF Dambusters. He was killed in the raids the movie was made about. I regret having never met him.
i always watch documentary about world war II and Korean war but you always manage to teach me new things now and then
The skyraider was still in use in Vietnam, that's how outmoded they were.
They worked
Flying low and slow always seems outmoded, but the ability to accurately put warheads on foreheads will never fall out of style
@SgtBaker16 Their niche reduced as the North Vietnamese Air Force and ground anti-aircraft batteries improved. Funny how history tends to cycle around: the 1970's designed Fairchild Republic A-10 "Thunderbolt" (aka Warthog) fulfills part of the Skyraider's mission: slow but lethal.
Their advantage was to cover helos when those were extracting downed airmen and SF teams - they apparently could loiter for a long time and their 4 20mm cannons could devastate enemy ground troops that tried to interfere
So was the C-47 in the form of Spooky aka Puff the Magic Dragon which the North Vietnam and VC troops were told not to shoot at if it wasn't attacking.
7:14 well at least they can't accuse him of not trying! after all he threw everything *AND* the kitchen sink at them
In Vietnam, Skyraiders dropped a toliet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A-1H_Skyraider_of_VA-25_with_toilet_bomb_on_USS_Midway_(CVA-41)_in_October_1965_(NNAM.1996.253.2381).jpg
@@gctzx + How funny.
Well I guess when you see the Skyraiders turning up, you'd want something to sh*t in...
In WW2, bomber crew members would throw out containers of poo over enemy territory...not very accurate but it's the thought that counts.
Can't get over what a massive airplane the AD is for a single engine prop plane, just a powerhouse.
Everyday is a school day with uncle Mark!
Thanks so much for doing a video on the Korean War. My father served in Korea and it has become known as the 'Forgotten War' here in the United States
0:09 I thot it said American dumpster divers that would be one hell of a episode
Excellent Mark! Simply excellent. Thank you Professor.
Thank you Sir Felton.
Awesome work as usual Mark. We could really use more war stories from the Korean war. I am reading a book now called "This Kind of War" and it's a hell of a blast.
"Après moi le déluge" Literally! 😅
Thank-you.
The Skyraider deserves an episode of its own. Yes, it may be been an outdated design by the time of Korea and Vietnam, but its brutal combat effectiveness kept the aircraft relevant throughout America’s involvement in Southeast Asia.
I disagree that it was outdated, it was nigh on perfect for its mission profile.
Again perfect timing and something for my first coffee =) So few good documentations about Korea at all!
€dit: Wtf? I did yesterday read about Hydropower and found an article about that one Dam hit in 1943 and only a bit more than 12 hours you show it in a video :D I was looking up (North) Koreas hydropower production and it led my somehow to German Dam's main page^^ I also didn't know there was a RAF Wing send to the Soviet Union (among all kind of other stuff) in late June or early July 1941 and arriving in September 1941 with 40 Hurricanes and 550 mechanics and pilots...they were securing Murmansk harbour and train soviet pilots for more aircraft to come... never knew about that too :X or that Allies planned to bomb Baku in 1940 to interrupt German oil supply?!
If interested, one of the RAF pilots wrote a book,Hurricane Over Murmansk,not bad reading. Been years now,but a used copy should be readily available.
Thanks but no good idea because of my English, only tried to read one book in English yet, but okay for sure not the best one because of accent :D It was just one of these discussions about convois to the Soviet Union, and the person of course did say that they were not worth to mention at all and didn't arrive before January 1942 (US did start than to send first real convois)... and I think thats not true and did remember that for the Battle of Moscow the British Army after talking with Roosevelt did send alone 1/3rd of their I think heaviest tanks they had, they were used for the battle of Moscow, together with a large amount of smaller AA-guns I think they mean the Matilda II which for that time and with 25-ton can be seen as "heavy" for the British and also for the German tanks. I think also Valentines and even a few Tetrarch did reach the SU already in 1941 after the US promised they would help to close the gap which was created by this.
But somehow makes sense Murmansk was heavily defended, but really never heard of convois being already in September there and these even shot down not so few aircraft if it was a defensive operation! I often thought it would have been clever to make a plan to launch an attack together with Barbarossa that far in the north and with such a offensive maybe convincing Mannerheim to take part in a larger war instead of retaking small former Finish areas only, without Murmansk there still would have been Archangelsk but a Murmansk under enemy controll would have been bad.
New things I learned to tell these Russian "Yankees stuff didn't really matter", alone Britain did send 5,218 tanks (including 1,380 Valentines from Canada), over 3000 Hurricanes and over 4000 other aircraft, and most interesting for me the so far unknown "Universal Carrier", I think Stalin never allowed the construction for an APC because it was waste in his eyes as the SU had enough humans... but that Britain send 1212 of them, Canada even 1348 making total 2550 is interesting, never saw such a thing on the eastern front?! 5000+ Anti-Tank guns, the list is really long... respect! The UK and Canadian contribution is really underestimated or not so well known, its the same for the Berlin airlift!
The 82 thumbs down must be from North Korean hackers. They can watch and perhaps secretly admire, but in the end must give the thumbs down or risk a firing squad themselves.
Every time I think I have seen every single Mark Felton video there is... boom! Here's another one you missed! Keep them coming Dr Felton!
The Skyraider was supposed to replace the Avenger and Helldiver had WWII continued. Had a chance to see one up close. A fantastic aircraft.
Its size never failed to amaze me. That's huge hunk of metal out front called an engine! Engineers had to build the airframe big enough to fit around it. LOL
[6:28 The Skyraider shouldn't have needed any hasty alteration to carry torpedoes, it was designed for the dual role of torpedo or dive-bomber during WW 2. Combining the roles was meant to increase the number of fighter escorts a carrier could accommodate. And if their pilots weren't familiar with torpedo attacks, who on the carrier was supposed to execute them? A torpedo bomber was the premier anti-ship weapon the navy had.
Perhaps the alterations were required because of the type of torpedoes involved.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 From the illustration shown. It looks like the torpedo in question was heavily altered. Like the Japanese torpedoes used at Pearl Harbor. Looks like it was covered in an improvised wooden housing to prevent it going too deep. Might have been concern about how the torpedo would drop when released from the skyraider.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 If Mark 13s were the torpedoes used, then I highly doubt it as it was the most common US aerial torpedo of WW2, the war which the Skyraider was intended to fight in. It having first flown a couple months before even Germany surrendered. Another tiny mistake might've been the drop height and speed, as by 1944, Mark 13s had been modified to be able to be dropped from as high as 2,400 ft and as fast as 470 MPH, which funnily enough 150 MPH faster than the Skyraider's top speed so they should've known there'd be no problems there.
@@randomlyentertaining8287 Perhaps they were working within the characteristics of the weapon. Too high, too fast and it goes too deep. The recovery curve would have been too deep for that depth of water. The angle required to hit the dam wall at 90 degrees to the wall would require a direct approach bringing them too close to the shore. Faster and they would not have the time to correct before release. I am sure they worked all this out beforehand wit suitably intelligent scientists and strategists, same as the original Dambusters did.
Torpedo attack was long out of favor in 1951. Nobody has used them since.
This reminds me of the old Laurence Olivier World at War series, same old style that's structured and concise. Modern documentries, especially American ones, are absolutely terrible, they skip back and forth constantly so you don't get a real sense of timeline and they waste so much time reminding you what they just told you because of all the breaks. Honestly, try watching a US doc on the Roman Empire. You'll come out the other end even more confused as they just throw random information at you in no order.
This is quite possibly the best dam video I've ever seen.
Mark how does it feel your channel is better than history and discovery combined ?