Gary Powers' U-2 is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union - Animated 

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Mate, if you can just go ahead and narrate the entirety of military history, that'd be swell. Thanks! - World.

Dear Mr Khrushchev, I would like to state that Gary Powers mission from Northern Pakistan into the USSR was simply to provide a weather report for the United States. President Eisenhower was planning a duck hunt in the area and wanted to know if he should bring his umbrella. Yours sincerely, The C.I.A

Kruschev: WHAT IS THIS?! Who is he?! Eisenhower: He is a... High-Altitude Weather Enthusiast. Kruschev: Okay ohh, Wait a minute, why does he have a gun and a posion needle?! Eisenhower: Because he is a... Very Naughty High-Altitude Weather enthusiast.

the Soviet Union didn't say the pilot is alive is the biggest brain move i ever hear

aha, the old "NASA research gone wrong" excuse!

nobody: the CIA cover-up story: bro its just weather plane

I didn't know the details of the ejection. Answers a lot of questions I had about this incident.

Damn, six minutes flies by quickly. I get what she means now

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I've heard stories that Gary Powers was treated shunned because he did not manage to arm the self destruct. I always thought this was a bit harsh when you consider his plane fell apart around him. His are not a pair of shoes I would like to walk a mile in.

I've enjoyed all the videos so far. Thanks for this. Very professional, informative and enjoyable listening to these old battles.

I saw an SA-2D in person for the first time recently, and holy crap it is a big missile! Very intimidating looking.

Excellent presentation as usual. Its really refreshing to see such great work from a 1 man band and its clear to see you have a great passion for history. We've all heard of the U2 spy plane, gary powers incident. But its always been a bit hazy as to exactly what happened and where and when. This video ticks all those boxes and has made the event much much clearer in my mind. Loving you work!

You can really see how much effort you put into these! Great content mate!!!

This is an excellent channel and a wonderful way to sum up some of the most important historic events.

Byfar the most underrated video of yours. The story itself is fascinating, and the way its told is excellent. I wish more people could have consumed this piece of content.

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Your choice of the incident is excellent. Can't wait for the next one.

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I did learn a lot, thank you very much for your work!

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Well done, short and to the point. Thanks! 🙂

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He hit on this very shortly, but the "self destruct" system mentioned would not have destroyed the whole plane as many would assume (even Eisenhower assumed this). It was rather a very small charge (only a couple pounds) only meant to destroy the camera. Another fun act, the U-2 that Power's was shot down in was actually a frankinstined U-2 that had already been in one serious accident before. I challenge Operations Room channel to look into the stories of the other 6 U-2s that were shot down. Many people know of the Power's shootdown, but have never heard of the other 6 U-2s that were shot down between 1960 and 1978.

I just discovered this channel a few days ago, and I'm In awe lol. I would love to see a time-lapse on the Battle off Samar in 1944. Its a very historically significant battle in that it was the first time the Japanese utilized kamikaze tactics with success in WWII. And moreover, the heroic actions of the officers on the US side are still talked about to this day.

Another great story. Give a thought to doing "Operation Eldorado Canyon" from RAF Lakenheath, RAF Upper Heyford and Navy operations to Tripoli Libya in 1986.

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Fantastic content, clear consise and to the point. No bias, no opinions, just the hard facts. I love it!

i've seen the engine of the u2 shot down over cuba. they have it on display in havana war museum

Excellent work, best 6 minutes of my day off.

Wow beautiful video! Fantastic job

In fact, On May 6, 1960 the CIA presented a " NASA Lockheed U-2 " with fictitious registration 55741 at the Dryden Flight research center at Edwards AFB to the Press ...

3:42 "You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round~ 🎶"

These time lapse videos are outstanding! Thank you for these excellent lessons. Will you please make a time lapse video on the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

I know a bit about Frank Powers' mission, but I did not know that it was supposed to conclude with a landing in Norway. I love learning things. Thank you to the producer(s) of this piece.

Good report. Factual without a lot of fluff. Just what we History Nerds love. 👍

I absolutely love your videos!

The Polish historian Bogusław Wołoszański described the story of the shooting down of Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union and he described in his program "Sensations of the 20th century" that at one of the airports there was also a Sukhoi Su-9 plane on the way, which attempted to intercept the U-2, but it was unarmed and failed. Apparently, the pilot from the ground even received an order to ram the U-2.

Fabulous as always. Any chance you could put together the Raid on Saint Nazaire?

I love your videos! (hence my profile picture) Thank you so much!! I LOVE you channel!

I like how you made the icon a "Black Triangle" almost like the TR-3B!

Great video

The best thing about this story is his Name tbh

another great video, thanks!

Back in the day, there was a US Air Force Base in Aguadilla, P.R. (Ramey Air Force Base) part of the Strategic Air Command, from where U-2’s regularly took off on photographic recon missions. The base now a civilian airport, is at the northwestern tip of the Island therefore it was closer to Cuba, which was also being photographed because of the ongoing Cold War with the Soviets.

Nice video mate

Great publication.

Missed this video somehow although i watched all your newest videos but here i am.

Always wondered about this shoot down. Are you planning more WW2 content or are going to see more Cold War stuff too? Great video, love your content

I knew the general overview of this event but from the moment he's hit and when he lands, that freefall seems incredibly scary.

Well done. It's amazing that he survived.

Always interesting!

You should do a video on lesser know stuff also like Operation Praying Mantis

Hi, enjoy your great work. Keep it up. Eamonn

Awesome video, I love it

Are you doing D-Day or Torch?

can u make part 2 of the Impero?

amazing work. Lets not forget Rudolf Anderson.

Any plans to make one of these for Operation Bolo, or the Son Tay Raid?

i am hooked to this channel

Elapsed time or local etc. time would be great in the video.

The best part is that Powers was supposed to end his live and he didn't... Smart boiii

Miracle in Dunkirk nxt time lapse

4:12 Wow, that is a surprising detail that I never knew about

The SA-2.....a telephone pole with a rocket attached to it

I love this channel.

You would think the self destruct would automatically trigger at the same time as the ejection seat. I mean thats how I would engineer it.

There is a great movie about the prisoner swap with Tom Hanks I believe.

This leads me to believe that Power's U2 did not have any type of missile launch warning system and also that Powers did not see the launch visually?

Good shit

Can you do a story on John Downey? He is from my home town where I still live.

Have you done the destruction of the Dumar bridge in Hanoi by the USAF when they were testing the early PAVEWAY bomb guidance system dropped from F-111 aardvarks??

Ooooo new episode

Brilliant as always. Was nicely surprised when the notification came up. I didn’t know a Mig was shot down too. Was the pilot ok?

The self destruct should of been automatically engaged vs manual engaged

👌 brother

Well done again bud! Ps, miss your face 😂👍

I could listen to you read a menu at a restaurant and I would enjoy it!

According to Sergey Krushchev's book, the battery fired only one rather than three missiles successfully, with the other two failing to launch. It was not expected to be effective, which I presume is why other batteries kept engaging and eventually hitting the friendly MiG. There was also an interception by an unarmed Sukhoi (that happened to be in transit from the factory to its westerly unit at the time) with orders to ram the plane before any of the SAMs were fired, but the pilot missed his one "chance" and did not have enough fuel for further passes.

Gary Powers wrote a book about the event and his captivity. It is called Operation Overflight. Excellent book.

can you do Rudolf Anderson over Cuba ? thanks

This is the way I like my history - just the facts, man ...

back last year me and my class was repering an old floor and under the floor bords ther where an old news paper with the head line being that a U-2 had been shot down over USSR

Do 3rd battle of solomon sea (ijn kirishima vs uss washington)

The other version of this says Article 360 flamed out and dropped to around 30,000 feet where the V-75 (SA-2) disabled it. To me, this is plausible for two reasons: (a), this airplane was a lemon and never should have been used on the longest, most perilous mission of the Overflight program. Powers himself in his autobiography said it had an intermittent fuel tank problem and the autopilot had begun to malfunction, a critical event for a mission as lengthy and dangerous as this one. (b), Powers had been having trouble with his wife since before they were married. He had difficulty sleeping during the three days in which they were trying to launch the mission from Peshawar. If he dozed off or his mind wandered for only a moment, disaster was certainly possible, especially with aircraft reliability, Power’s decision to continue without the autopilot and the human factor in play. And there is another intriguing possibility expounded (and, to the best of my research, suspiciously never repeated) by U-2 historian Chris Pocock in “U-2 Spyplane”: Powers, on a fishing trip and after a few beers with his buddy Sammy Snider, admitted that Article 360’s J-75 engine had indeed stopped running before the SA-2 missiles arrived. Sixty years later, the CIA’s greatest spy controversy lives on. Powers’ son insists his father’s version (the same as dramatized here) is the true one. He claims in his book “Spy Pilot” that he found documentation proving that the U-2 was at 70,500 feet when the mission ended. I continue to believe the U-2 Incident is similar to a line from Oliver Stone’s “JFK”: a mystery in a riddle wrapped around an enigma.

is this the music from Age of Empires?

It's hard to imagine a world were a country would almost go to nuclear war just because someone was taking pictures of it. In a day and age where you can see pictures of your house from space for free, I guess I just don't have that idea of privacy. Not that I'd do anything worth seeing from space at my house, just one of those things that's changed so much.

Ah yes, the old "just one more pull and we'll be done here" trap from the MMORPG days, I remember that chaos well!

I'm a distant relative of his, I'll say he came from nothing and went on to something.

There's a memorial to this man in downtown Greenville, SC

Do Battle of the Philippine Sea, please!

Bridge of Spies is a sick movie though

I used to really want a u2 but only so i could drive the car to catch the wings when it lands and takes off lol the wings are super long

Powers is from my home town.

I never knew the US used airfields in Pakistan! I guess I never thought too much about where the U-2s launched from. Always thought it was Europe, or maybe Japan or Korea.