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Hell Below - Season 1, Episode 2: Hitler's Revenge | History Documentary
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December 1941-following the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, five Nazi U-boats set out on a secret mission to attack ships off the shores of the United States to thwart the American war effort.
Hell Below is an event-based series charting the stealth game of sub-sea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. From the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific, we profile the strategic masterminds and the rapid evolution of technology and tactics, as the threat of undersea warfare brings every sailor's worst nightmare to life. Expert analysis and stock footage are woven with narrative-driven re-enactments filmed on authentic Second World War-era submarines to place the characters at the heart of the action.
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@FreeDocumentaryHistory 4 месяца назад

December 1941: Following the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, five Nazi U-boats set out on a secret mission to attack ships off the shores of the United States to thwart the American war effort.

@FreeDocumentaryHistory 4 месяца назад

@SFM3AR15 next week.

@Grossadmiral_Casey 3 месяца назад

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory you sure?

@leavycarter4696 3 месяца назад

😊😊

@Galland_ 4 месяца назад

Reinhard Hardegen was the longest living world war 2 u-boat captain; he died in 2018 at age 105.

@vortex162 3 месяца назад

Kraut doesn't wither!

@liverpool666 3 месяца назад

What a man

@andyharris17able 3 месяца назад

Thanks for telling that ..

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 месяца назад

And Gay his whole life

@briankorbelik2873 2 месяца назад

He, Hardegen wrote a good book about his and U-123's exploits off the US East Coast.

@sergiodarosa1034 4 месяца назад

This is my first time learning about how much success the uboats had off the coast of the united states

@lonewolf5238 4 месяца назад

Same here. I can't believe the damage done, the losses. The indifference to those losses to save political face is even more incredible. I gather from this documentary, that this Adm King refused assistance from the UK and Canada, sat on his hands and did nothing. That's some legacy.

@jeremymackevincaylor5041 4 месяца назад

It's the most I've ever seen on one show.

@briankorbelik2873 2 месяца назад

It was a sea debacle worse than Pearl Harbor. We (the US), acted stupidly for 6 months.

@seltaeb9691 4 месяца назад

Who doesn't love subs. Merchant seaman died in their thousands, yet at the end of war weren't given any medals apart from those who died, as they were classed not in military. After a long campaign they all got them.

@ScoobyShotU 4 месяца назад

Lol tell you're apart of the everyone gets trophy generation without saying it 🤣

@briangrogan2553 4 месяца назад

@@ScoobyShotUtell me youre a boomer without telling me. The kids never asked for those meaningless trophies.

@howardj602 4 месяца назад

Who doesn't loves subs? How about the families of the merchant seaman who died. My uncle was in Merchant Marine, and made several trans Atlantic Crossings and one to Murmansk. He never got a medal, or benefits either. He died before 2017.

@heaven-is-real 3 месяца назад

@@howardj602 My dad was in the merchant marine towards the end of ww2 and he encouraged me to join the navy

@Wong_wong565 3 месяца назад

😢@@howardj602

@Brock_Landers 4 месяца назад

I've been waiting for this episode. Thank you all so very much for keeping this story alive.

@howardj602 4 месяца назад

The sinking of the Coimbra took place 27 miles offshore and 76 miles to the east of New York City. It now lies in 180 ft of water. The Narrator said that "the ship was fully lit up by the lights of New York ". Considering the distance that is hardly a possibility. The Coimbra was the subject of an effort to remove the remaining oil in the ship by the U.S. Coast Guard and The EPA in 2019. The ship had become an artificial reef and and is now a natural habitat for marine life. Six of the 36 crew survived.

@antoniafenech8279 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately admiral King was such an Anglophobe he didn’t want to take advice from the British on how to deal with the U boat threat. That attitude cost hundreds of lives and thousands of tons of ships.

@georgethepatriot2785 2 месяца назад

Well known in the UK but air brushed out in this video

@mikemalloy1681 4 месяца назад

I am originally from Wilmington, NC (Cape Fear region). I had several uncles that worked at the Texaco plant there and did not go marching off to war. In the 1950's my uncle Jim used to tell me stories about going fishing at Kure's Beach, on his days off and seeing gigantic explosions over the horizon during this time. It was common back then to see American bodies wash up dead of course soaked with oil from these explosions.

@katherinecooper6159 3 месяца назад

Some people did not 'go to wat' because their jobs were essential to the needs of our country.

@terryeustice5399 4 месяца назад

Great Documentary on the U-Boats attack on the East coast of USA. And the response was sad 😢.

@1950Chimaera 3 месяца назад

THEY PLANNED THE WAT FOR YEARS US DIDN'T EXPECT A "PEARL HARBOR" OFF THE EAST COAST. Effect, OF COURSE, BUT BY D-DAY they found out attacking civilians really hits home. Germany carpet bombed by the "SLEEPING GIANT", being awoken.

@Jayjay-qe6um 4 месяца назад

The Torpedo Alley, or Torpedo Junction, off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II. Almost 400 ships were sunks, mostly during the Second Happy Time in 1942, and over 5,000 people were killed, many of whom were civilians and merchant sailors. Torpedo Alley encompassed the area surrounding the Outer Banks, including Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras.

@gar6446 4 месяца назад

Thank Admiral King, for the carnage . They were 'strongly urged' to blackout the eastern seaboard. It was ignored. They were also advised to introduce a convoy system. Again, this advice was ignored. So merchant ships beautifully back-lit by the lights, and totally unprotected were slaughtered.

@winterflame1965 3 месяца назад

I never knew any of this had even occurred! Thank you for sharing the documentaries.

@joanhuffman2166 18 дней назад

There's a documentary about a U-boat found down off the US coast. I think it was PBS.

@briangrogan2553 4 месяца назад

There is a British cemetery on the island of Ocracoke. The locals recovered the bodies on the beach and gave them all a proper burial

@donnied9432 4 месяца назад

Im gonna have to watch this again. I was just listening and 2/3 paying attention through most of it. Think it deserves more.

@mohamednasr1395 4 месяца назад

Amazing work uncovering such a story that seems to be rarely if ever told !

@billmason2785 4 месяца назад

The British expert ..from Cambridge uk is a genius on Naval warfare

@liverpool666 3 месяца назад

George RR Martin

@billmason2785 3 месяца назад

@@liverpool666 Professr Eric Grove is who I referenced

@romans325kjb 4 месяца назад

Talk about unprepared. All lights on in the cities and ships. Almost unbelievable, but facts. Haven't watched this series in awhile but it is one of the best ones. Operation Drum Beat was very successful up and down the east coast, (from Canada down). As the series continues the German success does not. Enjoy. (do not get me started on Admiral King 😏👎).

@davidlavigne207 3 месяца назад

I highly recommend three books, "Operation Drumbeat" by Michael Gannon, "The Burning Shores" by Ed Offley, both about the U Boat offensive of the Eastern US, and " "Long Night of the Tankers" bu David J. Burceson and Holger H. Herwig, concerning the Operation Neuland. This was the war against the Caribbean, Venezuelan shipping of raw materials (especially oil tankers) being shipped to North America and to the UK. It was what nearly could have driven the British to the negotiating table IMHO.

@rupben01 26 дней назад

Great documentary from an old UK sailor.. Thank you

@nigellawson8610 3 месяца назад

The reason why so many ships were lost in American waters can be laid at the door of Admiral Ernest J. king’s incompetence? His resistance to instituting a convoy system right away was inexcusable. His reluctance to adopt the convoy system was a product of his Anglophobia. King reluctance to adopt this strategy was strongly influenced by the fact that it was a British innovation? He was unaware of the fact that ships travelling in convoy reduce the number of targets available to attacking submarines. Furthermore, even a poorly escorted convoy still offers a threat to an attacking submarine?

@Hew.Jarsol 4 месяца назад

HMS Bulldog captured the first Enigma codes machine. God bless the Royal navy 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@MyBlueZed Месяц назад

This was the NAVAL version. Polish agents provided the British with a machine in 1939. Getting the code books was the important thing.

@JR-wk9zn 4 месяца назад

It went from good to mad, from bad to sad!!!

@ngome_sam. 3 месяца назад

Always here everyday for Episode 3 ,,,it has taken long 😚

@MyVernon1 2 месяца назад

Totally Absorbing viewing. 1st class Doc. 😊

@FreeDocumentaryHistory 2 месяца назад

Thank you 😊

@richardkeilig4062 3 месяца назад

The merchant marine served well but paid a high price. RIP sailors.

@jonathanwallace6667 4 месяца назад

Wow, i served 12 yrs 8 on the East coast 80s and never heard of this event.

@TheChiefEng 4 месяца назад

Of course this time has never become part of general knowledge in America. There was never a great interest in teaching the American public that America basically had its behind handed to them by the Germans the first few months after Germany declared war on America. The same thing basically happened in North Africa the first time the American forces encountered the Germans and this was actually at a time where the Germans were on retreat and yet, they managed to give the Americans a bloody nose the first time the two forces met. The Germans generally had the best field commanders during WWII. The only problem was the little Austrian corporal who refused to let his field commanders conduct the battles. Thank God, the little Austrian narcissist did that. Had the German field commanders had free hands, the war would have lasted much longer with much higher loss of life.

@jimmorrison6421 4 месяца назад

You are 150% right man every single thing you said every word

@dr.ozyrak 4 месяца назад

Breaking the enigma code was devastating for the Germans on all fronts

@mechanicman8687 4 месяца назад

I read a book called torpedo alley back in the mid 90s. Sense then I’ve been interested in submarines

@WesleyCook-eg9tn 4 месяца назад

Norwegian whaler vs German mechanic fixing an engine in time to speed away... Yeah my money is on the German mechanic everytime haha

@lonewolf5238 4 месяца назад

I'm curious why they didn't turn their deck gun on that whaler. Unless they had depleted ammo there too?

@FGPR01BrunoCauz Месяц назад

Murphy's War is an 1971 film starring Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips. It was directed by Peter Yates based on the 1969 novel by Max Catto. The film is set in Orinoco river actual Venezuela during World War II and focuses on a stubborn survivor of a sunken merchant ship who is consumed in his quest for revenge and retribution against the German submarine that sank his ship.

@salvatorepitea5862 4 месяца назад

Didn't the sub have anymore deck gun ammo ... I'm sure that five incher could do some kinda damage to that whaling ship

@Baza1964 2 месяца назад

Yes but if he turned to fire , the Whaler would have got him.

@jameswoodbury2806 3 месяца назад

Early in the war King didn't want the convoys along the East coast without adequate escorts because for the U-boats it would be like shooting fish in a barrel. This forced the U-boats to risk staying off the coast hunting single targets instead of using all 12 torpedoes at once attacking a single convoy.

@IllutianKade 3 месяца назад

So...all of the engineering crew, except the one engine mechanic, is now blind from watching a welder unit in operation. :P

@WorldGoneKrazy 3 месяца назад

Excellent, Thank you. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@MomentsInTrading 3 месяца назад

Really interesting 👍🏻

@666okano 2 месяца назад

Usyks bro done the narration on this

@MarkElzey-xk4kj 3 месяца назад

The propeller on front of torpedo is supposed to be spinning, its an arming safety feature designed to prevent early close proximity detonations

@John-or4mn 15 дней назад

for Reinhard Hardegen for a guy with a sour belly, he sure lived a long-life surviving born in 1913 and living to 2018

@liverpool666 3 месяца назад

Das Boot what a movie that was and is.

@jon18meci Месяц назад

upload episode 3

@FreeDocumentaryHistory Месяц назад

@@jon18meci the entire series is already available. PLAYLISTS Tab in the HELL BELOW folder

@shaun1432 2 месяца назад

How do you think this video compares to the previous ones?

@suzannakoizumi8605 12 дней назад

German U-boats were refueled at night at the Standard Oil Co (Rockefeller) in Linden, NJ. The company would schedule only German Americans, no Polish Americans, on these nights. This is true and was known by both sets of employees.

@TootlesTart Месяц назад

Thinking of the UK snuffing down every possible light, then NYC lit up clueless like a Christmas tree.

@darbyohara 4 месяца назад

It would be interesting to theorize how the war might have been different should the Germans had 100 or 150 u boats at the start of the war vs the 50 they actually had

@buckwheatINtheCity 3 месяца назад

Hardigan, ironically is a Celtic name. 😮

@ShiaKorchin 2 месяца назад

Yes, these submarines were very destructive!

@shaunmcclory8117 19 дней назад

Imagine the nightmarish conditions they endured motoring a sub on the surface in a winter storm in the North Atlantic!? Being thrown against equipment inside the sub they must've been black &blue! Not to mention sick! I've been on a small yacht in a storm and trying to aim into the toilet is impossible! Imagine the state inside a u-boat at sea for months with 50odd men trying to do it!? They would be wading in it!

@narayankulkarni5378 4 месяца назад

Sir please show us disappear of mongols emperor kublai khans naval fleet in japan islands

@jhansenduca1478 3 дня назад

The sub should be an typeIXB

@MyBlueZed Месяц назад

25:00 Local residents would have been unable to see 30 miles due to the curvature of the earth. Not even a faint illumination.

@mrjsreadingcorner9915 4 месяца назад

When you're a naval historian but you got to destroy Tyson Fury by 9

@kjemma 3 месяца назад

The british navy chief, Admiral Jellicoe was just as inept and slow to react, nearly causing british defeat in 1917 from lack of ships. And the russians lost millions of men being outfought, outflanked and outsmarted by the germans in 41 and 42. not understanding how to fight a modern war until it was almost to late. The french still believed they were fighting a war behind fortifications in 40, and lost the whole fight fo france in a few weeks. All in all, its amazing how behind the curve so many of the socalled military "geniuses actually was. But like the historian interviewed in this video - both the american and the british, and partulary the americans reacted with extreme flexibility, grit and determination as soon as they had absorbed those first, painfull lessons. So did to some degree also the russians, although they displayed a marvellous distain from accepting common sense all through the conflict.

@bluecollarnobody4217 Месяц назад

My question is, how do you get a sub with limited fuel capacity from Larion France, where they just conquered all the way to the coast of New York

@swespeedy1 3 месяца назад

Couldn't they fire the canon on the charging whaler? Or was it off perimeter?

@kluge4206 4 месяца назад

Pardon me if I missed it,did these subs carry more than 14 torpedoes?

@jerrywilliams9190 2 месяца назад

Why couldn't submarines be fitted with some type of explosive device that they could send up to the surface that would explode right under the escort destroyer?

@buckshots2dabrain859 7 дней назад

Why couldn’t they use the uboat’s flak gun to deter the pursuing whale boat?

@dominickcarella12 3 месяца назад

I know we were not readied with ships, but no response from the U.S. Navy?

@kennethdeanmiller7324 3 месяца назад

Actually, I think what it was is all of a sudden the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor & sink our entire fleet of battleships in the Pacific. But they did it with 6 Aircraft Carriers but they didn't sink any US Carriers .And we had 4 Carriers, I think. But now USA is in the War, Germany declares war on US. And the USA declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy

@Peter-jv3vg Месяц назад

The oil pollution then must have been horrendous. Now if they spill 100 gallons they go bananas.Whats up with that.

@Baza1964 2 месяца назад

King was also anti-British ,so he didn't listen to any of their advice . Costing many lives and much cargo .

@pauljoneses8188 4 месяца назад

This documentary starts well then it becomes poop

@stuartahrens6775 3 месяца назад

Yeah it's not good being able to help the enemy. America was in the war but not declaring war until the Japanese bombing of pearl harbour.

@TrooBlud34 4 месяца назад

This probably would have been a little more interesting to watch if the submarine had been manned by adult men rather than 17 year old high school students.

@david2727 4 месяца назад

What? You do know that was the average age of submariner, right?

@TrooBlud34 4 месяца назад

@david2727 Of course I know - the same as it is today. The same age I was 38 years ago when I was in. My focus of my comment was aimed at the age of the boat commander. I should have been more clear, I'm just not very intelligent I'm afraid.

@arthur1658 4 месяца назад

Yeah, 20 years of age. Not 17. Infact at 17 you wouldn't be able to enlist. Until that is 1945 ,when the German army would take anyone who could hold a weapon

@wanagi006 4 месяца назад

@@david2727 He isn't speaking about the American Regulations of Submariners today... these were German subs...with enlisted or drafted ( FORCED to serve) kids . The third reich would take anyone with the coordination and ability to point and fire a weapon.

@nicktynan1355 4 месяца назад

@@TrooBlud34And that commander(Reinhardt Hardegan) lived over 100 years, passing in 2016.

@JonCarter-i3k 3 месяца назад

I'm not wanting to seem overly critical. This channel does really great sub videos, ... but it seems very out of place seeing a few of the crew wearing long sleeve dress shirts, especially plaids !! I think that I counted 5. 😶🤔 Also several of the crew had black tank tops and t-shirts. That also seems highly unlikely ! There's just NO WAY that I can believe that is realistic at all. For one thing, those plaids look very modern, and just not anything that I've seen a WW2 era German, civilian or otherwise wearing in any photo ever.

@andypearson2243 Месяц назад

U517 sunk my dad's ship HMCS charllettown in the St Lawrence River in view of civilians on shore killing 6 ,4 more died later of injuries Sept 11-1942 Canada's 9-11 the explosion blew my dad over board or i would not be here

@Peter-jv3vg Месяц назад

Earned king loved his booze too.😮😮😮

@Kenstout-qg9zy 2 месяца назад

Our subs were crewed by 17 year olds what's the difference

@hermanbotha1444 3 месяца назад

Incredible tha the Americans just allowed this to go on and on. As if they just did't care. It certainly eroded my view of the Americans of the time.

@jeffreyhagelin3672 Месяц назад

It was actually a crime that the US Navy was so unprepared for war.

@ronalddechosa3048 23 дня назад

Subs'dfnition to a coffin'once u gt inside,then its time to rest,u knw that when u board subs its btween life&death 💀☠️.,

@Patriot-hz8xk 4 месяца назад

Look at those handsome, beautiful boys! Any girl would be lucky to have any of those guys!!!

@Adamz678 4 месяца назад

lol wut

@kluge4206 4 месяца назад

Lol,they probably had bad teeth

@williamh3823 3 месяца назад

1 of 4 women of german submariner's became widows

@Russia-bullies 3 месяца назад

As merchant seamen were the unsung heroes of the World Wars,you should feature them,instead of those who harm merchant seamen.

@54cocacola 3 месяца назад

Das Boot is all over the place in this episode, the nerve of you people .Get a life ....

@heaven-is-real 3 месяца назад

Das Boot

@TV-ph1tw День назад

SOS n SSS

@grossadmiral1 3 месяца назад

Was für eine schlechte Dokumentation!

@willboudreau1187 27 дней назад

"The submarine captain did not know the depth of water off Long Island" WTF ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horse-shiite. It's like a pilot who doesn't know his altitude. Du-oh!!!!!!!!!

@nicksofialakis1448 3 месяца назад

i highly admire the Germans, They are pioneers in almost every technological aspect. They created the Atom Bomb but its been ripped off and implemented by the US Z..nists, 2)The Rocket science via ancient Chinese methods. The Germans also completed the first Submarine, First Jet by implementing the multi impeller technology, Etc...

@LongJohnLiver 3 месяца назад

Nonsense. The US and Great Britain invented the first atomic bomb. The first navigable submarine was invented by a Dutchman named Cornelis Drebble in 1620. The first combat use of a submarine was during the American Revolution and was designed by David Bushnell from Connecticut.

@nicksofialakis1448 3 месяца назад

@@LongJohnLiver Don't forget that USA UK and Z are the winners and thw owners of the monopolised media of all kinds. Then A fully operational Submarine has nothing to do with numerous Concepts that the Ancient Greeks Romans Chinese later the English the French created only on paper and prototypes that fail to be fully operational and Completed!!!

@jamesjohnson7556 3 месяца назад

You know what annoys me about american documentary programs the bias when it comes to losses 📉 every british ship is named so but when its a american ship its simply the class of ship no mention of nationally 🙄