Fleming, O'Keefe, enigma and Ultra. What is not to like. As usual I learned something new from David O'Keefe. I do believe he should look into Op Chariot more. One can only wonder what he would bring up next. Great work David and Woody.
David O’Keefe, I have found his presentations of such high quality and his ground breaking information on the subjects he talks about are eye opening! He is such a worthy contributor to WW2 TV. Thank you David and Paul 👍
The bit about the recce plane performing a dummy attack to distract the crew of the rescue vessel reminds me of the raid on the Los Banos internment camp in the Philippines. As the assault troops moved into their final position before launching their attack, they had a fighter plane performing aerobatics over the camp to get the Japanese garrison looking up instead of watching the perimeter of the camp. It seems to have worked too, as the assault troops were able to take up their final positions without being spotted.
Playing catch up, but thoroughly enjoyed David and Paul's discussion. I found myself wishing that the plans went off successfully although I also imagined that something would have gone wrong and that there would have been a shootout aboard the target vessel. Someone always makes a mistake, or something occurs not planned for-just like in a Bond story. "Where Eagles Dare" comes to mind as a similar type of story as well. Thanks for a very entertaining time fellows.
Another masterclass from Prof. David O'Keefe. I read One Day in August this year on Kindle and Op Ruthless was mentioned. But still amazed looking at this, it got to "good to go" phase, never mind beyond the cocktail bar Fleming frequented. Desperate times sometimes require desperate measures and if killing a few POWs is what required, so be it. O'Keefe quotes a friend of Fleming who stated (paraphrase from memory) "Bond is not Fleming, he just reflects his cynicism!" No doubt Fleming oversaw & helped lots of cynicism in WW2.
Another outstanding presentation from David O'Keefe! I give Fleming credit for coming up with a very clever plan, it is something you would expect in a Tom Clancy novel!
Brillant show. I need to range back and find the video on Dieppe. If you are interested in more information about Ian Fleming's wartime service, I would strongly recommend the We have Ways of Making You Talk podcast from March 30, Episode 459.
Very very few know their topics, nor explain them as well, as David O'Keefe. What a wonderful speaker he is. And I echo Woody's recommendation of "One Day In August". It is essential. And can anyone tell me how to be in touch with David to find out about his tours to Dieppe? Thanks...
The Dockyard cipher is what probably helped the allies know when and where the axis was going to resupply North Africa's (Rommel's) desert Afrika Corp. Why supplies were so hard to get to Rommel.
