Operation Flipper 1941 - The Commando Raid on Erwin Rommel 

The AceDestroyer how could you!? Ha just kidding, this was a great video. You continue to educate me on snippets of history I don’t know and that is great!

can we get the life of sniper Vassily Zietseiv?

@@JeanLucCaptain, I don't know, maybe in the future. But, I'm working on some other stuff right now.

@@TheAceDestroyer as for interesting stories who bout the life of Madjackl Churchill? quite possibly the most meme-worthy brit in ww2.

The rest of your pronunciation was excellent. Unlike some of the amateurs on youtube trying to do history. Much of the background video was inappropriate for the story. Perhaps using clips from the movie interspersed with the clips and stills of Rommel, Laycock and Keyes would have been better. Great video.

Thank you very much! I'm very happy to hear that!

Likewise. I think Keyes would have been instructed to snatch an Enigma. An alt motive is required to do it successfully and Rommels assassination could have been that. Would explain Keyes risky role and their acting on such bad intel. Only he would have known. I don't think Rommels assassination would have saved lives or altered the course of the war. That's useful only to create a power struggle which wouldn't have happened in the disciplined German army.

Thanks! Yeah, I was very happy with the intro I made.

Thank you very much for this personal story! I really appreciate you sharing it. It's always interesting to know the backstory of these soldiers.

Every army made a lot of terrible mistakes. Despite losing battles Britain still won battles in the “early to mid war period”. What I find more interesting is how America hushes up its failures. Such as Hurtgen forest, The Lorraine campaign and operation queen and to some extent the failures at the start of the battle of the bulge keep in mind these happened in late 1944 near the end of the war. However market garden is conveniently spoken about instead and Britain is yet again scapegoated for it.

@@commando4481 - I suppose it’s because we’ve always had a very well funded “public relations” department of our military. But, another aspect is Americans celebrate victories; I don’t think there was any organized conspiracy to cover up Hurtgen Forest, it’s just a matter of why dwell on it. If anything needs to be discussed more by historians is why didn’t Eisenhower allow U.S. 6th Army Group to fully exploit their ability to cross the Rhine in Nov 1944 and roll up the relatively undefended southern portion of the German front when they had the opportunity. They had already crossed in battalion(s) strength. They were poised ready with everything in place. The Allies would have had a splendid chance to ruin Hitler’s plans that ultimately became the Battle of the Bulge. It would’ve meant not going forward with Market-Garden, but of course nobody knew Market-Garden would be such a dismal failure at the time.

@@parrot849 Lol you’re still blaming market garden. Every battle I mentioned above ended with way more casualties than market garden did for absolutely nothing. At least market garden took some ground for a lot less. Americans are told to focus on British failures without knowing. Even for market garden Americans made “bumbling” mistakes which led to its failure Nijmegen for example. A lot of Americans are so misinformed.

@@parrot849 If the bulge had been defended properly the battle wouldn’t have become so desperate. American generals should’ve expected this. Such a basic plan. Yet they didn’t.

@@commando4481 - you missed my whole point.

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My mother knew Jack and took me to meet him when I was young too.

At Oakley Lodge?

I would not call WWII a "gentleman's war". However, certain Generals (like Rommel) acted under a higher code of conduct than others.

You really think World War II was a gentleman's War?

@@zenodotusofathens2122 I was talking about the North Africa campaign. My dad was there and the Americans, Brits and Germans took good care of wounded pow's and made sure they had water, food and cigarettes. There were few instances of bad treatment from both sides.

@@seumasnatuaighe You are viewing this on a highly filtered level. Rommel was part of a horrific machine of despotism. There was a lot of propaganda built up about Rommel called now the "Rommel Myth." [Look it up]. The Brits, in part, were responsible for portraying Rommel in a better light for poltical reasons.

@@seumasnatuaighe here is one of a number of articles that challenge the Romnel myth www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/was-the-desert-fox-an-honest-soldier-or-just-another-nazi-6272076.html

Me too! Thanks for the kind words!

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Glad to hear that you learned something from my videos!

@@TheAceDestroyer I learn something every time. I just can't say it every time. Now, back to those British subs ... 4 external torpedo tubes forward, one rear, 6 internal forward, 6 reloads. Looks from the pictures, two of those external tubes fired from amidship, two from the bow. And, these were started in 1940.

HMS Upholder was a top scoring submarines of WW2 with over 90,000 tonnes of enemy ships sunk before she was lost in 1942.

Yes, please. Look for Operation Daffodil and the failed raid on Tobruk from the sea in 1942. Now, THAT was a real bloody fiasco that nobody talks about.

@Gazzara5 His daddy bought his commission...his famous leader daddy

I saw it as well. They really went for more action rather than accuracy. Happy to hear that my video helped!

There hardly brave shooting officers

Thanks! Yeah I had been very busy with school.

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well they didn't read most enigma transmission. while the enigma was not unbreakable, it certainly made it difficult, resource intensive and slow to decipher messages.

Wow! Incredible story! Thank you for sharing it! Do you know what raid he was in? Respect to your late uncle! What a hero!

@@TheAceDestroyer like many people he did not say much. So I don't have any idea where he was. I do know that part of their training involved raiding other British Army camps. And just to add to the fun they would warn the camp in advance. Guards were tripled and every soldier on duty would carry a pickaxe handle. That did not stop the commandoes. And if you was one of the guards on duty and heard a sound then the smart thing to do was look elsewhere.

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Thanks!

Thanks!

Probably said it in jest considering the fact that they lost the emu war 🤣

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what an extraordinary offensive statement

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Thanks mate! Happy to see that you're enjoying the work!

Haha! Yes Rommel gave the personal order to the the five men a full military burial. The 4 German soldiers who died together with Lieutenant Colonel Laycock were buried in a local cemetery.

The AceDestroyer that’s pretty intriguing honestly!! Thanks ace!

Considering laycock didnt die until 68, you're either very thick or very salty...so now why would anybody believe anything you say or show in your future videos aye??, in fact they wont be worth watching as people will not know if your generally are very stupid about ww2 or have an agenda and neither is good regarding your supposed favoured subject??, try anime next time boyo...

Thanks! Great to hear that! Will it be on RU-vid?

I do learn German at school, so I know how to pronounce it more or less, but the Italian pronunciation was a just a wild guess.

Yes, I was planning on making a video about it, but it won't be for in the near future, maybe a month or two. I'm currently working on some other videos.

@@TheAceDestroyer Looking forward to see that danke :)

I believe it's in the video description, if not just let me know and I'll check on the file I have somewhere. But, normally it should be in the video description.

Thanks! I found it. The group Mini Vandals. 😏

It is Desert Caravan which can be found in the RU-vid Audio Library. I think there's a link in the video description.

@@TheAceDestroyer Yes, I got it. Your swift reply is reveals how dedicated you are to your work. Good Job! Keep it up.👍 I daily watch two or three videos here and it has become one of my favorite destinations on RU-vid.

Thanks! Happy to see that you enjoy my videos!

What silly raids have been made by your silly country with its disastrous peoples..

It already has been, that's the name of the movie, "Raid on Rommel", 1971 starring Richard Burton, I don't know how historically accurate it is but it's a good movie, however like most war movies don't learn history from it, they're only good for entertainment and not learning history.

Nah. That raid was successful.

@@thomashazlewood4658 Sorry you don't know the meaning of the term "reminiscent." You utterance reflects poorly on your education. So sad. 😥

@@ces4399 I'll not bandy words with a pretentious fool.

@@ces4399 You're a fucking idiot. The raid on Yamamoto was done by air, and was a crushing success. Complete surprise was achieved, and both Japanese targets were shot down, and Yamamoto was killed. Are you jealous of Americans?

Badly executed on this occasion maybe but dishonourable or slimy never. The Germans themselves were masters of raiding. Also, it's the English way of doing things meant that little country eventually conquered three-quarters of the known world.

Belgian, so yeah from the Dutch language.

_An_ epic - should have paid attention in English.

I just saw it now! Submariners are members on the Submarine! I was mistaken my bad! I don't know whether or not I pronounced the Arabic and Italian names correct though. Being a Belgian, those were wild guesses on how to pronounce it. Thanks!

don't be so rude.

@@TheAceDestroyer WAIT you're Belgian ? Are you from Wallonie or Flandre ?

Yes, @@NlGHTSKY. I'm from Flanders.

@@TheAceDestroyer That's cool, i really enjoy your videos and since i'm living in the center of Bastogne i'm really into WW2's history and weaponry