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Return to Gibraltar: Strikes, Spies, Submarines, and Saboteurs

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Gibraltar in WWI:
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Gibraltar in WWII:
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Air Raids during WWII:
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Operation Felix: warfarehistory...
www.jstor.org/... www.historyext...
Operation Tracer:
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David Scherr vs the Saboteurs:
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The Queen of Hearts: books.google.c...
The Italian Frogmen raids:
www.anaim.it/d...
www.marina.dif...
Albert Pierrepoint
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Franco’s Blockade
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Brexit:
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@geographicstravel 3 года назад

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@imperiumbrasiliae 3 года назад

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@spddiesel 3 года назад

My dad, a Marine, used to tell me this joke. In Britain, they use HMS, for Her Majesty's Ship. In America, they use USS, for United States Ship. In Italy, they use AMB, for Atsa My Boat!

@kritizismmusics9737 3 года назад

I new that but not Italy XD Im super obsessed with naval war history

@Concetta20 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂 I’m Italian-American and I find that HIlarious!

@spddiesel 3 года назад

@@Concetta20 I'm happy some of us can still laugh at ourselves 👍 Hell, I'm Irish and Welsh, I'm a walking English oppression joke, lmao

@JB-yb4wn Год назад

BOO! HISS! 😅

@BlueBirdsProductions 3 года назад

I'd love to see a video about Ostia Antica - it is the most well preserved ancient Roman city in the world. It's located 50 miles south of Rome and was covered by the river Tiber for 1000 years after being evacuated under threat of invasion. PLEASE like this comment so that the guys see it, would make for a brilliant video that I know we would all enjoy.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад

What an operation to evacuate the Gibraltar civilian population by boat while avoiding mines and U-boats at the same time respect to those involved

@medusagorgo5146 3 года назад

My husband and I were on a trip in Spain when we took a day trip to Gibraltar, we saw the highlights of the area (the apes were my favorite part) but I definitely want to go back and spend more time there. It was a lovely place.

@carlos-ju7ce Год назад

They are monkeys (macaques) on Gibraltar. They are not apes. Apes have no tails.

@Casemanager69 3 года назад

Albert Pierrepoint was a close friend of my Grandfather. My grandfather was beside him at the final hangings. He served 5 years in the peacetime army in India prior to WW2, Worked up the ranks to Regimental Sargeant Major, and later was a head warden at Brindisi Military Prison for a few years.

@briangarrow448 3 года назад

I have a photograph taken in a portrait studio in Gibraltar in 1880’s. It is a photo of a young man wearing the dress uniform of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. The young man is my great grandfather who was on his way to a colonial posting-I don’t know where exactly! He made it back home to Scotland and had a family, including my grandfather. That photo sits next to the one of my father who served in WW2 in the American Army Air Corps at a base in England. He took a leave to visit our family in Scotland and had a photo done dressed in Highland Regimental uniform. Two of my most prized possessions.

@ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Why is Gibraltar british ? 2:05 - Chapter 2 - WWI (The big strike) 5:55 - Mid roll ads 7:25 - Chapter 3 - Felix, Tracer, Goldeneye 13:40 - Chapter 4 - The prince, the queen & the hangman 20:35 - Chapter 5 - The last blockade - Chapter 6 -

@keithstringer1140 3 года назад

Yeah, Malta would make for a great episode!

@lablackzed 3 года назад

Gibraltar has a lot more secret stories than what you have touch on here believe me.🇬🇮🇬🇮

@rodgerwilkie3617 Год назад

Thank you for doing this piece. I spent some tine in Gib not long before the 2002 referendum and have always felt an attachment to the place, and a sympathy with the Gibraltarians. It's a fascinating place with a rich history, and I am always happy to see someone acknowledge this. Well done.

@rodgerwilkie3617 11 месяцев назад

@jesusbermudez6775 Then I suppose you think all non-indigenous people should vacate North, South, and Central America? And I am quite confident that you would support the Spanish being booted out of Ceuta.

@christinedeshano2872 3 года назад

Can you please cover the Bronze Age Collapse? It would be a long one, I am sure, as so many different things happened at the same time, but it would be very interesting.

@michaeldurham5351 3 года назад

I second this, having always been intrigued by that event. As a writer, I hope to one day have it serve integrally to a story but am patiently awaiting a worthy idea.

@arnaldoteodorani277 3 года назад

@@michaeldurham5351 You could narrate the invasion of the Sea Peoples from their perspective. So, the PoV of the ‘bad guys’ considered one of the cause of the collapse. I read it was more of a mass migration than a mere invasion force. So the protagonists could be some teenage kids travelling in tow with their sea-raiding dad. (YA fiction sells well)

@lukea997 3 года назад

I don't think Gibraltar will ever join Spain its way too British and still quite an important foreward base for the military should they ever need it

@FriedrichBarb 3 года назад

Well we already have some Spanish influence here, is a unique mix of English/Spanish as expected, since we let in thousands of workers across the border since they get better wages here rather than in South Andalusia and it helps the workforce here so it’s win win. I’d say 80% of people here speak good Spanish, with many mixed families Both English and Spanish get along here just fine, never if rarely any incidents among the people, just the Spanish government and some nationalists constantly pushing their revanchism. Which is hypocritical once you realize they have two enclaves on Northern Morocco almost triple the size of Gibraltar lol We like the Spanish culture and people, but heavily dislike their government and management of things. Proud of our British roots who have built up the city beautifully and would never vote to rejoin Spain, whose incompetent government has equal unemployment and corruption rate as Iraq

@corvusglaive4804 Год назад

@@FriedrichBarb "as corrupt as Iraq" 😭🤣

@FriedrichBarb 11 месяцев назад

@jesusbermudez6775 Im originally Gibraltarian, raised there and born a British citizen so I know what im talking about, but I migrated, though I still hold that as my origin and is a part of me

@FriedrichBarb 11 месяцев назад

@jesusbermudez6775 I would agree with you if you said English* but not for British, for that term has been multicultural for hundreds of years now, and the Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, and countless other colonies were once considered British but overtime they developed their own culture and identity, which is exactly the same case for Gibraltarians. Though overall youre correct that the Spanish cultural influence on Gibraltar is very strong, and is mostly bc the majority of people in Gibraltar have Italian ancestry so naturally this is the case.

@FriedrichBarb 11 месяцев назад

@jesusbermudez6775 No thats just incorrect though yes there is a noticeable Spanish minority, though majority of surnames are Italian, and many there are pure English also, not just Soldiers thats also incorrect. As for culture yes its mixed im not denying that, but all of Gibraltar's Law, institutions, way of government and most importantly education system for the youth is British, majority of the youth in Gibraltar go to England for University and this is paid for by the government, which are then properly exposed to British culture. This makes a importance difference.

@bdekw 3 года назад

So basically if it weren’t for Hitler and the Nazis, Ian Fleming may never have been inspired to create the James Bond we know and love. Wild.

@cornellkirk8946 Год назад

Every cloud has a silver lining 😏

@pawlumlt 3 года назад

So when is the episode about Malta to be made 🇲🇹😉

@WTP_1776 3 года назад

Ok jokerd

@pyromania1018 3 года назад

Wilhelm Canaris deserves his own video.

@Baldevi Год назад

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing all this about Gibraltar, both videos were really informative and at times fun. Great work by Simon and his teams, love this channel and the others, especially Causal Criminalist!

@Altaree1 Год назад

Thank you for this video. After the first one I was really curious about what happened there during the world wars.

@williamjones3462 3 года назад

I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Ignorance is bliss. I traveled to 'the Rock' in autumn of '85, apparently not long after it opened to traffic. I had no idea!

@oliversherman2414 3 месяца назад

As a Brit who lives in southern Spain, I visit the territory regularly and it's my favourite place locally. The people there are very proud of being British and want to keep it that way 🇬🇧🇬🇮

@skippygatten8572 3 года назад

Simon you forgot to mention the troops of monkeys that rule the upper slopes. When I visited there the monkeys over ran our car and demanded snacks. It reminded me of that terrible Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute, the Statue of Liberty? That was our planet! We finally did it, we blew it up!

@KamiRecca 3 года назад

Im so proud you went exacly where i wanted you to go as i started reading.

@skippygatten8572 3 года назад

@@KamiRecca 😄

@FriedrichBarb 3 года назад

I’m Gibraltarian and I can confirm they sometimes decide to wage war even sometimes coming down the Rock to the city area lol There’s also a funny saying here how “As long as monkeys are on the Rock , Gibraltar will remain forever British” since once their panic and cries gave away the Spanish position and element of surprise when they tried invading once

@skippygatten8572 3 года назад

@@FriedrichBarb the monkeys were hilarious. They reached into our car for food. One sat on my head and my wife took a picture. It smelled terrible.

@AndrewSmith-gn1nq 3 года назад

Please do a biographics on Admiral Canaris.

@ARegularAffayre 3 года назад

Juan March is the one you want...Quietly the world's biggest gangster and shit-stirrer for decades.

@AndrewSmith-gn1nq 3 года назад

@@ARegularAffayre shoot do both haha.

@peteregan3862 3 года назад

Spain will eventually realise the value of the UK and US military bases in the Mediterranean.

@chrisrussell1800 3 года назад

10:09 Dude nearly got his hand chopped straight off haha. No sudden movements around swords. #1 rule

@WasabiSniffer 3 года назад

Boy, Sean Connery saying “welcome to the rock” has a different implication now

@charlesvaughan3517 Год назад

Evidently there is a fan theory that sean Connery character is really james bond. The americans captured him and mi6 dissavowed any knowledge. Hemce why he had the Kennedy microfilm

@romeoalphafoxtrot9517 3 года назад

Good video! No mention of Operation Flavius in March of 1988 where 3 members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army were shot dead by undercover SAS while trying to set up a terrorist attack.

@alg7496 3 года назад

A video about Canaris would be great

@jackgibsxxx0750 3 года назад

If you are talking about the Islands I just watched a few vids on the air crash there. Interesting. My condolences to all the familys.

@jackgibsxxx0750 3 года назад

Oops. I'm sorry. I see who you are talking about now. Posted before watching the vid. And yes I would love to here more about him.

@RedaGio 3 года назад

Ideas for new videos: Venice Genova Naples Palmanova Italian lakes: Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore Catania Trieste The Alps Great Ocean Road in Australia

@henriroggeman7267 3 года назад

Strange you didn't elaborate on Ian Flemming and Goldeneye...

@DaveFer 3 года назад

Simon! Love your videos and have started using them to educate my kids. On a tech note, this video, in particular, has weak audio level. (Great quality, low gain.) I have my RU-vid volume at 100% and my PC volume at 100% and only then is the volume level for this video acceptable. Hope this is helpful. Best wishes. - Dave Ferreira (Harpoon Dreams)

@TorTor323 3 года назад

Props to whoever chose the title for the video. I'm a sucker for alliteration.

@Stevo_YouTube 3 года назад

Such a cool historic place.

@multiyapples 3 года назад

I've been to Gibraltar. Its really amazing there.

@Far-Right_Celt 3 года назад

My uncle is buried out there in the Army graveyard, i hope to go one day and pay respects since im name saked after the man.

@honda6353 3 года назад

Odd naming choice: DevilRedHD

@Far-Right_Celt 3 года назад

@@honda6353 lol thats my pseudonym.. "Devil(ish) Red Head" but yeah that would be a funny gravestone huh 😂

@davidw. 3 года назад

This is the first time I've seen Simon go back somewhere.

@grahamthebaronhesketh. Год назад

We live in Gibraltar and it is an amazing place.

@joestephan1111 3 года назад

Simon! All of your channels are fascinating and of interest to me! Thank You!😎

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 года назад

Gibraltar 2: Electric Boogaloo It's neither British nor Spanish, it's *OURS* comrades

@aalb1873 3 года назад

Totally agree

@ProbablyNotLegit Год назад

How's the nuclear program going mate

@Marc89000 3 года назад

Love Geographics, making my way through the back catalogue, keep up the good work my friend.

@stephenlane9168 3 года назад

Brilliant. Another great video Simon. Wish you made tv shows 🤷🏻👏👌

@jakedevlin2462 3 года назад

The sequel we didn't know we needed

@anonnemo2504 3 года назад

Excellent video; many thanks.

@CoolAsFreya 3 года назад

The one dislike was the French Navy

@SEAZNDragon 3 года назад

Ten more from the Italian Navy

@wayneabel5421 Год назад

😂

@rymic72 Год назад

3 from the ‘RA

@nabilalhami1681 3 года назад

Gibraltar returns in this channel, but what about Falkland Island? Doesn't it deserve a video?

@johnmcclellan9020 3 года назад

I've been to Gibraltar and man it's small and strange. Spanish people speaking English with British accents. Very unique place.

@kiv2193 3 года назад

We're not Spanish, we're British by birth which is why we all speak english, it's the official language.

@GoodVideos4 2 года назад

Gee, that blockade of Gibraltar in 1969 sounds much like when the Berlin Wall went up. And, today being in memory of that - 13 August.

@SgtOLi40k 3 года назад

Thank you for your great videos. 👍future episode idea might be Lake Missoula flood

@marcusroberts9454 3 года назад

We need a video of Albert Pierrepoint, even if Danny has to write it..

@Sergiovsousa 3 года назад

You should make one day a video about Tristan da Cunha and "neighbour" british territories of Saint Helena and Ascension Island

@neilherries8751 3 года назад

I know it is a controversial subject, but Operation Flavius in 1988 on The Rock was fairly recent, and what it sparked were two of the most talked about incidents during the troubles in Northern Ireland.

@OBIIIIIIIII 3 года назад

Spain: Give us back Gibraltar Also Spain: Ceuta & Melilla are Spanish

@cjamthepatricianakabilldoo7852 3 года назад

Wouldn’t it be the man with the golden gun that features the ship

@Mrgunsngear 3 года назад

Thanks

@marlizavermeulen8615 3 года назад

Please can we get a Biographics on the hangman?

@malcolmyoung7866 3 года назад

You need to do a video on Buster Crabb....and how he 'supposedly' died....

@bethnielsen1120 3 года назад

Would absolutely love to see a video about the nuclear disaster at Church Rock, New Mexico that contaminated the land and water and killed countless Indigenous people.

@BA-gn3qb Год назад

Rumor is that Prudential Insurance has a claim to Gibraltar too.

@KingHunter868 3 года назад

The prominent sound playing in the background @ 8:20 is a GarageBand sample loop

@redblood1870 3 года назад

I love all your videos!!!

@richardhowells5804 3 года назад

That's pretty nuts.

@multipletanksyndrome 3 года назад

You ought to do a video on the Marquetalia Republic in Colombia.

@NoelMcGinnis 3 года назад

“Wendy Gale”. Tell me that was just a code name. 😂

@LukesYuGiOhChannel 3 года назад

Golden Eye yes.

@dedmeet11 3 года назад

All of this madness over a rock

@neilduarte1986 3 года назад

Greetings from the Rock of Gibraltar

@izidrew Год назад

Strange about invading Cape Verde since it was a Portuguese colony and Portugal was Neutral

@StoneInMySandal 2 года назад

How was the stay behind team going to spy if they couldn’t get out of the cave?

@charlesvaughan3517 Год назад

They would brick in the enterance behind them. There was 1 room and hidden balcony where you could view the harbor. Evidently it was hidden very well since although its existance was known noone found it for like 50 years. The bike powered the radio. Someone made a youtube video about it but i dont remember who. Maybe Simon but it was definitely interesting

@takthemack8586 3 года назад

Can you do an episode on the history of redheads!?!?

@penultimateh766 3 года назад

A British person fascinated with Gibraltar?? Say it ain't so! The Yanks aren't this enamored of say, Guam.

@FriedrichBarb 3 года назад

I would bet a large minority if not most Brits dont even know what Gibraltar is, especially among youth, but I could be wrong. Is nice when us 40,000 get some attention though, for once lol

@patrickduffy8632 3 года назад

Thank you for returning to Gibraltar, fact boy!

@badluck5647 3 года назад

fact boi*

@reddo84 3 года назад

wow, excellent education. thank you

@charlesvaughan3517 Год назад

Yeah the italians crossed the med, but the kentai kesson crossed half the pacific only to find the carriers not there. I guess they each made the best of it though

@kritizismmusics9737 3 года назад

696k subs. Absolute legend

@grahamthebaronhesketh. 2 года назад

Wow I LOVE FREE Adblocker for youtube, your video seemed riddled with ads and I did not get a single one. I just skipped through your verbal adds too. Loads of really old shots of Gib in there and I am talking about the new ones. I was actually interested in Villa Carmela but you just used that old shot from the internet.

@demilembias2527 2 года назад

honestly, being stuck in a cave with provisions waiting to listen in on an invasion would not be the worst way to spend WWII. though boring and potentially madness-inducing, bring a bunch of books and you're still living a better life than 90% of Eurasia at the time

@TheProtagonistDies 3 года назад

Love your channel Simon and crew long time subscriber here! I've been interested in "The Vigário Geral Massacre" but can't find much info on it. If you guys could grace us with a cool little doc I'd really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!

@gooner72 3 года назад

Considering the German military tested it's equipment, manpower and tactics in Spain in support of the fascist Franco, it's no surprise that Spain was in a position to help the Germans in their efforts of binning Gibraltar. Didn't work though.....🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

@beachboy0505 3 года назад

Brilliant video 📹

@finneire1282 3 года назад

I'm not early, I'm on time

@PiersLawsonBrown1972 3 года назад

Buster Crab, like Simon, a total legend.

@thecapntoad5171 3 года назад

This is a really informative video! Could you do one about pathfinder or bloodhound next? I love apex legends!

@loupiscanis9449 3 года назад

Thank You

@blueberrypirate3601 3 года назад

Gibraltar voted to remain in the EU but what's next?

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Год назад

Thanks.

@philippvoid1800 3 года назад

of course they chose to belong to britain. who in the right mind would choose side with the fascists

@ronnestman4696 3 года назад

Hey I’m from Gibraltar. Gibraltar Michigan! 😂

@FriedrichBarb 3 года назад

I'm from Gibraltar too, the real Gibraltar lol Didn't even know USA had a town named after us but not surprising either way :D

@ronnestman4696 3 года назад

@@FriedrichBarb I think we’re brothers now!

@badluck5647 3 года назад

@@FriedrichBarb Every famous city in Europe has a small town in the US named after it (half of them are in Texas).

@FriedrichBarb 3 года назад

@@badluck5647 Yup, is why I said its not surprising haha

@theteenspirit 3 года назад

I reckon a geographics episode on Krakatoa and it’s 1883 eruption would be cool

@freeskierdude_ 3 года назад

What's the song at the beginning of the video?

@beachboy0505 3 года назад

Villa CARMELA: The Silent Enemy 1958: That film 🎥 makes sense, I thought it was all fantasy . I watched it as a boy. Wow, the film makes sense, then Ian Fleming wrote his characters.

@linadina1966 3 года назад

I am Gibraltarian and have learnt more about it's history from your channel. Thanks:)

@theshadowman1398 3 года назад

No PC stuff. Good times

@hughgordon6435 Год назад

Any one else thinking Simons always banging on about big brain, out of the box thinking! Yet on of his biggest sponsors, literally is a big box?? Or is Square Space something else?😮