Saint Nazaire Raid 1942 Animated 

My granddad was one of those who lost his life during the raid, ordinary seaman Harold Westcott, MLB 267. Thank you for posting, for those of us with a personal link to Operation Chariot it really is appreciated

Hi from Saint-Nazaire ! We have a memorial for this raid, and the forme Joubert still exists, same for the old mole. The U-boat Pens is now a cultural place, with a museum about Transatlantics, temporary exhibitions and concerts. Most of the bunkers of the harbour are now used for cultural purposes (History museums or exhibitions). You can go on the top of the Pens, and see all of the harbour. It's quite a weird city (according to people here to visit) with a lot WWII war stigmas Thanks for this video !

My grandad was one of the commandos on the Cambletown. He was one of the small team tasked with blowing the winding house. He survived but was captured by the Germans trying to escape the town and spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.

As someone from Saint-Nazaire the battle on the map felt weirdly realistic, like... I've spent nights there wandering around the docks with my friends and this video really made my imagination go wild

It must be said that during WWII the British proved to be very intelligent and very very daring. Many of these missions were suicide for those who participated in them, but the British really proved to be brilliant.

HMS Campbeltown was originally USS Buchanan, one of the four-stack destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy. I can't think of a better use of an obsolescent ship regardless of nation of origin.

This is fantastic quality for such a small channel, you’ve got another subscriber now!

I am working in Saint Nazaire, as ship builder. All time I go for the run between docks, and always think who build this massive ship yard. Nice channel 👌. I am new subscriber

i got recommended this bc google knows my location, and i'm not disappointed at all. just last week we went to explore the bunkers on the coast of the city and they were still in great shape but a little flooded. most of the structure was still intact. it's very nice seeing a video about a little known town. Subscribed and hope to see similarly good content

I feel I need to mention that Canada and the Royal Canadian Navy also ensured Britain got supplies across the Atlantic!

I have always heard/read that the Japanese sister ships Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships ever built. They were launched two years before the Tirpitz.

Also check this out:- Sinking of the Shinano by the USS Archerfish Submarine 1944 Animated - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YdViIPbdbDs.html The Channel Dash 1942 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I6029I0kcLA.html The Sinking of Blucher - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hlBkym_Ky6E.html The Wake Island 1941 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xiy02U0zg0k.html

I've visited St. Nazare many years ago, very peculiar place with that huge concrete submarine bunker now turned into an art gallery.

Best description that I've found, by far, thanks

Good job making the video!

I had one of those rare chances to stop by in St. Nazaire when travelling in France. the U boat penns were massive and say what you want about the Nazis, they were phenomenal engineers

Fun fact the. H.m.s.cambltown is a American made ship that was originally used during. W.w.1 as a submarine chaser class ship that was one of the ships that were given to the British military as a part of the lend lease program and because of the quality of the steel that the ship was used during that time period the steel that was manufactured by the carnage steel company that is why they can take a beating and still get the job done and if there are any model builders who can't find a copy of this ship look for a model of the. U.s.s.ward.its the ship that fired the first American shot in combat in. W.w.2 because they were the same class ship

I have been to Saint Nazaire last summer. The Normandy dock is truly a huge thing. As I was visiting the dock had a cruise ship in it which towered 15 stories above the area... You could see the thing from a mile away. All the infrastructure which was destroyed in the raid was rebuild and is still functional to this day.

81 years ago today. The raid resulted in 5 VCs, 4 Distinguished Service orders, 17 Distinguished Service Crosses, 11 Military Crosses, 4 Conspicuous Gallantry Medals, 5 Distinguished Conduct Medals, 24 Distinguished Service Medals, 15 Military Medals, and 51 men Mentioned in Dispatches.

I hope this channel grows, subscriber 188.

There should be a blockbuster new film about this raid it would be a big hit 👍

Hi from Saint-Nazaire!

incredible content and story telling

The legendary Commandos. Chief of combined ops Lord Louis Mountbatten first discussed the possibility of raising an American Commando-type unit and suggested the name "Rangers".

I believe the algorithm has done you a wonder, good luck with your channel

Possibly one of the most daring and audacious raids of all time. These men must have had some big ol' balls!

Awesome video

Hi From Saint Nazaire, Good video

Time to go magnet fishing !! As you cross the water on a very high bridge you can see those docks with your own eyes.

Oh dear,,i could be dead before this man tells a short story,,

great video I am going to subscribe cheers

excellent

🤔 Great respect 🕊️ Good luck !

Despite the heavy loss of life on the british side, the sheer audacity and cunning of this operation truly screwed over the Kreigsmarine's hopes of challenging the RN. They honestly NEVER recovered from this, since it was knocked out for the ENTIRE WAR.

Yikes the narrator definitely didn’t write the script

I like how you don't shy away from using historical flags. I think it's better to remember history and learn from it then to censor it.

I had a grandfather and his brother was on hms Cambletown his brother Arthur C Henault also on HMS vindictive age 19 when she raided Belgium

Medal of Honor European Assault 1st mission :)

I guess it was pretty lucky that the ship's timer was delayed then eh?

The original "It's an older code sir, but it checks out".

Great video, one mistake where you said they turned West when in fact they turned East, but you're forgiven, Never Eat Shredded Wheat - North, East, South And West even my wife remembers this now

Are these videos slowed down by any chance? 1.25 is too fast and 1.0 is a bit slow. Amazing video !

Great video! One detail though: Saint Nazaire is not in Normandie but in Brittany

Good video. 👍👍👍

0:17 The e at the end of Kriegsmarine isn't there purely for aesthetic appeal meaning it isn't silent in German as it would be in English.

Increíble, toda la operación

I live in Saint nazaire :)

First ship which spotted Bismarck was polish destroyer "Piorun' "Thunder"

I hope this channel grows, I'm the 44th subscriber What's your next video? Haven't seen many channels cover WW2 Convoy vs U Boats, maybe that can be the hook to get more viewers.

4:18 "She was the largest ship in the world at the time" - That sounded wrong, because I knew that the St. Nazaire Dock was built with the SS Normandie in mind (and thus also called Normandie Dock), and why would they spend a lot of money to get a dock that was larger than required? Turns out the _Normandie_ was indeed lost a couple of weeks before the raid. However, the _Queen Mary_ was very much alive (and still is, barely), has almost twice the Tirpitz' displacement, is 60 m longer and has 2 m more draft. That was some sloppy research.

No battleship could "go through Iceland". The Bismark sailed north and west of Iceland.

Britain was receiving help from Canada way before the USA.

My uncle was on ml262 and received the dsm

12:40 changing the naval ensign... Surprise Gerry!

How is this still not a film? Well, at least i think.

You forgot to mention the few that somehow made it to Spain

In June 1940 the USSR was not fighting alone in the East. The Murmansk convoys were not happening. If you recall, the USSR was not attacked until a year later.

Max was here

How to destroy a dry dock? Make it wet, of course. Done.

If they hadnt bothered with the "diversion" air raid, they could have been in there to do there work and split as per the plan. Sometimes its better to leave the enemy totally unaware until the moment of truth. I have experience of this.

I believe the Japanese battleship Yamato was bigger than the Tirpitz.

I can never figure out how many comandoes who landed got off again after the job was done

Bismark was scuttled by her crew and not sunk by the Royal Navy. They tried but could not sink her.

09:30 How was it fortunate that the U-Boat escaped the attack??

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i feel like the sinking of HMS Hood was just glossed over without much regard for the detail it was a lucky shot by the bismark. plain and simple

Those 228 british that returned literally bumped into death itself, then kept walking around The rest werent lucky, sadly.

Why was it "fortunate" that the enemy U-boat escaped? It would be fortunate from the German's point of view but this video is about Operation Chariot...a very BRITISH military operation. One that the United Kingdom should be very proud of.

Question did the commandos who attacked St. Nazaire, paint their web gear white to identify themselves??

Ah Yus Medal Of Honor European Assault memories

I did this in sniper elite 5 by my self

Yes it will. just be persistent and collaborate with history march(edit) a small contribution of subscription

Out of 622, 228+169+215=612...What happened to the other 10 men?

Sorry but wasn't the raid primarily to deny Germany the use of one of its several submarine bases?

I'm getting the feeling this is computer generated. The pronunciation of "estuary", the use of the word "fortunately" with regards to the submarine escaping, and some really weird grammatical mistakes😂

POV: U buy BazBattles of wish

Weird pronunciation here "alloyed convoys" and "airroid" for example. Is this an AI glitch?

How could the nazis not realizing that the ship is full of explosifs ?

Saint Nazaire is not in Normandie

It’s not a war crime to fly the enemy flag if the allies do it.

What? The USA and britain was supplying Russia in 1940? The Barbarossa only started at 1941...

I don't believe the tirpitz was the largest battleship, the Japanese had two that were bigger.

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Those U-Boats were killing American merchant marines (who were civilians) but Brits criticize America for not entering the war sooner. About two thousand Americans were killed in 1940 and 1941 supplying Britian, and everyone of them died horrific deaths. No memorials to those men anywhere in Britain.

soviet Union ? in 1942 ?

such a british thing to raise your flag back up whilst under fire lmao gotta love em brits

Why have you uploaded it so slow? Play at 1.25x 😂

Enjoyed a presentation but the stupid or lazy ‘sank countless ships’ remarks They were very much counted. Surely you could have found the number of ships and tonnage

an air-roid is that like a steroid?😂😂😂😂😂

England. Tsk tsk tsk.

Why are you saying she to a ship? Even though its a male name.

Does the narrator deliberately miss pronounce words on purpose. Air roid ?

@00:35 “medicines” ??! very slecht english !!

All I see is Britain once again overreacting to the existence of Tirpitz, a useless ship whenever the British weren’t diverting their attention from elsewhere to deal with this paper tiger.

The British only fight on sea because they're scared of having to fight anyone directly (like men); no wonder the modern-day British default war strategy consists of hiding their island, keeping a strong navy to prevent anyone from landing there to avoid a real combat and, the most important part, BEG the United States (Britain's historic boyfriend), to please come save them. That's why they've made so much of the battle of Trafalgar when, in real-life, it had a little practical immediate effect and Napoleon barely sighed when receiving the news. But the British keep celebrating that victory because fighting on sea is all they can do, whenever they fight at land they get their sorry asses kicked even against "inferior" enemies such as Elphinstone's army in Afghanistan, Isandlwana, the American revolutionary war, Dunkirk, the Jews at Palestine, the Dutch at Medway (after which the British lost their fleet which meant their island was open to invasion after which they panicked and surrendered ending the war rather than fighting like men), Buenos Aires (twice), Majuba (against the Boers, where a bunch of Boer farmers and boys defeated professional British soldiers killing 285 British and capturing 59 while losing only 1 Boer and ending the Boer War in one stroke) and Singapore, among many many others; and the only victories they've had have been by surprise attacks (such as the batte of the River Plate), ambushes (just like they did at the battle of Jutland or Cape Matapan) or by using overwhelming numbers (like they did with the Bismark: in the first encounter two German ships, including the Bismarck, fought against three British ships which included the most powerful British ship, the HMS Prince of Wales, known as "the pride of the Royal Navy", the Bismarck alone defeated the three British ships and easily destroyed the HMS Prince of Wales, after which the British fled and only came back in overwhelming numbers, sending 12 ships against the Bismarck; this situation also happened in the naval battles of Narvik in World War II when the Royal Navy attacked the German warships off Narvik, when the Germans counterattacked the British quickly fled losing almost half of its ships, but the Royal Navy would only come back with overwhelming numbers: twice as many ships the Germans had, then and only then would they "avenge" their defeat at Narvik), that0s why the British can could never fight on equal numbers, they're only brave at sea and only with overwhelming numbers on their side. That's why in Corunna they used their favorite tactic: be defeated and escape by sea (the same one used in Dunkirk). Also, they have no problem whatsoever betraying their allies if it furthers its interests such as when they bombarded Copenhagen even though Denmark was not at war with Britain (they did this to destroy the Danish fleet so Napoleon couldn't use it just in case Napoleon conquered Denmark, or when the French surrendered in World War II and the British demanded the French hand over all of their ships to them (they were terrifyied that that Hitler could use them to invade Britain) and when the French refused the British immediatly forgot about their ertswhile "allies" and attacked the French fleet by surprise at Mers-el Kebir or when they betrayed the Portuguese (their oldest allies with whom they'd maintained an alliance treaty since 1386) by sending them an ultimatum in 1890 demanding them to evacuate some of their African colonies and once they did they quickly moved to occupy those areas just so the Britsh could have a continuous land connection between South Africa and Egypt or during the Seven Years War: the British always seek a powerful ally with a powerful land army (as the British are too cowardly to fight like men) to protect them and fight for them and the United States didn't exist yet so they tricked Prussia into joining them and paid the Prussians to fight on the continent in their place but as soon as the British attained their goals in the other theaters of the war they immediatly forgot about their Prussian "allies" and suddenly stopped the cash flow to Prussia and abandoned them just at the height of the war, leaving the Prussians to their own devices to fight alone against France, Austria and Russia, almost resulting in the destruction of Prussia, something every country in Europe took note of; or in Norway during World War II where the British arrived to assist the Norwegians against the Germans but fled after several humilliating defeats by numerically inferior German forces, in this case the British fled in secret leaving their Norwegian "allies" behind and without telling them they were going to flee. During the Napoleonic Wars, the British were at their worst, paying others to fight for them, causing the Emperor of Austria to say "The English are flesh traffickers, they fight others to fight in their place", while Napoleon said the British were "a people of cowardly marine merchants". Here's a tiny selection of the countless British defeats: Afghans 6-13 January 1842 - retreat from Kabul - entire British army captured or killed (17,000 KIA) 3 September 1879 - Kabul ...again 27 July 1880 - Maiwand - 900-1,000 British/Indian troops killed By Mahdist March 13, 1884 - January 26, 1885 Siege of Khartoum - 7,000 force lost to Mahdis February 4, 1884 First Battle of El Teb Chinese 4 September 1839 Battle of Kowloon - defensive victory June 24-26, 1859 Second Battle of Taku Forts Russians Petropavlovsk - British landing repelled Battle of the Great Redan - British failure while the French do succeed in taking the Malakoff Balaclava - British lancers and hussars of the light brigade annihilated. Taganrog - failure of the Anglo-French contingent to take Taganrog Siege of Kars - Anglo Turkish force fails to take Kars Zulus Isandlwanna - an entire column wiped out. 1,400 killed Intombe - supply convoy wiped out. 104 dead Hlobane - No. 4 column wiped out. 225 killed Bulgarians Battle of Kosturino 1915 Battle of Doiran 1916 Battle of Doiran 1917 Battle of Doiran 1918 Boers (In this battles the Boers who crushed the British and won the war were just farmers and teenage Boer boys against professional British soldiers) Schuinshoogte - 69 British killed against 8 Boer killed Laing's Nek - 84 British killed and 2 captured against 14 Boer killed Majuba Hill - 92 British killed (including the commander, a general) and 59 captured against 1 Boer killed Argentinians 2 April 1982 - Invasion of the Falklands - 100+ Marines and sailors captured 3 April 1982 - Argentinians seize Leith Harbor. 22 Royal Marine POWs 10 May 1982 - sinking of the HMS Sheffield 22 May 1982 - sinking of the HMS Ardent 23 May 1982 - Battle of Seal Cove 24 May 1982 - sinking of the HMS Antelope 25 May 1982 - SS Atlantic Conveyor sunk by Argentinians 25 May 1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk by Arg. aircraft. 29 May 1982 - Mount Kent Battle - 5 SAS dead in friendly fire incident. 6-7 June 1982 - British paratroops vacate position under pressure, leaving radio codes 8 June 1982 - Bluff Cove Air Attacks 10 June 1982 - Skirmish at Many Branch Point - capture of the SAS contingent. Ghurka victories January 1814 - Battle of Makwanpur Gadhi - British army kept at bay January 1814 - Battle of Jitgadh - British attack repulsed with 300 KIA Spring 1814 - Battle of Hariharpur Gadhi - British Indian army stymied. November 1814 - Battle of Nalapani - British force decimated with 700+ casualties December, 1814 - Battle of Jaithak - 53rd Div. defeated and repelled. Dutch 16 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth - De Ruyter's triumph 30 November 1652 - Battle of Dungeness - Dutch gain control of the English Channel 4 March 1653 - Battle of Leghorn - 5 ships captured or sunk 2 August 1665 - Battle of Vågen 1-4 June 1666 - Four Days' Battle - 10 ships lost with upwards of 4,500 killed and wounded 2-5 September 1666 - Burning of London 9-14 June 1667 - Raid on Medway - Dutch raid, ends with loss of 13 English ships 28 May 1672 - Battle of Solebay 7 -14 June 1673 - Battle of Schooneveld August 21, 1673 - Battle of Texel Others - by the Albanians (the 78th Regiment of Foot at Rosetta), - by the Americans (at Cowpens, in 1813 at Thames, and in 1815 at New Orleans), - by the Poles (in 1810 at Fuengirola), - by the native Indians (at Monongahela), - by the Egyptians (1807 at El-Hamad or Hamaad) - by Native Americans at the first Roanoake Island Colony where they defeated the English colonists who had then had to be rescued by Francis Drake, fleeing by sea (the usual British tactic of fleeing by sea) Among many, many, others.

I utterly disagree with calling Bismarck a "monstrosity." She was a beautiful ship. It is regrettable that she had to be destroyed. It would have been much better if she had been taken as a prize. Unfortunately, following the loss of the Hood, which was caused by a shell finding a chink in her deck armor, emotions were running very high and there was no way the British would stop until she was at the bottom of the Atlantic. Moreover, the unnecessary loss of hundreds of German sailors was lamentable. This was caused by faulty information that necessitated the fleet from staying in the area. They had been informed that U-Boats were in the area and they could not afford to stay performing Search & Rescue.

The Iowa class were were heavier at 45,000 long tons

No she was "(Not)" the biggest ship in the world....GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

Bismark and Tirpitz were German warships and therefore referred to as he.