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Taking part in the famous Dambusters Raid the Lancaster Bomber is said to be the finest bomber of WWII. In this fascinating history of the Lancaster, we hear from the brave men that flew her and the impact they had on the war effort. With fantastic archive colour footage from the time, we see everything from the ingenious dropping of aluminium shards to confuse German radar, to the great Dambusters raid in Operation Chastise.
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@bartram33 3 года назад

This is why I appreciate RU-vid and the people who upload videos. Just clicked on this thumbnail and enjoyed every minute of it and really respected the brave airmen who risked their lives for us. God bless.

@havennewbowtow8835 3 года назад

Whatever anyone thinks about the bombing offensive on Germany, these lads had courage aplenty. Absolute respect for them for doing their duty.

@GaryGoldbaugh Год назад

My dad flew B-17's in the 8th, (381st (H) BG)....he had all the respect in the world for the "Raffies"......he thought it took more guts to go over one at a time or even in loose streams at night than to fly in a tight combat box in daylight....he also said the Lancaster was an easier plane to fly than a 17....and 17's were a pilot's plane, too....

@victoriabardsley8097 Год назад

My great grandfather was a rear gunner and spent quite a bit of time in the Lancaster. He survived the war as well! I still have his log book at home and two pictures of him. One in his uniform and the other with his Lancaster crew - and he was the only Englishman of these seven men!

@johnbailey3877 3 года назад

@ Cris Cross & all the people of the UK. The bravery and dedication of the fighters AND support personnel during the Battle of Britain cannot be overvalued or over appreciated. BUT The stubborn, dogged tenacity and unflinching nerve of your young men in the bomber command is every bit as heroic! Deep thanks from your young cousins across the pond. What unbelievable balls!!

@markfryer9880 2 года назад

Please don't forget that Bomber Command was made up of airmen from all over the British Commonwealth, very heavily represented by Canadians and then Australian, New Zealand, South African, Rhodesian, Jamaican and several other countries, plus occupied countries and neutral countries. Death cares little about who you were, it just cuts you down in your youthful prime. Lest We Forget Mark from Melbourne Australia

@lucillepitt1979 8 месяцев назад

@@stevey5151 my grandfather was a Dambuster and was Australian so no sorry will post about it on a video about it. Pipe down. Britain had no chance without the rest of their commonwealth so get back in to your box. You think Britain was the only country who made sacrifices? Get over yourself.

@criscross6591 3 года назад

My grandfather was an old man at 30 years old, pilot of a pathfinder Lancaster. He never made it back, buried in Germany.

@goodsamaritansnipersociety3240 3 года назад

Respect 🇬🇧

@douglasstreet7304 3 года назад

God bless.

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

RIP

@mwbright 3 года назад

My dad flew 49 missions over the Pacific in a B-24 as navigator. I have a photo of hundreds of his fellow flight school cadets posing for one last picture before they shipped out to fight. Every single face on that cold day looked like they were scared and depressed and wished to be anywhere else. But they did it. Half of them crashed in the ocean and if they survived hitting the drink, they died in a life boat waiting for help that never came. He did survive, but barely.

@douglasstreet7304 3 года назад

@@mwbright GOD BLESS.

@TomCosgrave Год назад

My grand-uncle served on the mission - he was on GIbson's crew. He was Deering, the nose gunner. He was killed in action a few months later in 1943, over Dortmund.

@JamesRichards-mj9kw Год назад

Good.

@Jeremy-y1t Месяц назад

He was a terrorist.

@seaninpattison8888 Месяц назад

😢🙏thank you all for your relatives service! My grandfather was a bomb aimer in a Lancaster as well, and served in the east Kirkby airfield.

@Jeremy-y1t Месяц назад

@@seaninpattison8888 They were on the wrong side.

@chrisbailey4254 3 года назад

Films like this should be compulsory viewing in cinemas. What a brave group of people.

@billmason2785 3 года назад

British bombers were amazing..... Thanks for being present 🇬🇧..... from a grateful American 🇺🇲

@bendarcy8816 Год назад

Thank you for being present when the Aussies stood side by side on the battlefield. From a patriotic Australian with British heritage. God bless Britain, and certainly, God bless the USA 💪👌🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲

@jamiebarnett4383 Год назад

Well said sir

@calebshuler1789 Год назад

God Bless all these crews. Heros, every one of them.

@tyroneharris2790 3 года назад

I always had a soft spot for the Lancaster Bomber...beautiful aircraft.

@douglasstreet7304 3 года назад

Over here in America all they ever talk about is the B17. WELL as an American myself I must admit the "Lanc" was probably better, way bigger payload for one thing. My dad flew B24's and so proud of him but until the B29 you can't discount the Lancaster. Long live all of the airmen that served.

@allandavis8201 3 года назад

Did you know that if the B-29 hadn’t have entered service in time or at all the Lancaster had been lined up to drop the Atomic bombs on Japan, and that the Atomic bomb release mechanism was from the Lancaster as well.

@douglasstreet7304 3 года назад

@@allandavis8201 Yes DJ, I read that somewhere. Thanks.

@redrb26dett 3 года назад

Allan Davis incorrect the modified B29 ordered by hap Arnold the B29s where in service the same time as the lancs(B29s have two bomb bays the atomic special had to be modified into one there's a really good RU-vid video that describes the problems)personally I like the lanc better but a normal B29 could carry more smaller bombs

@mmouseav8r402 2 года назад

My grandfather flew B-24s and B-17s, his brother was killed over Japan. I have the greatest respect for the bomber crews, of any nation.

@douglasstreet7304 2 года назад

@@mmouseav8r402 AGREED, Great comment.

@simonbertioli4696 3 года назад

Courageous men... Respectfully presented. We salute you all..and never forgotten

@sandranatali1260 2 года назад

The young people of today, have no or very little of WW2. They do not know, that these men served, and died, for the freedoms, we have today. Our family have taught our children, about this war, so they know the sacrifices these men for made, for the future of our society. WW2 is being forgotten, because the heroes of the past are being forgotten. The people of the war are gone, but these videos are very helpful in keeping us aware of our past.

@sandranatali1260 2 года назад

@silver4831 Год назад

@@sandranatali1260 It's taught at school, thousands of documentaries...war museums, yearly parades. And you say we forget?

@alanwitton5039 3 года назад

Total respect to these men

@mikeclark4416 3 года назад

Love to have this in my DVD set . My Cousin was lost on Air Operations on the Lancaster .

@johna1160 3 года назад

Attn: video producer - it's really quite easy to achieve the proper sound mix so listener can hear narrator over background sounds without straining, perhaps you should give it a go next time. Avro Lancaster, a most impressive aeroplane with a face only a mother could love...

@billytwoknives6495 3 года назад

It is always refreshing to watch a documentary where too loud sound effects don't drown out the narration. This Documentary wasn't one of those.

@ianthomson9363 Год назад

I agree. And why was it deemed necessary to add scratches to archive film footage?

@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892 3 года назад

A very good film. I am very glad to hear the narrator acknowledging the great efforts and sacrifice of "men".

@camrenwick 3 года назад

I know they're all gone now. They have my sincere gratitude and respect. They paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Remember them and honour them.

@tomortale2333 3 года назад

those 2 words are key... ''remember and honor them''

@ZATennisFan Год назад

It is just sad that so few Lancaster are left and even less in flying condition..

@johnmichaelson9173 5 месяцев назад

I wonder if they'd even recognise today's Britain. May God rest their souls.

@Biffo1262 3 года назад

My father was a Corporal Fitter on Wellingtons then an RAF flight engineer on Lancasters. He said few were really scared of dying but what they were afraid of was the manner of their dying.

@Volcano-Man 2 года назад

My father in law, and others I knew said that 'We knew death flew with us, we knew the odds of completing a tour were against us, but we accepted them. What we feared above all else was fire - being trapped in a burning plunging bomber knowing this was the end.

@richarddower9134 3 года назад

Group Captain N.S Dickie Dower passed this Christmas 2020. RIP

@ZATennisFan Год назад

These young men were so braver. To go out night after night having known how many of your friends had not come back and what your odds were? That takes a very special type of courage....

@alexlaverick6111 3 года назад

I got to fly in the Minarski Bird out of Mount Hope.Its the only Lancaster you can book a seat on It was the thrill of a lifetime

@mwbright 3 года назад

When you look at this thing, it looks boxy and not particularly special. But then you look at it from another angle and it´s just so elegant and beautiful. i´d love to have one. What a plane!!!

@keithlillis7962 Год назад

There are only 2 Lancs still airworthy. 'The City of Lincoln" which is maintained and flown by the RAF and I believe the other is in Canada.

@25dimensionsfrancis42 3 года назад

Holland's people have never forgotten those food drops and one has to be starving to fully understand.

@billmason2785 3 года назад

You understand the full impact of air operation and Air drops 👍🇬🇧👍

@keithlillis7962 Год назад

The Dutch are most welcome.

@stuart8663 3 года назад

Please do a remix of the sound. the narration need to well above the vision. Thanks.

@highonimmi 3 года назад

@MichaelKingsfordGray wtf?

@simonmcgough7336 3 года назад

The Lancaster is one of my favourite war air plane,,,

@paulcrisp9861 Год назад

What an incredible story with incredible scenes, now eighteenth of may twenty three the anniversary of the lancasters, lest we forget those brave men who gave everything. 🙏❤️🇬🇧❤️🙏 RAF SCAMPTON LINCOLNSHIRE

@andrewlerdard-dickson5201 3 года назад

My Uncle Edward was one of the pilot's with RAF 617 squadron....and flew in the Dambuster's mission, and something to do with the Grand Slam mission....He is reported by Richard Todd in the movie, who was playing wing commander Guy Gibson. As being KIA in the mission, which my Uncle Edward was actually found to be MIA.....as he was later found floating around in a rubber dingy.

@sandranatali1260 2 года назад

RIP

@sandranatali1260 2 года назад

He did his duty. What a brave man and should be honored.

@anthonyeaton5153 2 года назад

Andrew Could please supply us with your uncles surname.

@keithlillis7962 Год назад

Fascinating - many thanks for sharing.

@davesheppard8797 13 часов назад

@@anthonyeaton5153Yes....I was wondering if it was Edward Johnson or Johnny 1 as he was known on the raid.

@stevenhall9349 2 года назад

What a great video and what a great generation🇺🇸

@whitebeardedgnu 3 года назад

"We were on our way to the target, when we reached the RP, we heard Mr. Churchill announce over the radio, "The war is over." Epic.

@scribe56 Месяц назад

I remember a movie about this mission.And it was wonderful, but also so frustrating. Yes because it took them so many attempts. Just from the movie experience I could imagine that those young men were so frustrated and so determined to achieve their mission. What incredible courage❤

@andrewcarter7503 11 месяцев назад

It's easy to forget how young these brave men were. Guy Gibson, with all his experience, all the flying, all the responsibility of leading men into battle, died a little short of his 26th birthday.

@nickdanger3802 2 года назад

Avro 683 Avro Lancaster B.III This variant, which was built concurrently with the B.I and was indistinguishable externally apart from being fitted with Packard Merlin engines. The Packard Merlin used Bendix-Stromberg pressure-injection carburettors requiring the addition of slow-running cut-off switches in the cockpit. Avro 683 Avro Lancaster B.III Special Developed for the ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb as used for dam-busting Operation Chastise. A chain-driven hydraulic motor gave the bomb its ‘backspin’. Known at the time of modification as the Type 464 ‘Provisioning’ Avro Lancaster, 23 aircraft of this type were built. The bomb bay doors were removed and Vickers-built struts to carry the bomb were fitted in their place at Woodford Aerodrome. Lamps were fitted in the bomb bay and nose for the simple height measurement system which enabled the accurate control of low-flying altitude at night. The mid-upper turret was removed to save weight and the gunner moved to the front turret so that he could assist with map reading. BAE Lancaster page

@RaymondSwift-p8u 5 месяцев назад

Bravest of the brave they will always have my undying respect God bless all those young lads no words can truelly describe how I feel

@krishnamohan1065 Год назад

Do admire their great courage

@allgood6760 2 года назад

RIP Les Munro he waa a Kiwi Dambuster that passed away a few years ago 🇳🇿✈️

@spookerredmenace3950 3 года назад

ya the background music and sounds are too loud for the narration,.... not a very good upload, but great doc

@stevenschnelz6944 3 года назад

I am always amazed when this happens. SOUND GUY: Add a COMPRESSOR to each channel and the main out. Then the background will "duck" under the narration. I'm no engineer but, oh wait, yes I am...

@lablackzed 3 года назад

Don't how these bombers took of with the huge Ball's these Guy's had RIP the brave.

@dannythomson5239 3 года назад

@Polish WWII Hero Witold Pilecki you know the bombing raids deliberately targeted the civilian population and killed MILLIONS of women and children yes, women and children are not as you called them "the enemy of humanity"?

@dannythomson5239 2 года назад

@Bad Lieutenant i think you will find mass bombing campaigns targeting civilians was a British idea and was implemented by the British RAF, even the RAF's official historian says mass bombing was started by the RAF on the RAF official history. dont let simple facts get in the way of your clear hatred for all things German as well as your built in need to decry German acts during ww2 based on your extensively empty head filled with utter tosh that spills out every time you are near a keyboard. please please please reply so i can once again point out easily provable facts which show your complete ineptitude and skewed ideas on what actually happened in ww2? "they sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind" any more catchy sounds good buzz words or phrases you repeat in comments trying to sound like you know what your on about but are in fact merely repeating the words of bomber harris and churchill. are you incapable of forming your own thoughts to put in sentences without spouting rubbish you think sounds cool?

@davesheppard8797 12 часов назад

@@dannythomson5239 Oh, do you mean like the Nazi's did during the blitz???

@rustytinman5273 Год назад

Thank you gentlemen

@theochan2911 3 года назад

Impressive 👍🏻

@margeryewing4137 4 дня назад

I am very proud to say that my father was a bomb aimer in a Lancaster, he had a horrible scar in his scalp from shrapnel during 1 of the raids

@edwinleslie1330 3 года назад

As always, a great documentary. Unfortunately can't hear the dialog.....

@daveryan6426 3 года назад

Yup.

@thomasnewton8997 2 года назад

Those men are heroes

@70sheaven 3 года назад

No offence to other aircraft and crews but the Lancaster WAS the best of all the bombers from ww2 and mosquito best 2 engined aircraft

@NostalgiaPodcastwithAmiel 3 года назад

Challenge! B-17 Flying Fortress reined supreme in the European Theater of WWII

@barry7608 3 года назад

@@NostalgiaPodcastwithAmiel prove it

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM 3 года назад

@@NostalgiaPodcastwithAmiel : Errm nah mate. Although the B17 is an excellent aeroplane, only a fool would deny that.The Lancaster can carry a way heavier bomb load, further, faster and higher. Nice try though ;-)

@Volcano-Man 2 года назад

@@NostalgiaPodcastwithAmiel Nope, one Lancaster could and did carry the heaviest bomb ever dropped - look up Grand Slam. 22000 pounds of high explosive, no B17 could carry anything like that weight. It remains the heaviest bomb ever dropped in the war. Only the atomic bombs were more destructive.

@douglasstreet7304 3 года назад

All of them had a place, B17, Lanc, B24, Mosquito, B29, on and on. Bottom line we won.

@cuqrious Год назад

Yours is the only WW11 site I have visited that acknowledges that "standing alone" included the Commonwealth supporting too.

@dalj4362 Год назад

When Britain Stood alone, means the last one standing in Europe.

@anthonyeaton5153 10 месяцев назад

The statement by Churchill was, We Stand Alone present tense as the UK did in 1940. It was NOT, We Stood Alone past tense.

@bryanwilson8396 4 месяца назад

My father was a navigator on the Lancaster! Didn’t say too much!

@Bruce-1956 Год назад

I always take the time to pay my respects at the CWGC cemeteries where the men who did not return lay. Where i live in the Netherlands most of the men who lay here are from RAF especially Bomber Command. #wewillrememberthem.

@Twirlyhead 3 года назад

That title "The Lancaster Bomber: The Real Hero of the Dambusters" is very disrespectful to the brave aircrew, the heroes; many of whom died on the mission.

@spiffywolf2850 3 года назад

I think they mean the crews in them to

@janetmacleod7948 4 часа назад

I also appreciate RU-vid. However, is there any way to reduce the volume of some of the background sound? Often can't hear the narrator.

@PhilMacVee 8 месяцев назад

Off topic of the wonderful works of the Lancaster and her heroic crews: The brief clip at Aldwych underground station, @ 09:51 intrigues me. What film or presentation was it taken from? I ask this as the Wikipedia entry reveals: Key dates: 1907 Opened 1940 Closed 1946 Reopened 1994 Closed The colour cinematography gives some of the game away! Was it from "The Darkest Hour"?

@michaelschmitz4919 3 года назад

Great documentary

@dennismason3740 3 года назад

"Our bomber crews are dying faster than we can replace them..." - "Danggong, child, allow the P-47s to escort the Avros..." - "But sir, the Jugs don't have the fuel capacity..." - "External tanks, sonnyboy, if we have to make them out of compressed cardboard and tar let's get those crews to Berlin and back!". Shaddup, Bomber Command, sirs.

@tertommy Год назад

Their dog mascot had a fun name.

@frostyfrost4094 3 года назад

Yep 1:50 its a Handley page Halifax

@andrepienaar6459 3 года назад

The 'background' music is far too loud. I can hardly hear the commentator.

@ryanpiercy3390 3 года назад

your right, the b17 couldn't carry a load the size of the Lancaster, it took the Americans a few more years for that, though once we got the b29, we had a bomber able to carry twice the weight.

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

LOL, the B17 could carry 4,000 Lb over a long distance or 8,000 lb over a short distance at best, the B29 did not carry twice that of the Lancaster nor did it have the capacity to carry more, the B29 had a max capacity of 20,000 Lb over a short distance which is hardly twice the 22,000lb bombs the Lancaster carried, do the maths yourself.

@kevinhall8555 3 года назад

I've never really understand why the b17 is even compared to the lancaster given its pathetic bomb load of 4,000lb

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

@@kevinhall8555 they were a light bomber at best and did nothing that the twin engine DH Mosquito could do including bomb load with a crew of only two not the ten required in the B17, add unreliable engines into the mix and you have an aircraft that suffered more looses due to mechanical failures than enemy fire.

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

No matter what the B17 could or could not carry those American airmen were courageous beyond duty just as the RAF bombers crews were.

@wendyemberson1583 3 месяца назад

So courageous, not something you see in the youth of today. These men were far braver than anything you have today.

@Jeremy-y1t Месяц назад

They were war criminals.

@JimWalsh-rl5dj Год назад

Gibson was not a very nice chap to NCO aircrew and ground crew. However, he was 24 when he formed 617 Sqd and for such a young age, that was stress beyond belief and he deserves full credit for wht he achieved. Sadly his last flight, he did not want to be briefed on the fuel transfer of the Mossie and it is believed that was why he had the crash

@rescuepetsrule6842 2 года назад

After WWII the British, French and US swore they would never wage war again by a battle of attrition- simple throwing men into certain death until one side ran out of men. The RAF sacrificed so many men like that, but if you study enough, you can see they had no choice. If not for such sacrifices, the British would be eating a lot of Sausages and hearing a bunch of the truly childish German marching songs. The saddest death I ever saw was when a bomber with a bottom turret was hit and couldn't lower the wheels. The gunner was trapped, and Andy Rooney was there when it had to land, crushing the poor man. The crew said the gunner knew he was about to die, but stayed calm. What were his last thoughts, and what could the rest of the crew have possibly said to make him feel... better? Horrible, but they were made of much tougher stuff than the Germans suspected. SALUTE!

@jebrook1 3 года назад

Can anyone tell me who narrated this please...I can’t think of his name for love nor money and yet it’s a voice I know!

@merlin6955 3 года назад

I suggest you contact WarStory's/docs on Facebook. Full address given in text beneath the heading of this video. I've also heard this calm, very British voice of those times many times,

@davidjohn64 Год назад

Sadly , these War heroes , are not appreciated any more ... Mod important more ....RIP .

@clarencehopkins7832 3 года назад

Thanks for the stubborn British fighting spirit, keep your identity.

@PeterPan-iz1kk 2 года назад

If you could turn the music down a little bit, it might be possible to hear what they say. When will you ever learn?

@marvwatkins7029 3 года назад

Perhaps outstanding of all British bombers, that is.

@LamarrKee Год назад

The video and history are great- the narrator, tho, needs a boost- he is forever being drowned out by background music or gunfire.

@chrisnielsen5110 3 года назад

17:09 ''Bombs away, there goes the cookie''. Trust the British to perform some form of sarcasm in any situation.

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

Not sarcasm, a "cookie" was the name given to the larger bombs from about 4,000 Lb upwards.

@josephking6515 3 года назад

The 4,000lb _cookie_ had a minimum drop height above ground of 6,000 feet and even at that height the shock wave was very noticeable.

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

@MichaelKingsfordGray None, Grandfather was a pilot though, flying Sunderlands and PR Mosquitos during the war

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

The RAF said Bombs Gone.

@blautens 3 года назад

Audio mix is really poor, marring an otherwise good video.

@jonnybee48 3 года назад

It wasn't the "Lancarster" - it was called (and pronounced) "LancAster"....... just sayin like....

@Volcano-Man 2 года назад

NOPE, it was pronounced 'Lan Cas Ter' just like the city of Lan Cas Ter County Town of Lan ca shire,. Before you try to correct me - I am a Lonky mon, aka a Lan Cas Trian and proud of that.

@stevesculptor1 3 года назад

Dreadful sound editing, What's the music for ?? make it worse ! the original sound is drowning out the narration

@seanlander9321 9 месяцев назад

Amazing how much Australia was helping Britain despite Churchill’s demand that no Commonwealth effort was to be directed to Australia.

@jimmyowens1654 3 года назад

Great aircraft, great documentary, pity it didn't mention the Vickers Wellington.

@petermcdermott3996 2 года назад

Agreed!

@fletcherchristian1611 Год назад

Dambusters? Narrative ruined by unnecessary music,like most docs on RU-vid,why.

@MarsFKA 2 года назад

39:00 Talking about the D-Day landings in June 1944. Shows USS Arizona blowing up in December 1941.

@billmason2785 3 года назад

Testimony of human endurance.... when fear strikes..... The bold strike back..... and the NAZIS felt the whirlwind 🌪️

@TheBOFAcookie Год назад

Scotsman Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, GBE, KCB, AFC (24 February 1895 - 17 December 1977) was a British aviator and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise, the famous "Dambusters" raid. Wiki Couldn't hear half the contributors because of the needless and insulting mind numbing music.

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

We were fighting Germany not the Nazis.

@oldpossum4860 Год назад

Commentary too quiet, drowned out by music and other mixed sounds

@watchthe1369 3 года назад

"herd Immunity. The ones on the edges get taken but the main body makes it through.

@aaronseet2738 3 года назад

32:14 why show B-17

@adityatayde98 3 года назад

If there is a film in cinema's I will definitely watch Plus Big fan of history and game World of tanks bliz 👍

@smfarqadain7223 3 года назад

Can you make video on ME-262?

@typehyuga607 3 года назад

@Polish WWII Hero Witold Pilecki it is

@georgebarnes8163 3 года назад

@@typehyuga607 No, it was a rubbish aircraft that never had a life of more than 16 hours flight time before it self destructed.

@paulie_one_eye 3 года назад

Beautiful, beautiful film. Well done. GG. But this is the best 39:44 “they bomb with precision...”. Really? And later... the raid on Dresden “very dangerous...”, seriously? For whom? “Became controversial”. WHAT? Controversial? And the elder “a war is a war”. Well, yes it is. OMG, It was not only Dresden! It was many other cities. But even if we don’t count German cities. During overlord operation Brits killed more French civilians then Germans during entire occupation. But who cares? History is written by victors.

@josephking6515 3 года назад

Do you not count the French citizens who were hauled off to die in the concentration camps then?

@paulie_one_eye 3 года назад

@@josephking6515 yeah, that makes Anglo-Saxons better then Germans. Bravo 👏

@merlin6955 3 года назад

Perhaps you forget, who started it? The Brits evacuated children and many civilians to the countryside during the blitz. Germans also had that option, although the place was a bit overcrowded with over 150,000 extermination camps which every German family knew about due to the train loads arriving, the strange ash clouds and stench of the millions being processed. True on the precision bombing, one veteran in another video said they invariably killed more cows in nearby fields than hitting their targets. They were satisfied that at least they contributed by creating a milk shortage. War is horrendous for all however, but gratitude for all those who gave us the freedom we have today, RIP those who died doing so.

@paulie_one_eye 3 года назад

@@merlin6955 I did not forget. I’m Polish. Germans bombed my grandparents house in the very first day of the war. They executed my uncle’s grandpa in 1942. In 1944 five, FIVE, brothers of my another grandpa died in Warsaw Uprising 1944. But that was a war as you’re saying. They were enemies, we were killing them too. BUT… I will never forget what Brits did to us Poles. They were supposed to not be enemies but friends. Friends do not lie to friends and don’t betray them. I do respect Germans though as they simply to what they say and have many German friends. Brits I don’t respect and will never consider them trustful. There is not enough F words in dictionary which I could use to describe my feelings to Brits.

@robertelliott4547 3 года назад

@@paulie_one_eye You are right, what the politicians did to the Poles after the war was inexcusable. I am English, my father was in the RAF and now I live in germany.

@bucksboy20 Год назад

As regards the photo that heads video I note that only the officers in the crew are shown. Believe it or not the Flight Engineer was an NCO why is he not in the photo.?This disgusts me.

@margeryewing4137 4 дня назад

Very difficult to hear commentary at times over the sounds of aircraft taking off etc, such a shame 😕

@CEng-ge6sw 2 года назад

I watched it for 17 minutes still waiting to find out who the Dam Busters were then I gave up.

@GaryGoldbaugh Год назад

The 2nd most beautiful plane of the war after the B-17

@davesheppard8797 12 часов назад

@GaryGoldbaugh. Nah!! Spitfire, Lancaster, Mossie.......Plus the B.17 could only carry a small bombload. The Americans who flew it in daylight though were really gutsy guys!!

@darkjudge8786 3 года назад

These crews were heroes. But never compare the casualties or risks faced by any other service or branch to that of the poor bloody infantry. Infantry is ultimately the ones who win wars and suffer the most losses. Everything else is noise. Its just our deaths and missions aren't sexy. They are dirty, bloody and miserable which doesn't make good tv or stories.

@rexstetson1717 3 года назад

Dark Judge - The only line of service that had a higher casualty percentage than bomber crews in WWII, were sub mariners. Get over yourself. As if there aren't a million videos on youtube about the ground war in WWII or any other war for that matter. You sound like too much of a crybaby for me to believe you were part of any infantry anyway, other than on Call of Duty.

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

And Churchill never gave Bomber Command a mention in his final speech. Disgraceful.

@notsodesi8164 3 года назад

The same lancaster bombers that turned dresden into an inferno.

@MarsFKA 3 года назад

With help from the USAAF B17s and B24s during the day.

@michaelmazowiecki9195 Год назад

And rightly so. The Germans sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind. Dresden was a major communications and manufacturing center. The Allied bombing campaign would never have taken place if not for the deliberate German bombing of Madrid, Barcelona, Guernica, Warsaw and other Polish towns and cities, Rotterdam, London, Coventry, Belgrade, Kyiv, etc etc etc. The UK alone suffered 70,000 civilian war bombing dead.

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

Hamburg was far worse 45,000 deaths after just six attacks.

@Coltnz1 8 месяцев назад

Dresden had at least 127 factories and workshops producing specialised military equipment and had an important rail network used for transporting military equipment and personnel.

@楊士霆-b9w 3 года назад

（I’ve never seen anyone do it better

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

6 cheers for the Halifax!!

@johndearden7931 3 года назад

The narrators volume has to be turned up

@fookdatchit4245 3 года назад

HEADPHONES ARE NEEDED to enjoy this video

@anthonyeaton5153 11 месяцев назад

A Halifax is shown bombing the Tirpitz.

@yves-reneguilland9708 Год назад

that I regret: The dam busters = don't be also in language > FRANCOPHONE < And above all, yes, above all IN ENTIRETY WITHOUT COST! It is a film about history. . . Thunder it should be! ! ! pay honor to these brave men. . . .