What Life on a U-Boat Was Like

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@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

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@bradleytenderholt5135 Год назад

Longer videos please. You have the touch! Nice voice, informative and easy to watch!

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

@@bradleytenderholt5135 greatly appreciate it! Check out some of my more recent content, have been doing a lot of longer length videos!

@hodgsoft Год назад

They had special soap to help clean and they could bathe in the ocean on occasion. What fun!

@maxjek2374 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the good vids. Soon after the Jap. attack on Pearl Harbour in WWII, Admiral Donitz planned a similar big attack on the Royal Navy (RN) that should knock it out of the battle for the Atlantic. The target was the sheltered RN base at Rosyth, Scotland. He studied it and the tides and thought it was possible. A German U-boat was tasked for it. It set sail in secret to Rosyth where it waited. When a RN warship sailed into Rosyth, the submarine net was drawn back. The U-boat followed close behind. It got into the harbour and waited undetected underwater. Nightfall. Periscope up. It fired its torpedoes and hit and sunk a number of warships. The British sailors thought their paint stores had accidentally caught fire and blew up. The U-boat managed to escape back to mainland Europe. The damage was found to be not so major because most of the RN capital warships were not in the harbour. Still showed the devastating impact of just one sub. A nearly forgotten attack of WWII. Hope you can make this RU-vid vid.

@jasonmckay2769 Год назад

Life onboard a Canadian submarine 15 years ago as I experienced it: I did not shower...ever. 3 weeks between port visits was managed with bird baths. Gold bond was gold for the bits. Febreeze was shower and washing machine in a bottle. Ziplok bag with a change of socks and a fresh t-shirt every 2 days. Pirate rig at sea - didn't shave until the morning of the next port. Captain's cabin is a curtain separating the control room and his bunk - the old man hears everything. Food was amazing - I would put on 20 lbs in a 3 month patrol. No one says no to a Magnum ice cream bar 2 weeks into a patrol. 6 hours on watch in the control room followed by 6 hours off - 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Never more than 4-5 hours sleep straight. Dolphin 38.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Great info, and thank you for your service! Have a fantastic weekend :)

@method341 2 месяца назад

Sounds atrocious but I guess someone has to do it

@CHodgy 2 месяца назад

No they really didnt @@method341

@bobchurch6175 2 месяца назад

I've always wondered what they did to keep crewmen from eating food that they weren't supposed to. They had to stuff it everywhere so they must have had some pretty strict rules about it.

@jasonmckay2769 2 месяца назад

@@bobchurch6175 Hey Bob. While food stock is controlled it is very abundant. The cooks are amazing and the food quality is above what the surface folks get. Bit of a perk for the other comforts that cannot be afforded to us submariners. No need to steal when the great food is always provided.

@simplyamazing880 10 месяцев назад

The crew was an afterthought on those boats. Ours were a lot better but not that much. We still hot bunked, didn't shower or wash clothe and had no atmosphere control equipment I served on one of the last of the WW2 vintage boats and it was taken out of service in 1972. It was an honor to have been able to be part of this piece of history. A real honor.

@HiddenHistoryYT 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for your service! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@cornellkirk8946 9 месяцев назад

Hot bunking 😳🤯🤢

@c.lynnmiller5677 9 месяцев назад

Oh sure. And during my service I flew one of the last WWI vintage airplanes before it was retired in 1957. See, I can make up stories as well.

@seancollins9745 8 месяцев назад

@@c.lynnmiller5677 some Gatos served actively with the US Navy into the late 1960s, and others served with foreign navies into the early 1970s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gato-class_submarines

@Sample-Alok-Youtube 7 месяцев назад

@@cornellkirk8946What is hot bunking?

@timjohnun4297 2 года назад

Being captured and sent to a POW camp would probably be an attractive proposition, for a U boat crew

@chucknorris6640 2 года назад

I saw some pictures of u boat crews under captivity and they look extremely happy for them the war was over

@jeremyfowler1519 2 года назад

My Pepe a 4 year POW in The Philippines and survived the Bataan death march might disagree with you. Daily torture. No water. No food on n on. That being said these dudes where nuts. I wouldn’t spend more then 2-3 days on there max if at all.

@timjohnun4297 2 года назад

@@jeremyfowler1519 it would depend on where the POW camp was, and who ran it. I would pick being a POW in a British camp over being a crew of a U boat, any day! I definitely wouldn’t want to be in a German or Japanese POW camp though

@boatingexplainedwithcapndr8359 2 года назад

@@jeremyfowler1519 your Pepe must have been a badass. I can’t imagine what that must have been like. The Bataan Death March was insane, but being starved and worked for 4 years after surviving the march must have pushed him to his limits! He must have been an amazing guy!

@dan5660 2 года назад

The U boat captive survivors(including commander Friedrich Guggenberger) who were taken to one of many U.S. POW camps during the war were observed to be happy & contented with their detainment conditions. Of course that did not stop them from attempting & succeeding in escaping on several instances.

@rickintexas1584 Год назад

I knew life had to be tough on a U Boat, but this video really brought it home as to how tough it was.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Definitely would not have been for me! Thanks for watching Rick, have a great weekend!

@skybirdnomad 10 месяцев назад

Imagine you couldn't help but crap your pants when the toilet wasn't available while stalking an enemy. You're stuck with shitty pants for the next few weeks. Gross

@backagain5216 2 месяца назад

@@skybirdnomadNever thought of that. Good GOD, but that made a bad existence far worse.

@patavinity1262 Месяц назад

And that's without even getting into the whole 'being depth-charged' part of the U-boat experience.

@patavinity1262 Месяц назад

@@skybirdnomadYou could use it, you just couldn't *flush* it. Would soon get pretty full though.

@rottenanimal619 Год назад

I'm 66 years old. When I was 19 I worked as a waiter on a train from Toronto to Winnipeg. Round trip was 4 days. One time we had a German tourist on board and he told everyone, he was a U boat commander. He talked about the ships he sunk. I can tell his wife was embarrassed about it. The joke we talked about was. I better lock my door tonight so the U boat commander doesn't get me. I was too young to appreciate his stories of WW2.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing that and watching :)

@rottenanimal619 Год назад

My father was a merchant marine on a ship taking supplies from Canada to the UK. This tourist could have torpedoed my fathers ship and I wouldn't be here today.

@rottenanimal619 Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT I could tell some stories about my father sailing all over the world. Some wild stuff.

@rc666 7 месяцев назад

My grandfather never said anything about his captivity by the Werhmacht and subsequent forced labour. He kept his 6 horse span (artillery but no ammo) alive for 18 days and got stuck in the rows of fleeing civilians. The horses got eaten. The German farmer he worked for lost his 3 sons in Russia. They became friends, but never spoke about the war. I guess that "Käpitain - Leutnant" story was BS.

@davidthelander1299 4 месяца назад

I spent 20 years as a merchant mariner. One of my captains on a container ship was a former U-boat skipper. Another friend of mine, the second mate had been torpedoed and sunk twice in ww2.

@SausageFingers-qc4mk Год назад

My father served in the Royal Navy throughout WW2. He always told me the U Boat men were, in his opinion, the bravest men in the war.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thank you to him for his service, a true hero! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@Geojr815 11 месяцев назад

Them and the ball turret gunners have got to be some of the scariest positions in WW2

@gianlucamai 11 месяцев назад

..yes,also with tunnel rats in Vietnam 🙏🏼

@R3APER50 9 месяцев назад

@@gianlucamaithat wasen't ww2

@MrZodac 8 месяцев назад

Ours or theirs ?

@anth5408 2 месяца назад

I grand grand father served in U-boats. As i remember, he Was sunk (or damaged need to talk to my father)four times, the last time he stood for hours in the sea. Then was taken by americans and was sent to light recovery due to the long time in the sea. And then he had to work in a farm in the south of France. He told my father when they were close to the surface, and there were mosquitos around, when they were hearing a splash of torpedo, they always counted like 4-5 second waiting for the impact. After this time if nothing happened the torpedo missed them. At the end of the war he made back next to the border of Germany, and here i am as a french. It is Really special in my family having in both ww my grand grand fathers fighting each other, in U-boats, or in the french free air force in africa, etc...

@iraeaglemind Год назад

Just a day ago I watched a U.S.A Navy ship do a vlog on having a Starbucks station aboard ship(deserved comforts).My how times have changed.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Very interesting! Thanks for watching :)

@Drymarro 2 месяца назад

would rather have dunkin lol

@iraeaglemind 2 месяца назад

@@Drymarro I love DD too!

@henningwittmann3168 Год назад

My dad Was crewmember of u 96 das Boot. He told me that the Kameradschaft, means the tight bond between the Crew was the main reason he could managed this unhumanity time in the u boat. He did 11 feindfahrten on u 96. After the war He visited many marine and u boat Meetings from countrys He was fighting against.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Wow, thank you for sharing Henning. I cannot even begin to imagine the things that he must have experienced and just how much mental fortitude he had to endure it. Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

@CML_666 Год назад

Thank very much for your father service, those man was fighting for the real freedom, they give us at least 11 years of freedom in the Europe History was written by the "winners" but we still remember the great sacrifice what those man really did to save humanity in the world.. Bless to all German soldiers who did something unbelievable to save us before tyranny and idiocy of today's Bless Him and we never forget their ultimate sacrifice

@jameswyatt2739 Год назад

Your Dad is a walking encyclopedia! Treasure the history he passes on.

@mattlachatte Год назад

@@CML_666 XDD lmao get off the drugs, m8 XD

@user-gq6sf4si6j Год назад

@@CML_666 "Save humanity in the world"... Would you like to elaborate on how they saved humanity in the world please?? The hideous evil these people carried out will never be forgotten.

@stuartr2764 Год назад

There’s a story on youtube about a British ‘special operation’ where a powerful laxative was added to the canned food that was packed and loaded onto German U boats based in Italy… the image of what must have happened onboard these one-toilet vessels is really quite hellish!😳

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Interesting! Thanks for watching :)

@truthadvocacy Год назад

"a *story on youtube* about a British ‘special operation'"😂😂😂

@DefundtheIRS1776 3 месяца назад

Yeah right the SAS got as far as figuring out how to slip something into the enemy’s food and rather than kill an entire U boat they played a little “laxative prank”.

@claiborneeastjr4129 Год назад

I think all U-boat crews were volunteers. Patrolling as far as the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Mexico had to be miserable. the book Das Boot is a great, true account of this life. I think Germany built over 900 U=Boats of various types, and over 700 were destroyed. It took real men of great courage and endurance to serve on these boats.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Definitely would not have been for me!

@49558201 Год назад

Das Boot , a great war movie ...

@Jleed989 Год назад

Amazing how many Germans “volunteered “ for dangerous duty. Like going to the Russian front

@ronjones9447 Год назад

40,000 went to sea, 30,000 never came back

@user-fx5fz3pr5x 7 месяцев назад

Great to hear these stories of life on a U boat, cherish them ! Most crews did not return!

@HiddenHistoryYT 7 месяцев назад

Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@greggwolffis7211 Год назад

Also, the war was only supposed to last a few months, a year at most, so U-Boats were built at a rapid rate to make up for the shortage of boats, with no time to effectively design entire new boats with crew comforts. The Type XXI and Type XXIII boats were vastly superior in crew comforts and fighting capabilities. They were on the drawing boards, but not built until much too late, and Germany's fate was already sealed

@gregblackburn4280 Год назад

greg...not so....two of those types saw put to see during the war. One sunk a ship but the other didn't spot the enemy until the war was over.

@user-lk2cj2qs1d Год назад

Those had their own problems

@gregblackburn4280 Год назад

@@user-lk2cj2qs1d Yes those did.

@garymitchell5899 Год назад

Who said the war was only supposed to last a few months?

@gregblackburn4280 Год назад

@@garymitchell5899 Everyone in Germany. Hitler never expected England and France to do anything more than some radio broadcasts to aid Poland.

@acidbot666 Год назад

And still U-Boats have being the most formidable submarine force ever and wrecked havok on vast quantities of allies shipping. Understanding how difficult was their life while on duty just makes then even more heroic!

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thanks for watching :)

@timtalton1709 Год назад

Short and to the point. Thanks

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@ZATennisFan 4 дня назад

Those U-Boat crews were some of the bravest men on either side of the war.

@danielshaw8049 3 месяца назад

I served on Submarines in the seventies. We have a come a long way in the Comforts of Bubbleheads.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your service!

@az6877 Год назад

These subs were built in 1930s and they were the most advanced and deadliest subs of that time.

@ForTheOmnissiah Год назад

They were advanced, very deadly, and extraordinarily not accommodating to their crew. Definitely designed for function over practicality.

@troyjudge8466 Год назад

Regardless of axis or Allies, WWII generation were tough dudes!

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Completely agree with that! Thanks for watching Troy and have a great week :)

@larryfalk192 4 месяца назад

The greatest generation for sure...

@arabchris4822 2 месяца назад

That we know of...@@larryfalk192

@williampatrickfagan7590 Месяц назад

Any one born into a food shortage is a great person. My mother, argued with me when I said we were very poor When I was A Child, ( I was 17 at that time) that was in 1960s. Did you ever go to bed hungry? No said I. Did you ever go to school without breakfast? No said I. Then you do NOT know what poverty is. That was a kick into reality. Just because I wore second hand clothes and had to walk to school plus grow veg in the garden I thought we were poor. Looking at the World now, I realise I had wealth beyond compare. A loving home, enough to eat a fire every winter night, a bed to sleep in and a roof over my head. That was 1960s Ireland. Today I despair at the world

@joepatriot363 3 месяца назад

Back in the 70's i had the occasion to read the book "RE BOAT", DAS BOOT as the film is titled. Let me be honest, it described life on a German U boat so vividly there were times when I almost felt SE SICK. It also explained in detail many of the think of, such as when the submarine was close to the surface and fired a torpedo, they had to take on water to compensate for the loss of the weight or they would if slowly rise.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@claiborneeastjr4129 Год назад

BTW the U-505, which was captured by Capt. Daniel Gallery, is now restored and on display at Chicago at the Museum of Trades and Industry. Gallery wrote a book about its capture, and is fascinating reading. The U-505 was very close to sinking, but the American boarding crew saved it. Quite a tale of bravery and heroism. We gained valuable military intelligence from the boat.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Have got to tour it before, was a great experience!

@PeterMayer Год назад

Saw It in 1981 when I was visiting my brother. It used to be outside.I need to see it again.

@rossbryan6102 Год назад

IN 1955 I SAW U-505 THE FIRST TIME AS A SCHOOLKID ON A FIELD TRIP TO CHICAGO! THE SECOND TIME AS A MILITARY SLAVE AT FORT SHERIDAN , ILLINOIS, ON THE WEEKEND, WHERE I STUDIED IT AS A MECHANIC ! THE THIRD TIME, AS A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE MACHINIST, I WAS ABLE TO VISUALIZE IT AND COMPARE TO THE DEISEL ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS WELL!

@HiddenHistoryYT 11 месяцев назад

@@rossbryan6102 She is definitely worth a visit!

@robertmonaghan5420 4 месяца назад

Museum of Science and Industry... Not Trades

@leonardhill4440 12 дней назад

These men were a whole new kind of brave….a class of their own.

@HiddenHistoryYT 10 дней назад

Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

@chrisosieczanek8281 6 дней назад

My father did two war patrols in 1943 on U - Boats before getting injured and transferring to a training facility . He said that is what saved him , as he had made peace with the fact he probably wouldn’t survive the war . He said submarine life was 90% boredom , and 10% a mixture of excitement and fear . He came to America in 1956 , and often said the USA is the greatest country in the world .

@yvespenaflor4610 Год назад

all submarine crews of ww2 have balls of steel. not for weak guys.

@paul9478 Год назад

they knew very little about danger of such job . propaganda did its best back then but if being told then few will go. the reason why they go is due to lack of knowledge

@stevefarris9433 Год назад

@@paul9478 Paul I served 23 years on submarines. Most people I knew joined because of people they knew that had served(my uncle) or movies of submarine warfare. The USA lost 53 submarines in WW2. I don't know about the German enlisted submariners but I knew what the dangers were even without some Navy trying to kill us. The ocean is not a forgiving place. Part of the training in submarine school and the on the job training during qualifications clearly outline the deadly environment you are entering when you VOLUNTEER for submarine duty. No lack of knowledge for the U.S. Submarine force.

@MrCold6 2 года назад

Soooooooooo underrated this video is so informative

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@detroitandclevelandfan5503 2 года назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT My dude, what was that song at the end of the video?

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

@@detroitandclevelandfan5503 an EDM remix of a scene from the movie Downfall. I’ll see if I can find the video

@detroitandclevelandfan5503 2 года назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT thanks.

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

@@detroitandclevelandfan5503 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y2vVjlT306s.html

@joelaw2752 Год назад

Nice job!

@Scrapper. Год назад

I'm fascinated by the fact that an allied warship might detect a submarine below simply by spotting some turds floating on the surface after the sub had flushed its toilet. Great video. Respect from Ireland.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thanks for watching Stephen and have a great week :)

@user-gq6sf4si6j Год назад

I don't they they would mate, It`s the sound from pumping it they would detect. Ní mór a bheith ciúin

@smokinhalf Год назад

When a u boat is sunk, very little evidence either just an oil slick on the surface. I have heard of U-boats faking an oil slick. (u-154)

@truthadvocacy Год назад

another tall tale with a scatological connotation.

@mardiffv.8775 4 месяца назад

Sound under water can e heard by a hydrophone (microphone under water) up to 100 km.

@Lightgoldbridge 3 месяца назад

My grand father was on a u boat in 2 world war…..he came home as an alcoholic as that’s what they gave them to do there jobs as no human could handle that shit…he deserted on the New Year’s Eve of 44/45 …..as he had missed his boat because he was drunk he and 2 others deserted as my grandfather had said the u boats where not coming back …his boat sunk …it took him 3 month to come back home on his dangerous trip as a desert..the war only ended in may 45 his life was in danger many times over …his alcoholism continued a few years before he became clean …he was a violent man after the war …i was always scared of him as a grand daughter….but he did care …the war makes beast out of beautiful young man …it still does …wars are terrible and will stop when people become peaceful inside of them

@fortis6258 2 года назад

After watching "Das Boot," I was seriously intrigued by the various foods they had on board, during the dining scenes. No A/C on there must have been awful. Those Diesel engines that powered the U-Boats would probably still run today.

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

Das Boot is great!

@timjohnun4297 2 года назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT There is a "New" Das boot series that's also very good. 2 seasons have already been aired and a 3rd season is due out any day now

@judgedeath3 2 года назад

@@timjohnun4297 its horrible and so inaccurate. Almost an insult to the das boot movie

@timjohnun4297 2 года назад

@@judgedeath3 I’m ex Navy myself and really enjoyed it. I never served on a submarine though and have never set foot on a type 7 U boat. You’re a harsh critic, but to each their own….

@judgedeath3 2 года назад

@@timjohnun4297 Im talking from das boot and historical perspective, whole plot of spy story, using modern laungauge and politics mixed into ww2, and then the inaccuracy in how the uboat crew work and details and how they made their after action reports is horrible wrong. And worst: having the uboat crews to mutiny?! No uboat during whole of ww2 did any mutiny against their captain, even worse they do it for some insane captain that wants to attack a super convoy, and then he goes to bed to die and the crew is like: he is a hero although he want us to dide xD then the whole secret operation of trading a high ranking american for that captain....and now that captain is in usa and planning to get back to germany. silly and never ever happened in ww2. Just modern fantasy of ww2 setting. Inaccurate and at best war fantasy series. While the movie das boot showed how it really was like, proper laungauge and correct policitcal view from the crew, crew behaving as normal people and focused on the uboat warfare, no land spy stories or any other story lines thats not needed. Shows exactly how radio and documents and archives work, correct to the smallest detail.No silly mutiny or riot plans or other sillines from the crew.

@gillaybhutia2727 Год назад

Recently I got to visit a old submarine which is park as museum in a coastal city of india. I could imagine how claustrophobic the working conditions could be and moreover when it is under water. I used to think that Indian soldiers manning post at high altitude, rarified oxygen zone with temperatures under minus in the Himalayas the toughest. But considering Submarine life it looks normal.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Very interesting! Thanks for watching :)

@arjunkaza5157 Год назад

Vishaknaputnam?

@tedmccarron Год назад

"An" old submarine.

@dondee5439 3 месяца назад

As a boy I thought it would be neat to serve on a submarine. When I learned that the crew had to use the same bunks in shifts (hot bunking) I no longer cared to be a submariner.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Agreed. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@miketobin2324 2 месяца назад

Life is sometimes hell on earth.... but then you become a U-boat crewmember, bringing the term 'hell on earth' a whole new meaning.

@HiddenHistoryYT Месяц назад

Yep! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@cramersclassics Год назад

Unique and well done!

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thank you, appreciate it!

@garyhewitt489 2 года назад

Life in a Corvette or even an armed trawler in the north Atlantic was no fun either.

@peterabram62 Год назад

In the navy I knew plenty of submariners, some of the older ones from WWII. Some of my friends have only paid off in recent years. They're the kind of people who enjoy it. It's like playing for the best football team in the world. Always injured, on the pitch you're filthy and cold, getting tackled, dealing with the media and all the untrustworthy people, but it's worth it because it's thrilling and you're part of the best team. That's how they see themselves. Warriors on the cutting edge.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thanks for sharing this! Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

@EchoesofWarYT 8 месяцев назад

Very nice

@xGALAXYRADIOx 2 года назад

What a different war these men fought

@mr.d8214 Год назад

The process of sharing bunks is called, "hot racking."

@louisavondart9178 Год назад

No Uboot had a refrigerator until the type XXI was developed. Only one of that type ever went on a war patrol. just so you know.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Great info, thanks for watching!

@your_royal_highness Год назад

Read a couple of the memoirs of U Boat commanders; I thought Herbert Werners book really gave you details on the awfulness. “Iron Coffins.” Guys were crap in cans when under attack by depth charges and of course if rivets popped you had the “poop cruise.” The stink of bodies and bodily fluids was terrible. Not to mention a 75% chance of never surviving the war.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

I still need to read it, is currently just sitting on my bookshelf!

@bryanh1944FBH Год назад

At 3:30, note the nice woodworking. The few U Boats that I have been in have all had "some" fine wood working. The Germans felt this to be important. In contrast, visit the Russian sub the Scorpion.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

I can only imagine how dreadful the Russian sub is 😂. Thanks for watching Bryan and have a great week :)

@user-gv9dh3xm5r 3 месяца назад

All Russian equipment is well known for lack of human engineering, try crewing or using any of it.@@HiddenHistoryYT

@Glenn1967ful 3 месяца назад

They were hellish places and the casualty rate was enormous on the U boats as they were almost impossible to escape from when they were sunk.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@daveware4117 Год назад

As if the living conditions weren't bad enough, after 1943, things got worse. Allied airpower made life even more missreable. And the odds of being sunk were very high. If living aboard a u-boat was bad, then dying on one was worse.

@Jleed989 Год назад

They caused enough pain and misery to others

@ronjones9447 Год назад

It was technology (Radar) and mass production of the US that was their down fall plus hitler did not understand the true value of the submarine force

@petcatznz Год назад

Hard to feel sorry for them. They were operating a deadly offensive weapon in a war they started.

@CML_666 Год назад

@@petcatznz bullshit man, the real history is remaining hidden. Germany never started war, but Mrs teacher never told you this Try find and study documentary movie, for starters, TGSNT This shit is very real, man I study history more than 35 years now and EVERYTHING, every God damn thing happened differently Start your journey on TGSNT and don't believe mainstream bs

@Minutemansurvivalist 11 дней назад

@@petcatznzPiss off liberal. You and your boyfriend here.

@davidpowell6098 Год назад

The attrition rate was over 60% ,too many met a watery grave. One of the toughest jobs in any situation.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Yep not the best place to be! Thanks for watching and have a great week David :)

@mardiffv.8775 4 месяца назад

Even 75 % attrition rate. Out of 40,000 submariners, 30,000 are still on patrol.

@greggwolffis7211 Год назад

It shows how motivated, disciplined, and tough the U-Boat crews were. They were fighting for their country, just like every other combatant from other nations.

@hunterbiden7391 Год назад

Yes, except their country was for eradicating other “lesser” races so their Race could create a new one race civilization that ruled the world.

@floo1465 Год назад

they were also nazis though

@winstonchurchill3597 Год назад

@@floo1465 Blah

@checkengine5149 Год назад

@@floo1465 just like your fellow countrymen nowadays.

@tboman4128 Год назад

@@floo1465 Not all were Nazis.

@retiredtom1654 4 месяца назад

My dad was on one ship shelled & one was sunk, killing many friends, both by U-boats. That being said, I cannot imagine the hell these U-boat crews had to endure, especially after better detection systems were used to sink them. Admiral Karl Donitz lost two sone in WW II. One was a U-boat Lt.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Wow! Thank you to him for his service!

@nigel900 Год назад

Fascinating. 👍🏻

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@elultimo102 Год назад

By comparison, US boats were almost luxurious, in terms of crew accommodations, even on the most advanced U-boat models at the end of the war. The Germans treated their crews like prisoners.

@Archer28M Год назад

Bull Shit.

@seltaeb9691 Месяц назад

Being a merchant seaman on a Liberty ship was harder when torpedoed & trying to save yourself in the water or on a liferaft in the bitter cold.

@HiddenHistoryYT Месяц назад

Yep! Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@takashitamagawa5881 8 месяцев назад

Life on German U-Boats may have been more cramped and difficult than on submarines of other navies but the stories of submariners in all the combatant navies of WWII have much in common. The difficulties of life on board, the boredom of a patrol broken by episodes of excitement hunting down enemy shipping and the utter terror of being hunted by destroyers and other escorting ships while under water.

@HiddenHistoryYT 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@Itried20takennames 3 месяца назад

Being on early sub crews was a hard and important job, with subs and their effectiveness often being a large part of which way the war’s tide flowed. And having toured old subs….you wouldn’t want to be a big guy, as it was cramped enough….so it was often the shorter guys in this brutal role. You don’t have to be huge bodybuilder to fight.

@user-rm1xg9yg9p 3 месяца назад

Of the 40,000 Uboat submariners 30,000 perished including Doenitz’s son. Das Boot is well worth a watch though watch with subtitles and German speaking for authenticity

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Indeed. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@Optim40 Год назад

Man who wouldn't want a nice month long cruise in one of those things !

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

😂

@Optim40 Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT 😂

@jebise1126 2 месяца назад

taken straight from the movie... also boats were designed for smaller crew. in was crew was often twice the size because of extra tasks and such

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@BigMaxGames Год назад

Thank you for featuring my great Uncle Wolfgang Lueth in your video...

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Incredible, seemed a very brave man! Thanks for watching Andreas and have a great week :)

@kelsiewilson 2 месяца назад

I served on the USS Hunly..it's was rough.

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

Thank you for your service!

@yabbadabbadoo8225 4 месяца назад

if you get a chance watch ''Das Boot'' you'll never see a better U Boat show

@BobJones-zw3ui 2 месяца назад

As far as the stench, I think the tank corps would give them a run for their money.😂😂😂

@Warriorking.1963 2 года назад

Unless we've actually been exposed to hostile fire, nobody knows how they would react in battle... except me! Yes, even though I've been lucky enough to have never had to fight in a war, I know for an absolute fact I would crack if I was in a WW2 submarine/U-boat that was being subjected to a depth charge attack. Respect to the submariners from all nations who served on these things.

@freeagent8225 Год назад

Its always the ' Chief ' that cracks first.

@mr.vargas5648 Год назад

Imagine being sunk and trapped in an U-boat stuff of nightmares.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Completely agree. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@frederickherring2284 Год назад

In the Oberon Class, The Shower is where we stowed our Beer

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Great information! Thank you for your service as well!

@earlgreco8636 4 месяца назад

I remember seeing a video about the same showing them showering though it stated the didn't get to do it often.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@andyherrmann2221 2 месяца назад

Most of the German U boats wound up in Davy Jone's locker.

@HiddenHistoryYT Месяц назад

Indeed. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@nevasoba5953 Год назад

The smell on those 0:59 boats would’ve been tremendous.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Indeed!

@TheBrettWay 2 года назад

nothing better than getting sweaty with the boys

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

You wild

@maximusthezoura Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT 😂

@honestreviewer3283 Год назад

I was shocked to see how much nicer American subs (there are some videos on RU-vid) were inside than U-boats. Really spacious and "luxurious" (for a fighting machine) compared to their German counterparts.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

I am not at all envious of the men who served on the U-Boats I can tell you that!

@mr.zondide2746 Год назад

Ever notice American sailors on subs are wearing clean uniforms, drinking coffee, eating pie, and Germans appear to be wearing rags, look shaggy, and are miserable

@ronjones9447 Год назад

@@mr.zondide2746 they knew as time passed, death was only a matter of time. But they still did their job and never had a problem getting volunteers

@patfromamboy Год назад

@@mr.zondide2746 the US subs were larger so that probably helped. I’m going to have to read more to find out because I’m curious now

@ColoradoStreaming Год назад

USA U-Boats were generally larger because they were build for long range patrols in the Pacific Theater.

@ernestwhite2989 Год назад

I met an old U-boat guy he was crazy as a loon,this was in the 90s.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Very cool 😂 Thanks for watching Ernest, have a great weekend :)

@charlesforrest7678 Год назад

They didn't call them bubbleheads for nothing.

@Arkhilus Год назад

It was shiete. On to the next vid!

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

😂

@gabir.3207 18 дней назад

Németországban,Kiel várostól nem messze,egy Laboe nevű falu strandján van egy épségben maradt U-Boot, az U-995, VII/C típusú. Múzeum. Én jártam ott,elképesztő hely. Az ottani Haditengerészeti Múzeum része.

@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Год назад

If they were in a warm climate zone with a calm sea and little chance of attack by aircraft, it wasn't unheard of for sailors to be permitted a salt water swim.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Good point!

@jumi9342 4 месяца назад

German subs had saltwater soap so you could at least scrub yourself down. They also could shave but most just didn't bother with it. Source: Das Boot by Buchheim

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@unnamedchannel1237 2 года назад

Wouldn’t want to drink from the water tank if it had fuel in it on the previous tour

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 года назад

Facts

@rainscratch 23 дня назад

The German film Das Boot (The Boat) is well worth watching.

@HiddenHistoryYT 23 дня назад

I greatly enjoyed it! Appreciate you watching and have a fantastic weekend :)

@Headhunter_212 Год назад

To quote the immortal Patton Oswalt: "Nuthing but swamp ass and nut fog"

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

😂

@testvideos371 Год назад

Fire

@jdl9679 Год назад

I find a lot of this hard to believe. Yes 6 months is a long time though I believe they didn’t go nearly that length especially during war time fueling rearming etc but a simple splash of water and soap tooth paste was enough to clean one self easily even with a limited amount of fresh water. In all realty the genital areas armpits teeth maybe feet are mandatory for cleanliness anything else can be held out for weeks.

@brustar5152 Год назад

People also need reminding that Corvette duty in the N. Atlantic was miserable as well. Going weeks living in a cold mess bouncing around at the whim of any storm without being able to dry your frozen clothes ain't no picnic. At least a U-boat could dive to get below the weather and you could warm up below. On a sub only the duty con watch was in the cold. The entire crew, other than the stokers, froze on those Corvettes. Their legs were strong though because wearing a wet great-coat for 16 hrs at a time was akin to carrying a 50lb field pack. Subs and those smaller ships that hunted them were equally uncomfortable and dangerous duty.

@stevefarris9433 Год назад

During my years on diesels the longest patrols were 3, maybe 4 months depending on the reason for the patrol. A Westpac trip might take 6/7 months but a lot of that time was spent resupplying in friendly ports. A basin of water just before going on watch was what we had. Brush your teeth, wash your face and work your way down. Body odor was not much of a problem because all you could smell was diesel fuel. The bad smells came when you surfaced. The nukes did not suffer the same kind of water rationing. Heck they had washing machines and all the water the tea kettle provided. Going on patrol on an SSBN missile boat was like going to sea in the Hilton after serving on diesels. Proud to have served with my fellow submariners for 23 years.

@jakemarcus9999 2 месяца назад

Best job ever! Also most of these men died in the war.

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching & have a great weekend :)

@PlushPineapple Год назад

My great uncle worked in a u-boat (U-371) in ww2 but sadly he died in 1942

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Thank you to him for his service and sacrifice, he is a hero! We remember him today 🫡

@PlushPineapple Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT thanks?

@amrendrasingh9619 10 месяцев назад

👀do you realize he worked in a G-E-R-M-A-N S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E during W-W-2👀

@PlushPineapple 10 месяцев назад

@@amrendrasingh9619 ? yea...

@Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 месяца назад

Wow.. that intro made my heart sink. I am terrified of warning sirens - I grew up in Kansas where we had a tornado at least once a year, sometimes up to 5, and I never got used to it, even if we were never in their path. They got close, and that was enough for some major ptsd..

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

Ha that’s where I’m from :) thanks for watching

@Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 месяца назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT haha nice! Go Chiefs 😄

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

@@Frosty_tha_Snowman yes sir! I actually went to the last 2 Super Bowls. My life is now complete.

@Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 месяца назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT I bet lol, that's awesome. I really want to see one before Reid and Kelce retire.

@HiddenHistoryYT 2 месяца назад

@@Frosty_tha_Snowman it’s 100% worth it IMO

@tweezerjam 2 месяца назад

This seems must worse than jail. So Lame. 😂 Really cool footage 👍🏼

@HiddenHistoryYT Месяц назад

Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@HerrKurt Год назад

Unterseebooters are my true heroes

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Very brave men!

@rdwaldsaxe-coburg666 Год назад

They could use the wire for fishing , the man wire on the ship could be used as a elctro stunnner , the radio man could tell where a dolfine whale or shark , for fresh food

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Great info! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)

@cum_as_you_are Год назад

History channel at 3 pm:

@Slithey7433 4 месяца назад

The eventual ripeness of the crew led to the popularization of 47-11 cologne.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@kennedymcgovern5413 Год назад

We're getting there, brother. "racks," not bunks.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Noted! Thanks for watching again Kennedy, hope you have a great weekend :)

@sailawaybob Год назад

I think i would have preferred being on the Bismarck and we knew how that turned out

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Not a great option either way 😂 Thanks for watching :)

@CropDuster-kz6uq Год назад

These guys had guts.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

A very tough job! Thanks for watching :)

@davehughesfarm7983 Год назад

This was pretty rough...Imagine days on end of it.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

I know I wouldn’t have been able to handle it! Thanks for watching and have a great week Dave :)

@davidgriffiths7696 Год назад

Very good investigation. A wretched existence for those recruited into political malpractice.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

Appreciate the kind words David. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

@kirkstinson7316 17 дней назад

Fresh water was NOT made/carried primarily for drinking. Batteries always came first. And that salt water soap? What do you think it was used for? Yes, it was bad but it was used for washing

@joshuar6580 Год назад

There’s a great book on German U boats in WW2 called Iron Coffins. Best book I ever read.

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

On my bookshelf right now! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)

@joshuar6580 Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT give it a read if you haven’t already. Great book read it maybe 5 times

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

@@joshuar6580 I need to! May start it today after I finish my Bismarck Survivor’s book (which has been fantastic!)

@joshuar6580 Год назад

@@HiddenHistoryYT good deal. Liked subscribed. Good find

@HiddenHistoryYT Год назад

@@joshuar6580 Greatly appreciate it :)

@Houbaraoutdoors 2 месяца назад

They were the one of the best soldiers ever trained...

@RommelsAsparagus 2 месяца назад

And they volunteered for it, and during the beginning of the war it was hard to qualify. A full 3/4 (75%) of these guys were killed and lie on the bottom of the Atlantic and the Med.

@HiddenHistoryYT Месяц назад

Yep, sad. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@johnhiggins4470 Месяц назад

There was no air conditioning in a U boat. The interior had the same temperature as the water around the boat. Think of the North Atlantic in winter.

@paulboegel8009 4 месяца назад

Highest combat loss of any force ever recorded in history. 7 of 10 died in combat.

@HiddenHistoryYT 3 месяца назад

So sad. Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

@rekunta 5 месяцев назад

Could you imagine how pleasurable the first shower must have been after returning to port? Men probably spent an hour just standing under that hot running water, or a day in a bath. I know I would’ve. Not to mention the first meal and lay….

@mardiffv.8775 4 месяца назад

Fun fact: when the submariners ate a normal meat, without diesel taste, they did not like it. They were so used to the diesel taste.