When Speedboats Crippled the Russian Fleet - Raid on Kronstadt Documentary

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In the early hours of August 19th 1919, a handful of small British torpedo boats snuck into Kronstadt, the most heavily defended naval base in the world. They launched a daring attack on the Russian Baltic Fleet inside its own harbour, determined to cripple Bolshevik sea power and help to secure the independence of the Baltic States.
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0:00 - Intro
0:29 - The Russian Civil War and the Battle for the Baltic
2:23 - The exploits of Augustus Agar and his motor boat
5:32 - The Story of Charles Henry England (My Heritage)
7:15 - Cowan's bright idea
9:25 - The speedboats are coming from inside the harbour
13:40 - Counting the Cost
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Sources:
Steve R. Dunn, Battle In The Baltic
Damien Wright, Churchill’s Secret War with Lenin
Harry Ferguson, Operation Kronstadt
Erikson, Rolf (1974). "Letter to the Editor". Warship International. Toledo, OH: International Naval Research Organization
Angus Konstam, Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918-20
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@historigraph Год назад

Go to bit.ly/Historigraph for a free 14 day trial and 50% off subscriptions with My Heritage Check out the raid on Kronstadt poster here: historigraph.creator-spring.com/listing/raid-on-kronstadt-1919

@jona.scholt4362 Год назад

The videos on this channel have always been top tier but they're getting even better as time goes on. The last two videos, this and the Zeebrugge raid, have been different but just as good. Can't wait to see what videos come out in the near future! (Perhaps another collaboration with Drach?)

@datafilehunter1682 Год назад

Any relation to Ensign John C. England (1920-1941)?

@mdj.6179 Год назад

May Charles Henry England rest in peace.

@outofigns8742 Год назад

That was a spectacular segway

@davidcrowley6214 Год назад

I thought it was a bit disrespectful of a dead relative. He died to be used as a segue to an advertisement? Tasteless.

@johnecoapollo7 Год назад

I should have known that the British would be responsible for that kind of trolling

@FDNY101202 Год назад

🇺🇲🧐

@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484 Год назад

Yeah they always fight dirty see sas executing civilians in Afghanistan for fun and entertainment,or funding this endless war with Russia

@lairdcummings9092 Год назад

America did their part, fighting on behalf of the White Russians. No one in The States seems to remember.

@kreg857 Год назад

The British really have a thing for pre-emptively attacking a fleet that's not openly hostile towards them yet. Not that I'm saying it's a bad strategy.

@derrickstorm6976 Год назад

@@FDNY101202 🤣🤣

@lxarchives5482 Год назад

10:52 Dobson: We're going to fast! McBean: Single engine dorifuto time! CMB31: Deja Vu! I have been in this place before! Carrying the torps, and I know where they gotta go!

@ricojes Год назад

the bgm ended up being Running in the 90s. or running in the 19s perhaps.

@MK_ULTRA420 Год назад

GAS! GAS! GAS! We're gonna blow up their gas! FROM 9 TO 5 or maybe sooner!

@es68951 Год назад

The Japanese torpedo boats have come for the Baltic fleet once again

@Battlemage15 Год назад

Legend has it, the faint flicker of a signal lamp was seen by some Bolsheviks from a ghostly ship outside Kronstadt that night. It kept repeating 'This is Kamchatka! We have spotted torpedo boats!" Sadly for the Bolsheviks, this time, the cry of wolf should not have been ignored.

@Deridus Год назад

Do you see torpedo boats?

@randomlyentertaining8287 Год назад

Why oh why am I not surprised to see this here XD It's also hilarious that Drach's video is now used as a reference on the Kamchatka's wikipedia page.

@Dave_Sisson Год назад

Well Petropavlovsk is the capital city of Kamchatka, and a ship of that name was damaged or sunk in the raid, so there is a strong connection.

@joshuabessire9169 Год назад

"And attack fishing trawlers? I'm not falling for that one again!"

@GuysGuideService479 Год назад

(Escapes by changing course)

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment Год назад

A certain Russian repair ship: I WARNED YOU ALL TORPEDO BOATS ARE DANGEROUS

@mbryson2899 Год назад

If the _Kamchatka_ had been there more Russian ships would have suffered, just ask the _Aurora_ .

@electrohalo8798 Год назад

But these arent japanese torpedo boats, these are the vengefull spirits of the fishing boats

@caidurkan2916 Год назад

@@electrohalo8798 ready to send them to the great shvits in the sky

@M167A1 Год назад

This is what happens when you don't bring enough binoculars

@ag7898 Год назад

@@M167A1 also bringing on board every animal under the sun!

@Bryzerse Год назад

I have a recommendation - the uprising of the Kronstadt sailors against the new Soviet government in 1921, it is quite an interesting and unique battle

@BountyFlamor Год назад

Then again, the Great War channal already talked about that at length.

@west_park7993 Год назад

It was not an Uprising. The Kronstadr sailors sent to Kremlin a list of 15 demands, amidst these were: Food, Ammunition, and Democratic rights. These were not traitors, or spies, these were old sailors, who attacked the Winter Palace in 1917. Then the demands for democratic freedoms was too much to Kremlin, and they sent soldiers to attack their comrades. The first line of soldiers were confused, "Why are we fighting our brothers?", then the Kremlin ordered the second line of soldiers to shoot in the backs of the first line. This is how the famous Soviet war strategy was born. Rumors have it, it was the idea of Pavel Dybenko, a coward, alcoholic, traitor. So, this event ended all the hopes for democracy in future "free" Ruzzia, and the dead sailors were labeled traitors by... Traitor Dybenko.

@JWQweqOPDH Год назад

@@west_park7993 I don't think the word "uprising" is meant to automatically imply that the people enacting it are bad or extremely violent. I think of an uprising as being a rapid change in behavior among a significant number of people that involves some sort of conflict or significant disruption with the established power. In modern English "insurrection" "insurgency" "terror attack" "rebellion" "riot" "coup" "mutiny" "act of treason" are all related terms. The kindest related terms are "demonstration" "protest" "act of non-cooperation"

@west_park7993 Год назад

@@JWQweqOPDH Disagree: Uprising is confrontation, revolt, small revolution. The Kronstadt sailors did not REVOLT against Kremlin, they supported Lenin, they WERE bolsheviks! However, they were mistaken to think that Communism will bring freedom, democracy... Nope! The very idea of democracy was burned down on this event. All hopes of liberties and democracy and justice was destroyed. Well, in text books the Kronstadt was presented very short, vague, and presented as an act of REBELION and UPRISING, and the sailors were labeled spies, traitors, the usual. Pavel Dymenko, the coward-traitor sentenced and executed >1000 sailors in one single day! That's what cowards do.

@CAPDude44 Год назад

Thankfully it was crushed

@farmingpotato3372 Год назад

A family member of mine (who sadly died a year ago) worked on torpedo boats towards the end of World War 2. Those things are beasts

@HouseholdDog Год назад

What do you mean by them being beasts?

@abyssaljam441 Год назад

Yeah it's sad that were now lossing the last connections to ww2. My Grampa died over Christmas, aged 99. He converted the floating tanks. We have a brilent photo of him with my brother's standing in front of one at the tank Musium bovington. Although he hated them as a friend died in one during a test float.

@hiteshadhikari Год назад

@@HouseholdDog small boats were very dangerous, despite being small, they were a threat for much bigger ships

@Gow-13510 Год назад

@@HouseholdDog because of their small size, a raid with those ship during the night or stealth mission are really effective

@jona.scholt4362 Год назад

@Abyssaljam Sadly that generation is very very small now. The WW2 generation is to today's kids as the WW1 generation was to people my age (born in '84). Sadly their numbers are small but that is the way of things. I remember meeting a few Great War vets when I was about 10 years old and they were all near 100. I'm glad I got the chance! It's also sad that we're losing that direct link to the WW2 generation and with that link lost there will be more people creating conspiracy theories and making fantastical claims about the war. Both of my grandfather's served in the Pacific. My maternal grandfather served in the Army Air Corps, mostly in Australia. My paternal grandfather was a surgeon and Major in the US Army and served in the campaigns to retake Burma in '44 and '45. He also ended up serving as a volunteer surgeon for the Red Cross in Saigon during the Vietnam War. He had the "luck" of getting there roughly a month before the Tet Offensive. Though for many people it ended up being good timing; he operated on civilians caught in the crossfire and there were many during the VC's attempt at an uprising in Saigon. Sadly that generation is slowly fading away but luckily we were able to know them and speak with them to pass on what they did and learned.

@FrostyWheats Год назад

That sponsored section was actually really interesting and it’s cool how you have a personal connection to this event in history. Did you know about that connection prior to making the video or was it something you discovered while researching?

@historigraph Год назад

I knew of him and that he'd died in Russia before, but it was only though research for this video that I found out all the details

@nissethepear4743 Год назад

@@historigraph That had to be such a cool discovery

@realmart3451 Год назад

@@nissethepear4743 Sad too probably

@memberberry5898 Год назад

@@nissethepear4743 if my great uncle had died in russia i would want to know how come it was sooner rather than later

@FrostyWheats Год назад

@@historigraph Very cool. It’d certainly be a place I would want to visit after discovering all of these details. Have you put any thought into visiting the site?

@mickemike2148 Год назад

I have never in my 60 year old life heard of these events! Incredibly brave British sailors that warrants a salute! Thank you for sharing this!

@bighands69 Год назад

There is a reason why the British Navy today would crush the Chinese or Russian navy in warfare. Naval culture and tactics cannot just be raised by building boats.

@user-pp9jz2zc3h Год назад

Вас, англичане, никто к нам не звал! Когда-нибудь придёт ваша очередь смотреть на свои тонущие корабли! Лучше, дед, гордись ветеранами Второй мировой,а не этими пиратами.

@mickemike2148 Год назад

@@user-pp9jz2zc3h Brave Russian troll, supporting the murdering, rapist Russian army in Ukraine, no doubt. Well you're getting your asses handed to you with close to a thousand dead every day. You suck at making war without the support from the west, like during WWII. You would have been speaking German today without the Lend-Lease deal with the west.

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Read more Sir, UK and US were fighting in Russia until 1923. 👍 📚 #OurHistory

@jocosson8892 11 месяцев назад

In a war of agression against the workers revolution?

@michaelcarney6280 Год назад

You think you've heard every naval battle going and then this happens!

@derrickstorm6976 Год назад

Technically they were in a harbour so that's why you haven't heard of it ,')

@michaelcarney6280 Год назад

@@derrickstorm6976 haha you got me

@bobjohnbowles Год назад

One of the speedboats that took part in this raid still exists. It is on display in Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth. The mechanism for releasing the torpedo over the stern is hair-raising just to look at.

@markdavis2475 Год назад

Is this the one that was at Duxford?

@ronti2492 Год назад

This is excellent, thank you for focusing on a 'forgotten ' campaign in the Baltics. Well ,not forgotten by the Estonians- the close links between EST and the UK continue with the UK battlegroup in Estonia. Admiral Cowan is also remmebered in the Baltic Defence College, the principal NATO higher staff college in Tartu. The main hall is called the "Cowan Hall' and numerous photographs adorn the walls from Estonia's fight against tthe Bolsheviks. So Estonia has definitely not forgotten. And they continue to welcome the support of men like Cowan and Agar now more than ever before.

@dmitrikaljuznoi1323 Год назад

Lets not forget that the flagship of the Estonian Navy is also named after Admiral Cowan

@user-pp9jz2zc3h Год назад

Эстонию он вспомнил! А я тебе напомню про убийство сипаев в Индии, когда вы их к пушкам привязывали и расстреливали! Напомню про то, как вы половину Китая на опиум посадили! Напомню про то, как вы голодом морили Ирландию. Мне ещё продолжать, "демократ" и "борец за свободу"? А ещё ваш лекарь травил мышьяком нашего царя Ивана IV, ваши спецслужбы участвовали в убийстве Павла I и дали чертежи бомб для убийства Александра II. На вас, ублюдках, клеймо уже негде ставить.

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Not forgotten in England #OurHistory

@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Год назад

11:03 Did anyone else hear "Running in the 90's" when Russel Mcbean made that awesome drift?

@TheFlutecart Год назад

The Brits always throw one hell of a raid. Respect.

@Yesirr44 Год назад

They love raiding

@alansmith7192 Год назад

@@Yesirr44 + Boys own and Biggles. Respect to all involved.

@Head_Coach Год назад

What were they doing in Russia?

@TheFlutecart Год назад

@@Head_Coach en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kronstadt

@Head_Coach Год назад

@@TheFlutecart That doesn’t answer the question what right did they have to do such actions.

@masonrobbins9302 6 месяцев назад

I loved the little running in the 90’s coming in when the torpedo boat drifted around to avoid crashing with the sinking ship

@DavidSBremner Год назад

Very interesting! My great uncle was Lt Bill Bremner, and we are taking a close interest in the reproduction CMB being built at Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth dockyard. We are also hoping to meet up with Rodney Agar, Augustus' ?nephew? ?great nephew? It's a fabulous story, and one that deserves greater recognition. Incidentally, I always thought Bill's boat was 79A.

@marsillinkow Год назад

There is a plaque at the Estonian Maritime Museum right at the entrance to the Old Town in the middle of Tallinn commemorating these British actions. Really beautiful city!

@historigraph Год назад

Yes, I would very much like to visit one day

@DaveSCameron Год назад

That's heart warming, thanks for your comment. #OurHistory 📚👍🙏🇬🇧

@philsevetson222 2 месяца назад

1. I can't speak independently to the historical accuracy of this 'cast. 2. The presentation and language are precise, and a very detailed overview of the matter, without becoming lost in details. The narrative is compelling and believable. 3. Thank you very much for your work.

@Useaname Год назад

What massively brave blokes. RIP

@acoolnameemm Год назад

The really quiet Running in the 90s at 11:01 was so perfect. I had to replay that part just to know if my head played that song or if it was the video

@markdavis2475 Год назад

If you visit Tallinn, make sure you visit the seaplane museum, the British built Lembit submarine is on display.

@iamfishhead Год назад

Me: "He should be promoted to Lt. Commander for that raid" Historigraph: ".. now Lt. Commander ..." Me: "Oh. Good."

@thecmoose4754 Год назад

The few muted second of "running in the 90's" as the torpedo boat steered clear of the submarine wreck was an excellent touch

@JoshuaC923 Год назад

11:03 mandatory torpedo beats!

@Powerofriend Год назад

The second wave whilst being unplanned was incredibly optimistic.

@Calum_S Год назад

I remember reading a book that described Admiral Cowan as "a ferocious dwarf who loved war so much he cried when the armistice was signed".

@jameswebb4593 9 месяцев назад

His knickname was " Tich "

@dsdy1205 Год назад

103 years later, history repeats itself.

@Aelxi Год назад

It's Speed boatin' time And RIP your great uncle

@Qotsafin Год назад

It's Morbin' Time

@cvetomirgeorgiev9106 Год назад

11:00 the barely audible music as the torpedo boat starts drifting lmao

@taqiyasir8086 Год назад

You have got to love the British 🇬🇧

@senorpepper3405 Год назад

Quite right guv

@tommysimmons5266 Год назад

Yeah, they keep telling people that they have unsinkable ships. Opps!

@SirWilliamKidney Год назад

I really think you should bring back a short intro piece and re-add theme music. It really helped to show that this channel is high quality and make it stand out in peoples' minds. I don't think an extra ten seconds or so is really going to scare viewers off. Love your work, this one is great as always :)

@jona.scholt4362 Год назад

I agree! I love the old intro music!

@oliverhughes610 Год назад

That tiny part of Running in the 90s playing had me laugh out loud. Super neat that you found a personal connection to this one!

@samunykanen5626 Год назад

There is a small mistake at 2:52 The towns name is written as Terijoki instead of Terrioki.

@MonkeyJedi99 Год назад

Finnish, a language like no other and incomprehensible to so many.

@henrik3291 Год назад

The British sources from the time that historigraph has been researching is probably using names that is translated directly from cyrillic russian.

@lesliefranklin1870 Год назад

@@MonkeyJedi99 In 1919, Terijoki was part of Finland. The USSR took it in their invasion of Finland in 1939-1940. "Joki" in Finnish means "river" in English.

@mohammadsab4478 Год назад

Britain. The main character of crippling major power navies

@mbryson2899 Год назад

You do amazing work, sir! Thank you for creating this account of an operation I have only seen vaguely mentioned.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Год назад

But he too makes mistakes. The border between Russija and Latvija/Estonia is wrong. Eddit: and aparently he knows its wrong and just couldnt fix it with an apriopriate ammount of effort.

@isaacmalown7003 Год назад

Imagine the quality of those speedboats to hold those massive steel balls.

@DaveSCameron Год назад

It's crazy yes..

@peterkerr4019 Год назад

I'm really impressed with your work on this. Great detail & research with very clear maps & descriptions of the events.

@kooskiac.3707 Год назад

First of all this is the best and most-accurate infographic video of the raid, however there are a couple of mistakes and things unsaid. First the boat that hit Pamyat Azova was CMB-79 not CMB-71. While Agar's lead boat was CMB-4 and not CMB-7. Bolshevik casualties are actually known from russian literature (1 KIA on Pamyat Azova, 1 KIA and 2 WIA). The video dismiss the earlier part of the campaign as some skirmishes but actually included some larger clashes with Bolsheviks losing 2 destroyers in December '18 and British one submarine in June '19 and the sinking of cruiser Oleg by CMB-4. The video doesn't mention how a key British goal was actually backing the White general Yudenich offensive toward Leningrad (having failed with it, British historiography simply stress the main goal was protecting their newly-independent allies). Further losses on both sides continued the following month with 1 British destroyer sunk by Bolshevik submarine and 1 by mine, while Bolsheviks lost 3 destroyers on mines. The actual culmination of the campaign was the involvment of British large monitor HMS Elbrus to attempt supporting Yudenich assault while the Baltic Fleet's survival despite "Raid on Kronstadt" meant their ships (especially the untouched Sevastopol) could properly shell the attacking White Army.

@historigraph Год назад

Happy to take criticism of the videos overall structure and omission of detail early on- it’s mostly a product of trying to get the video down to a manageable length and with focus on the videos topic. It’s odd that the details (like which boat hit sank which) you have are at odds with what I picked up from the sources I read for this video- though I’m not against thinking they may well have been inaccurate. Which are the key works for that info that you’ve read?

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Shout yes. #OurHistory

@19MAD95 Год назад

The very very suitable Drift music at 11:05 was a nice touch.

@dazedlazer Год назад

I'm sure your great great uncle would be proud of you carrying on his forgotten legacy

@Spackentim Год назад

I always learn something new on this channel. Thank you for your hard work :)

@richardherndon1541 Год назад

Wow! This is the first I've ever heard of the ongoing conflict after WWI. Thank you for your clear and concise explanation of this raid!

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Check it out, Allies fighting in Russia until 1923! #OurHistory

@stonedtowel Год назад

Just finished your video on the American sub fleet in the Atlantic you made 8 months ago. Can’t believe I’m just now finding your channel but so pleased to have. Great content and amazing research.

@derhesligebonsaibaum Год назад

don't think I missed the muffled Eurobeat at 11:00!

@hisdadjames4876 Год назад

Fabulous account and visualisation. 👏👏👏Thank you so much and please keep them coming. 🙏

@parvuspeach Год назад

was completely unaware of this raid, thank you very much for this video.

@HatredOfMephisto Год назад

Wow, this is the first time I heard of this engagement.

@Otokichi786 Год назад

I have always wondered about those 'drop it off the stern"-launched torpedoes of World War I Motor Torpedo Boats. When did torpedo tech advance to allow "fire torpedoes ahead" operations?

@arjandosanj6131 Год назад

It wasn't a tech issue it was a size issue, there's not room for torpedo tubes om speed boats

@jackdale9831 Год назад

@@arjandosanj6131 The Italian Motor Torpedo Boat, "Mas-15" fired two 'forward-facing' torpedos @ the Austro-hungarian Battleship, SMS "Szent Istvan" [ "Tegetthoff-class" dreadnaught battleship, -4-triple, superfiring 12" main guns ] on June 10th, 1918, sinking it {--the torpedo area was only 5'.3" in width}. MAS-21 fired two @ the Tegetthoff, both of which missed

@bryonslatten3147 Год назад

I think compressed air was used to launch torpedoes on later classes of torpedo boats.

@larsrons7937 Год назад

Very interesting and overlooked topic. I knew of this battle but no details until you provided them. Thanks.

@kiwifruit27 Год назад

Fascinating, I had not heard of this before. Yet another excellent video as always

@JCRF Год назад

What an incredible story from a forgotten or unknown war

@sam74mumm Год назад

Lieutnant Bremner: blinded, surviving crossfire, his boat broken in half and then shot again and wounded several times: Still no surrender😅

@cld5725 Год назад

I had no idea this had taken place, thanks for the great video

@eamonnprunty Год назад

I really appreciate you adding subtitles!

@cming9423 Год назад

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln (November 21st, 1864. Abraham Lincoln)

@mis4nthr0p3 Год назад

A great quote. Also referenced in SPR. 👍

@colvinator1611 Год назад

Excellent account of a naval engagement previously unknown to me. Thank you very much.

@magnum6763 Год назад

Wow. Thats really amazing that you still could find all that info about your Great Great Uncle.

@RoaringEgg Год назад

This video is amazing. I love watching your content dude!

@Brodrick32 Год назад

Excellent work !! about a lesser known but spectacular battle. The personal connection brings the tale to life. I wonder who thought that launching torpedo's over the stern facing forward was EVER a good idea !!

@bigbootros4362 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant. As usual.

@joezephyr Год назад

Terrific video thank you!

@mnpd3 Год назад

Never heard of it. But, since a state of War didn't exist between Britain and Russia in 1919, the attack was a criminal offense; not a military action.

@williaml. Год назад

Great vid, as always ! The poster looks really good too

@historigraph Год назад

Thank you!

@dutchhoke6555 Год назад

Crazy that stern launch TOWARD the launch vessel worked so well. Point blank at still ships no doubt was rather helpful. Somehow they developed this without the speedboat wake, (which had to be substantial) disrupting the torpedo's course.

@RainCloud123 Год назад

Absolutely love the smaller, lesser known stories like this one.

@thiccthighssavelives5866 Год назад

"yo buddy. Still alive?"

@GnrMilligan Год назад

Very interesting story told in an interesting way.You have earned a like and sub!Look forward to watching more of your content.

@steveoroberts1 Год назад

After numerous battles, I'm amazed at the courage of these officers and men. Jervis in particular. They sacrificed it all with no thought for themselves.

@notroll1279 Год назад

Very good animations - they really make the story come to life.

@Americandragonrider333. Год назад

Very interesting. Didn’t know about this before now, cool stuff!

@paganarh Месяц назад

Thank you for helping to achieve our independence, you crazy brits! We haven't forgotten your part in that war.

@voltaireisamadlad7007 Год назад

Awesome stuff, I read a book on this a while ago. I never thought I'd see you cover it!

@roban2799 Год назад

The bombing run on the Death Star is cool and all but this is awesome

@themortimusprime9012 Год назад

Really like these videos short to the point, while extremely detailed love it

@russwoodward8251 4 месяца назад

Really great story telling. Many thanks.

@billjane5522 Год назад

Great video and an amazing battle

@southerncross86 Год назад

Great video, sorry for the loss experienced by your family

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Hear hear.

@virtuafighter3 Год назад

I have never heared of this operation before. very informative

@waveranger4974 Год назад

Well done! Superb!

@ProsandCons26 Год назад

This should be a film. Probably do well considering the age we live in these days

@antsaurora7540 Год назад

maybe

@billhanna2148 Год назад

Thank you 🙏 again for your EXCELLENT work 🙏👏👏👏 really Top Shelf I never heard of this event, thank you for the education

@dankrauz1036 Год назад

Great narration. Thanks much.

@robertmorey4104 Год назад

Never heard of this action. Excellent graphics and narrative. Subd.

@TankerBricks Год назад

Excellent video!

@robbabcock_ Год назад

Fantastic video!

@DougPowhida Год назад

Brilliant. Thank you.

@irishpsalteri Год назад

Very well done.

@lorizoli Год назад

Now this what I call: Badass! Incredible daring.

@lookaquarter Год назад

British secret missions in WWI and WWII be like: "I'll take a few men in some trucks and give them cricket bats, we'll drive directly into the largest most heavily defended fortress our enemies control, we'll do a few donuts out in front of the fortress to 'distract' them. Then, Jeremy "Jer-bear" Wombat Paullington III, who was a star cricket player before the war, who also speaks 7 languages and is openly gay, will position himself on top of the truck doing donuts, and wack a cricket ball through a window the enemy always leaves open at exactly 4:32-4:37 every day. The ball will bounce through the window bounce off the enemy Captain's large shiny forehead, and smack the 'Self-destruct' button on the console in the next room over." Then they actually do the attack, and a bunch of stuff doesn't go to plan, the trucks are replaced with bicycles, the cricket ball is replaced with a live grenade, the window which had been open every single day is closed for some reason, yet they still do donuts on bicycles, Jeremy Wombat Paullington III stands on the shoulders of his compatriot, smacking the live grenade through the closed window breaking it, and it misses the console. But the enemy captain hears the glass break, walks in, slips on the grenade (which of course happened to be a dud) and smacks his shiny ass forehead into the self-destruct button. The fortress blows up and Britain wins the day. Jeremy Wombat Paullington III ends up living to some rediculous age, like 114, and continues to do crazy insane bullshit his whole life. The enemy commander, despite slipping on a grenade, and presumably being in the fortress when it blew up, somehow survives and becomes best friends with Jeremy Wombat Paullington III after the war.

@CynicVids Год назад

Well this has earned a subscription. Brilliant

@cthulhuhoops7538 Год назад

I think that's one of the smoothest ad transitions I've ever seen.

@jimmyc3238 Год назад

Another obscure but fascinating story from the inter-war period.

@DaveSCameron Год назад

Hardly inter war when you check the number of Allied soldiers on Russian soil until 1923... 📚🙏

@timgoose1905 Год назад

"Operation Kronstadt" by Harry Ferguson covers both the naval raids and the espionage sides of this period.

@oinas91 Год назад

that soundbite atvthe 11 minute mark is top tier

@chamberpot969 Год назад

Fascinating, never heard about this.

@TBAS606 Год назад

Great content UTV

@laarre2 Год назад

Obligatory Finnish correction: in 3:16 the correct spelling is "Terijoki" (joki = river). Also nice hidden eurobeat reference.

@tonyko_u1s1 Год назад

Great stuff. Let's use those boats and tactics again!

@frankmueller2781 Год назад

I've been trying to think of a good way to wargame this engagement for some years now. Agar has long been a hero of mine. A 'Real' 007 long before Fleming put pen to paper!