Great documentary. Too bad about the atrocious audio and cropped video frame. I've looked for a better version of this but no luck.

I'm here 5 years later and it is still as good as the first time I watched it

They were never going to sink enough ships to starve Britain. The most pointless and tragic aspect of the war.

Politics is violence. The FDR/US had no business provoking Germany and Japan and thus no right to be in the war that followed the provocations. Likewise, Wilson provoked Germany prior to entry to WW I.

How could they say the war was worth it? It was a necessary war to stop Hitler and the NAZI’s but no war is worth the loss of life and treasure and there is nothing gallant or glamorous about war!

This is an old video, so since time has passed since the original video, has the original mission of the last u-boat been determined yet?

This comment is made after 10 years on the Internet. The U-boot was salvaged, but there is still question about its cargo? So what happened to the cargo? No mention of having made any landing to offload ....

Interessante documentario molto istruttivo. La macchina bellicosa del male non pote' aver la meglio sugli alleati, che dalla parte loro ebbero... DIO!!!

Army Vet here: my hat is off to anyone who serves/served on a sub. I could never do it.

I remember back in the early to mid 1990s going on a full external/internal guided tour of U-534 (pre-cutting up / vandalisation) when it was still in one piece next to the "Spillers" flour mills at Wallasey, Merseyside, UK. The whole trip was a fascinating experience (Not many people can say nowadays that they have stood on the bridge of a type IX U-boat... well "health and safety" hadn't yet reached the ridiculous lengths it has nowadays) and I still drink out of the U-534 mug that I bought from the on-site giftshop "portacabin". One thing that sticks in my mind in particular was that when we were inside the boat making our way through each of the internal compartments, was that although the vast majority of the internals of the sub were either rusted or rust stained, in each compartment there was a clearly defined area near the compartment roof above which the original paint finish could be clearly seen, I realised it was where trapped air had prevented the seawater from corroding the paint & steel. The sudden realisation of its significance was chilling as it was a very real visualisation of the awful reality for hundreds of thousands of men who had been trapped onboard sinking vessels during the war, who must have fought for their last, panic striken, dying breaths with their faces pressed into such air pockets, before they finally succumbed to hypothermia, or more likely asphyxia.... such was the grim reality of war away from the recruiting posters and blaring fanfares. I remember signing a local petition to stop U-534 being cut up, but as you can see it had the effect that most petitions have, I.E none. But there is currently a plan to restore U-534 into a complete U-boat once again (after the criminal damage done to it by Merseyside county council) and to house it indoors to prevent any further deterioriation to it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5isqIRtZ9KSeZo I'm just sorry I no longer live in Liverpool as I would be offering my services in whatever capacity was needed to take part in such a worthy undertaking. I sincerely wish them all the best.

Been on u534 at birkinhead some experience

wowee. Gary Numan doing Cars.

Was this recorded directly from a TV screen-it certainly looks like it.

how does one even get a job to do something like this? searching for old U boats would be unreal.. even though im pretty sure they are all acounted for by now.

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I feel sorry for the crews, The Crews of the ships which were sunk in cold blood by these U Boats.

It was so wrong to have cut up that sub, it was a piece of history

Too many commercials

The bad guys won WW2.

They must put it in warmuseum in Overloon (Holland) for a good preservation.

Germans been Germans I'm surprised the survivors didn't get back on board start it up and bring it home under its own power.

Does anyone know what 534 mission was? Since the Capt. was the only one that knew when he killed himself

They get the gold , Liverpool get the scrap. !!! Surprise surprise

Shout out to whoever gave them krauts egress training. Sheeeit

Everyone knows they were going to antartica to alien base to establish the 4th riech

I don’t think the war was worth 60 million lives.

Germany has no say whether a u-boat can be raised or salvaged. It doesn’t belong to the current German government , it was property of the Third Reich government and that government no longer exists . Also Germany is not allowed to own submarines period so it doesn’t belong to them.

Just Wow

The narrator twice mention that technology had caught up to the U-Boat , but as the war ended the Nazi u boat R& D had come up with a new twist . They rubber coated the outer skin & it became invisible to sonar . Check out U-480

as a brit i think this belongs in Germany?

Hope the German got his suitcase back.....

what the fuck is wrong with your audio, in and out, it's shit!!!!!!!!!!1

I live where it is now stored and its such a shame that they have cut it into sections , painted it grey so now it's a pointless attraction for years it was left as found and looked amazing like a real life ghost ship/ sub that you could actually go in. Now it's lost all its history

I was just wondering..as a fisherman...how many fish floated up after they blew up the explosives ???...dinner will be assorted fish tonight ..lol..great story..well done..bravo.

Wow only 465 comments I seen this before but its riveting I hope they didnt explode those rare torpedoes guided by sound . I would of kept all the clips of the ammo they were stable and in still good condition

aah yes, electro pop timeless, true

Fricken grave robbers, wonder how many politicians got paid off to clear raising this u-boats, vile and disgusting. I am a x-submariner and if I could I would spit in these filth.

Wouldn't it be funny if a vintage B24 came in and sank it again?

What language are those commercials in? lol Thanks

It just doesn't make sense that such a peculiar mission and nothing valuable was found. Or was there.

Waardiert ik wel de beknopte subtitelen

my grandmas brothers fought in ww2 in the Ardennes and in Italy. Salerno all 4 in army as combat medics . being half german and american indian , they were told not to use your last name being german if you became s pow of fear they would be shot by germans as a traitor to Germany

My Father was a Dutch engineer in Bergen forced by the German Nazis in 44’45. He told that he sabotaged the Diesel Engines. They ran for about two weeks and than the pistonrings cracked and the engine failed. If that is true we don’t know. What we know is that he fell in love with a young Norwegian girl and he took her back to Holland in june 1945! And I am a son born out of them. I am 57 now and it is time to know the truth about it. How the hell did my dad travelled to Bergen Norway….

What I'm not understanding is that it's a war grave, same as the titanic. Why do people think that it's okay to pull things from these sites?

When asked, after visiting the graves in Normandy, if the war was worth it all, the surviving crew member of the Liberator replied “Absolutely.” This point should be understood by all of the peaceniks that believe nothing is worth war, uttered by a veteran forced to fight but proud to have done so. Tyranny must not be allowed to survive no matter the cost.

...and they used the Das Boat audio clips :P

That little blast! I’ve had firecrackers displace more water than that cmon…

The historic warship collection, directors need their bloody heads testing, to chop it up like that, now countries or private salvagers with think twice of donnating any other vessels to know what a undignified end U-534 received, i say weld the bugger back up even though unreversable damage as already been done, at least it want look all igledy pigledy and basically perfectic for a cutting edge weopen of war...

What r they talking about...there is over 1000 missing u boats