Robert Clive was born in my hometown, market Drayton, in Shropshire. He was a little thug who terrorised the whole town. The magistrates were sick of him and told him to leave the area or he would be jailed

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Just started going down the rabbit hole of pirate radio and more specifically, the offshore pirate heroes of the 60's and 70's. Wonderful video!

Thank you for this production. PS. As to the accusations brought against Slim in Australia of pederasty it is hard to square such behaviours with the esteem with which he was held by men. A naturally gay man would not have attracted such admiration. This is not to say the accusations are wrong. Slim may have so acted. If so then this is a tragic situation for the boys (now men) and for Slim himself. Perhaps as in Greek tragedies there was always this weakness in his armour and the trauma of his service in India (and his being put down by an officer class which did so act) ate away at him too.

I’ve seen so many documentaries about British pirate radio of this era, and yet cannot seem to find any recordings of the actual broadcasts on KZbin. Anyone able to steer me in such a direction?

Including the Ghurkas Ayo Ghurkali what the hell do you mean forgotten

Dodgy wasn't it the longest retreat in British history

Radio London was not the first pirate, but was the most professional ... in terms of format/presentation and as a business entity. It became the blueprint for BBC Radio One, in large part due to its use of PAMS jingles. Gordon McClendon was the radio master, but Bill Meeks was the founder and brain behind PAMS. (The PAMS building shown in this video is just a few miles from my home in Dallas ... it still stands but is just offices now, on the edge of "City Place"). PAMS was bought out by JAM Productions and JAM operates from suburban Dallas.

They can't alike him to Monty an God almighty

It really was a slog up those mountains. Hope Richard O'Connor is still on the way. Happy new year.

Is the narrator Geoffrey Weaver? It sounds like him. If it is I met him in 1970 when he was making films for Anglia TV, he died this year.

Didn't know about the U boat battle during the Normandy landings! 70 U boats could have seriously affected the outcome! God bless Jonny Walker🙏

They had convictions we dont have now. The vast majority saw the necessity of pushing back against tyranny

Music needs to be a little louder. <facepalm>.

My late Grandfather was involved in this, not sure if was the 1st of 2nd battle. He didn't talk much about his war service in North Africa and Italy, but he did mention this one and how he was always irritated it was all but forgotten about or confused with Cassino. My Grandad had a lifelong dislike of the Scots, based upon how he was treated up in Scotland when doing training I reckon, however I do remember him saying about Camino that he was going up the mountain and could see loads of Scots Guards bodies and figured that if all these tough Scots couldn't subdue the Germans, what hope did he have 😂 Thanks for this, it is such a hard battle story to find online.

There are few heroes in the senior ranks of the allied high command, fewer still during this period of the history of WWII. But the two who stand out are Hugh Dowding and Keith Park. There are many senior commanders in allied high command who failed at all levels, and many who were, until then, convinced of their own superiority. However, most of those dreadful "leaders" were quickly replaced (sometimes by equally inept commanders), few were given the opportunity to excel at being truly dreadful again... and again... and again. Trafford Leigh Mallory was so bad that I am often left incapable of describing how truly awful he was, and Sholto Douglas was not far behind. If there is one thying that saved Britain during this period, it must be said that it was NOT having either Douglas nor Leigh Mallory at the helm. If that had been the case, The Battle of Britain would surely have been lost.

The strategic acceptance of the idea that "The bomber will always get through" only became a serious tenet after the Nazis gained control of Germany and then used propaganda to persuade the world that heir bombers could be as fast as anybody else's fighters. Of course, the latter was utter BS that served the Nazi party very nicely, thank you. The result was that the USAAF's entire staff believed it, but also the Luftwaffe also believed it. It became an article of faith for both. The result was the loss of the Luftwaffe's most valuable asset; their experienced pilots, and the USAAF lost 10s of thousands of brave young men to a strategy that was, for want of a better description, pure idiocy.

Loved the memories!

Sir Max Hastings rated General Slim as the best commander in the British Army.

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There's an expert fishmonger on here from the USA showing how to fillet it properly, apparently, it's illegal to fish for and catch it in some states at certain times, with a size and catch limit. I've eaten most fish and a lot of tinned fish but never Snoek, but I'd give it a go but none of the really bad stuff from Scandanavia

The problem was that the British didn't know how to prepare snoek properly. The faulty lay with the Ministry of Food. With proper information such as deboning the snoek It would have made an excellent kedgeree.

There was no rationing for royalty during WWII, I can assure you!

This was an informative program of a little know officer and equally little known front in WW II. Thank you.

Interesting. But complete balderdash. No mention of Radio Normandie in the 1930s. A new generation of teenagers in the 1960s merely wanted to listen to their favourite songs on the radio and the commercial broadcasters were there to fill the void. Once Ted Heath set up ILR, there was no clamour for the offshore broadcasters to return.

Brilliant

If I remember correctly, he was going to be replaced. Lord Mountbatten was responsible for his remaining in command. Mountbatten made a wise decision. Actually, this was not the only wise decision made by Lord Mountbatten.

I have seen poor people eat out of dirt bins, seen them eat dry bread and ask for coffee with it. Pilchards and half uncut loaf of bread on a building site for lunch. They were clearly not hungry / starving enough.

It's a shame Slim was not prosecuted for child rape.

When my American friend moved to England in 1977 she said there were still war era things going on like waiting lists to get utilities turned on. I can't remember about food shortages.

India was saved and lost later in 1947 Egypt was saved in 1942 And lost later.in 1956 Were they worth fighting for!

Snoek = Thyrsites atun

A brave and gifted commander who deserved more recognition than he got.

Many thanks for this very interesting and well delivered video. Excellent voice commentary.👏 subscribed

My Dad said that Whale meat was awful.

Not hedgehog sausages then?

Superb video, thanks

Great video on a remarkable leader, and sorry to picky, but those fighters shown at ~16:40 were Hawker Hurricanes - not Spitfires.

Marines use the term fighting hole not foc hole. A fighting hole is for fighting, a fox hole is for hiding.

I have only heard about this as it was brought up in a scene from dad's army.

He was a great man RIP The English hated us Australians like Slim because we were better and had no respect for the born to role English upclass. Slim was far far,far more intelligent and better commander than born to role English higher commanders. That why he wasn't promoted.

Thanks

Another government minister who has no idea of the job . When more palitabletinnedfish out there . He goes for price maybe heshould eat them all

The French were useless as an ally in both World wars, they ran out of steam and were unreliable after 1916 in WW1 and in WW2 they had lost before the first shot was fired. De Gaulle was a arrogant ultra nationalist without a nation, hated by both British and even more so by the Americans, who though him a bad joke!

We thank him and Sir Hugh Dowding for....well, let's face it....everything. God bless Sir Keith Park and Sir Hugh Dowding and all our brave boys and the girls who guided them. From all the nations, in particular the "crazy Poles" who did so much for victory.

I read his book about his was in the east. And it was astonishing.

If we had tinned bluefish and gave it to the Germans the war would have been over a lot sooner and the makers of Imodium a lot richer.

Much underrated Commander

The way the country is going I expect this stuff to be back on the shelves of our supermarkets in the next couple of weeks. Practise thinking in 'points' now chaps.

Damn... Now I want to try it!