American Reacts to Manhattan U-Boat - German Sub in NYC | Mark Felton

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[@rmsteutonic3686]

As an Aussie, am I allowed to request you look at the Kokoda campaign of ww2. To summarise, the Japanese got too close to Aussie territory and the Aussie’s sent in 5000 reserve troops to hike a 96km track of mud, water, dirt, and mosquitoes who were carrying Milera.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@rmsteutonic3686 brave men....

[@rmsteutonic3686]

@@eamonnclabby7067 yes, very brave

[@Baldwin-iv445]

I've been aboard a type 9, there is one currently being held in the Chicago museum of science and industry, and let me tell you, even though she's technically larger than most U boats, it's like going through a small tube that's shorter than you. It was especially worse for me since I'm 6,2 which is far above the average height in WW2. P.S. The reason why the U -123 spent so much time on the surface was because U boats had a limited air supply which could last around two days at the most, and their main source of power were a pair of diesel engines which created smoke that couldn't go any during diving, so they used batteries under the deck which could also last two days if power is conserved.

[@wembleyford]

It was called the 'second happy time' because the US defences were practically non-existant. Adminal King, who was in charge, despised the British and more or less refused any advice on u-boot protection, convoy tactics, etc. That, and the US not having any sort of blackout meant that the Germans had a very easy time till the US Navy learned the same lessions the Royal Navy had tbe hard way.

[@danielgarciainfante4138]

In my opinion, in part, the lack of defensive measures in USA, specially in the harbors, had usa in the dangerous position, but for other part, germany was involved in a plenty of operations and inmersed in her problems, usa wasnt be the priority, Gemany didnt need more enemies, and Germany always knows the potencial (military and productive) of this country.

[@oldman1734]

@@danielgarciainfante4138. So why did he declare war on the US?

[@andywilliams7323]

If you want to know what it was like inside a U-Boat, might I suggest watching Das Boot on your Patreon? They filmed Das Boot inside a completely realistic and real-life scale studio set replica of a U-Boat. The series beautifully shows just how cramped and claustrophobic life aboard a U-Boat really was.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Hi Andy, we have a U boat to look at here in Birkhenhead ,down by Cammel Lairds ,a shipyard and Woodside Ferry...best wishes from the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea,geography and rhyme....E

[@fusssel7178]

I would start with the movie before the series, just because the movie is a masterpiece.

[@BlameThande]

I second this.

[@iltonwhite]

@@eamonnclabby7067 you forgot to mention that some clown decided to cut it into three pieces.

[@williamwilkes9873]

A great film from. a German view........they disliked the SS too...,.....l had a trip in a sub.....frightening...,.,so enclosed..,,..

[@Frank-mm2yp]

YOU are in the uniform jumper of a U S Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Storekeeper (SKE ). Navy Storekeepers manage inventories of repair parts and general supplies that support ships, squadrons, and shore-based activities. They do what their job title suggests: Keep track of supplies in Navy stores. BTW There is an actual German U-Boat (U-505) which was captured during WWII on exhibit @ The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL. If you are ever in Chicago both the submarine and the museum are well worth a visit.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

Mark Felton is the man. his documentary's on WWII are better than most made for TV ones are. I highly recommend people to join his channel.

[@jhdix6731]

These boats were actually a bit larger than the shorter-range models used closer to their home ports. To get an idea of what the inside of one of those Type VIICs looks like, I recommend watching "Das Boot" (Personally I prefer the full 5hr TV version, but even the cinematic version is quite impressive)

[@hublanderuk]

I was going to recommend watching Das Boot. A former Submariner I use to know. He had served on British Diesel Submarine. He said Das Boot is the closest film that is true to life on a Submarine.

[@cuerpo869]

I would recommend this movie as well..it would give Sarah a great visual on the size constraints of a German sub at that time..and is a great movie..

[@EvilGNU]

Just don't pronounce it like "the shoe" though... pls don't. Just pronouncing it (das) boat (which comes from the same linguistic ancestor) actually comes much closer to what it sounds like in german. Sincerily a german who always has to cringe when he hears boot.

[@phillee2814]

Admiral King, in charge of the US Navy at the time, was an anglophobe who refused to take any of the hard-won advice given freely by the UK western approaches command. Until the losses on the US coast became indefensible, he never would, but eventually realised that he would be replaced in disgrace if he didn't. He was never adequately disciplined for his gross dereliction of duty.

[@MrEsphoenix]

Britain had warned America early on to blackout their coastal cities after their own experiences, but America ignored them (a common and unfortunate habit). Unfortunately that meant ships where illuminated by the shore lights making them stand out, where as the Uboats where near invisible in the dark.

[@nihilioellipsis]

from my bit of reading, it seems like the part of the battle of the Atlantic that had to do with coasts of the United States was largely unreported or under reported by the press who cooperated with the government orders to stifle. is an American, but not having experienced it firsthand, my decision would've likely been to heed advice from the British.

[@kevinholderness4243]

Hi Sarah, The head of the US high command forthe atlantic pathologically hated the British snd refused to learn from our experience. In fact he tended to do the opposite of anything we suggested. Hence no coastal blackouts, no american convoys, etc. , at the start. Lindybeige has a couple of Yt vids about this attack and the wider uboat war. Later in the war the Brits set up a research and training centre to help defeat uboat attacks. One of their star instructors was a teenage girl, she turned up for her first day in school uniform. She had a brilliant knack of understanding changing german uboat tactics and how to defeat them.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Good point ,Kevin...

[@davidhyams2769]

Due to the success of the U-Boats in their predations along the Eastern coast of North & South America, particularly targeting Brazilian shipping because of their close association with the US, Brazil declared war on Germany and provided a division of troops, who served alongside US forces in Italy, as well as naval forces and a fighter squadron.

[@petersmith4423]

U-123 was attacked by US aircraft on the night of 15/16 January, off New York. On her second American trip in March and April of 1942, she found the US defences to be much more capable and she was attacked several times and sustained damage and casualties.

[@iKvetch558]

The vast majority of submarines in World War 2 had to spend most of their time on the surface running on their diesel engines...batteries could only power a sub submerged for a few hours up to a day or two, depending on how fast the sub was going. It was not until late in the war that Germany built a relatively small number of subs that had "snorkel" devices to allow them to run their diesel engines while the sub was submerged just below the surface.

[@tonys1636]

Air was also a problem as the CO2 would build up to dangerous levels after too many hours submerged. The snorkel also helped solve this problem, so long as the wind was not in the wrong direction and the exhaust fumes were sucked in by the intake. A limited amount of the compressed air tanks could be released into the hull in an emergency but restricted the ability to blow the ballast tanks and could build up too much pressure in the hull for the crew. The Royal Navy had a tactic of keeping a couple of corvettes on top of an 'hiding' U Boat for hours to try to force it to make a run to escape or to surface. No point in using depth charges if one didn't have to.

[@davidribeiro1064]

The hull shape of most early submarines was also unsuitable to high underwater performance. Teardrop hulls produce the best underwater performance, although at the cost of surface performance.

[@iKvetch558]

@@tonys1636 Absolutely, I just try to keep my comments as tightly focused as I can. I could have gone on and on and on about all the ways in which WW2 subs were submersibles and not submarines like the nuke boats of today, but not everybody will read all that. Thanks for adding on to what I posted...the CO2 issue would have been the 2nd thing I mentioned, had I mentioned a 2nd thing. ✌

[@iKvetch558]

@@davidribeiro1064 LOL...that probably would have been my third point. ✌

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

Seeing New York with it's lights on was a very astonishing experience for the Germans and showed them that the American public had no concept of what war was at the time. My father served as a radio operator in the Greek Navy during WW2 and took part in a number of convoys in the North Atlantic and the D Day landings in Normandy. He was telling me that there were so many ships sunk that the sharks learned there was food in the floating tin cans and followed the ships by the dozens, they could see their fins following the ships. Since it was not allowed to throw the garbage in the sea, as it was done in the early days of the war, because German U-boats would fish the garbage and get information about shipping, they concluded that the sharks followed the ships waiting for them to be sunk. On the U-boat side, out of 40000 Germans that served, 30000+ are in the bottom of the sea, along 768 out of the 900 U-boats built during the war. There was a great film about U-boat life filmed in the '80s called Das Boot. These are trailers for this 1981 movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXO0fpxveJaebrM kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5vVkHiBaMp6rqc These videos are actual U-boat action films from WW2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boHSmoBtZdp3qck kzbin.info/www/bejne/npe3da2QrM55mKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGfEan6nh9lnaZI

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

9:40 Part of the reason why the US defneces were so bad was not implomenting blackouts along the coasts, their was also a a lack of cordination between the US and UK Navies for example the US didn't liten to the UK when they said to put ships in convoys meaning the supply ships were sitting ducks some of this was just the two navies working out the issues of trying to work together and some of the other issue was the head of the US Navy at the time Admiral King didn't like the British so was reluctant to take their advice and he even refused to let his officers learn from the Royal Navies "Western Approches Command" that was teaching and making tactics to fight the U-Boat

[@brucebartup6161]

I didn't know that Adm'l KIng had actually prohibited British tactics.. Do you have a reference for that? What I remember is that King did not have the budget allocation, nor permission to build a defense capability before Dec 7th1941.Also the US had just given 50 mothballed destroyers to the Brits. It can take a long time to build naval vessels. The American merchant navy had been actively participating in the Atlantic convoy xystem for some time

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

@@brucebartup6161 Their is also this bit from Drachinifel's video on King kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6QeKV_Yqeogq8

[@brucebartup6161]

@@joshthomas-moore2656 Drachinifel cite 4 sources. 3 of which are apologetics/and one (Buell ) is a critic , iconoclast. I'm not sure what you mean by "also" al;lso whatb you mena by tactics. tactics as in convoy as opposed to imnepentdsy? Tactics as in creepmng attavck? i csannopy-t very-igy

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

@@brucebartup6161 Their was meant to be a comment before that didn't seem to appear, the first comment was for this part of Drachinifels video on "Western Approches Command" which was covering what i meant by tactics against the U-boats kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4aTaYF3a86Ij7M

[@brucebartup6161]

@@joshthomas-moore2656 Thabjs thar=t makes sense, Howver it seems opossible that King was ny arrnestluy conrned thatt hi captains in erly 1992 should only take trubkk=le ove their own tactivcs ashe had no intrest in covooy scos at the time. h was followng a different strategy on that playred to his prrceived strengths before moving up to Wshington and thence to the Ppacific. I undsabd now why yu cr e dit DAshchnifgl, he's clerly a scholar of some kind,. Buut he doen't show his sources. ll the best

[@stefanthiem6630]

Hardegen died in 2018, at the age of.....105 He was also most probably the last person alive who met Adolf H. in person Edit: oops, his age was mentioned in the video. He also went to the north and south pole after he retired. A true badass

[@xcastille6161]

The movie "Das Boot" will give you a good insight how live went in submarines.

[@apemanhill]

I have just finished watching Drain the Oceans documentary. S3:Ep8 The documentary talks about a Confederate ship called the CSS Alabama, she was eventually sunk by Union ships in French waters. The Alabama was built in Liverpool and Commissioned by a Confederate secret agent based in Britain. Basically the Alabama sailed the globe sinking Union merchant ships. There is an episode about a German submarine being sunk by a British warship before at could get to Japan to share jet engine and other technology. Fascinating series if you ever get chance to watch it.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

CSS Alabama built across the river mersey from Liverpool here in Birkhenhead...Nathaniel Hawthorne lived here on the wirral too...

[@owlfaced5471]

Mark Felton has alot of very interesting Videos, should definitely check out some more

[@stephenhall9073]

3 Mimi submarines (Japanese ) entered Sydney harbour and mounted an attack. You may want to check it out.

[@davidribeiro1064]

WWII submarines were more submersibles rather than boats. They had mixed diesel-electric propulsion, the diese engines allowing greater speed and recharging the electric bateries, but that couldn't be used underwater. The electric engines were used underwater not requiring air, and were more silent, but were slow. There were also major developments in hull shapes in the 50s making underwater performance superior than what it was in the 40s. Regarding US defense against submarines, unfortunately there was some resistance on learning from British experience. It took several months to organize shipping, in particular domestic shipping into convoys. For all his other qualities this was something where Admiral King's anglophobia was of great disservice to the US. It also didn't help that there was a lot of resistance to comply with blackouts, with lots of people complaining about their liberties and being too lazy to turn of the lights while American sailors were being blown out of the water against the lighted east coast of the United States.

[@nirfz]

I (am not an expert by any means) do remember reading a few years back that some WW2 german submarine models were able to "stay under water" for 2 months by use of snorkels. Seemingly they could run the Diesel engines while staying below the surface by the use of those snorkels and thus recharge the batteries and air for the crew ect. (no idea how high the snorkels would have been) So mainly food and fuel were the limits.

[@davidribeiro1064]

@@nirfz Snorkels were a very late war invention and still had limitations. Depth was limited to about 20 meters deep, the speed was still reduced and aircraft could still potentially detect them with the submarine being less likely to be aware of it.

[@nirfz]

@@davidribeiro1064 Depending on the weather and the water, i'd say 15-20m depth should mean that a plane would not visible identify the subarine. (They didn't often invent things that had no usefull application. They did come up with the same "stealth coating" the US would later paint their stealth aircraft with. A coating that inclludes differently shaped metal parts to absorb incoming radar radiation, and put it on the perisopes.)

[@commonsensemillennial]

In WW2 subs usually surface in order to attack. Because of the advanced capabilities of today's torpedoes we no longer surface so no need for a deck gun. Actually bad for silence because of cavitation created by gun when under water.

[@alanhilton3611]

Loving the costume and hope your feeling better Sarah.

[@CristinaMarshal]

I must say, Sarah, your array of outfits never fails to amaze

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Nothing like scrubbing up well...speaking as a family obliged to wear them...best wishes the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea,geography and rhyme...E

[@williamwilkes9873]

My late father was a royal navy diver.in Korea..........he and his friends had a fun job..........surveying British & American warhips for mines............a fun job especially in winter............l preferred music.......oddly. my dad agreed..........

[@hellobanking802]

Popeye approves your spiffing outfit, but hopes Olive Oyl doesn't find out as she'll be jealous! 😜

[@stevenbrindley2469]

Great Britain's prime minister during WWll, Winston Churchill, said that the U-boat threat was the most feared part of the war he had. U552 sank the USS Reuben James on 31st October 1941 when the US was still officially neutral in the war and caused a diplomatic row.

[@williambranch4283]

All three Navy chaplains gave up their life-vests to other men, and went down with the ship.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Sarah, thanks for showing that I hope you found it useful and interesting. I could not crew a submarine for anything. Astonishing the captain lived to be 105 especially with the stomach problems he had as well.

[@Guilherme-qx9iz]

She looks so cute in uniform. 😆

[@erictaylor5462]

You might like this video about a US Submarine that sank a train. Also, I think you'll like the history guy. He has put out some great content. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnzOnaysrdxrh7c Another Mark Felton production is this wild story from WWII. The battle where US and German troops fought on the same side. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmG9qoObpKmIp80 Don't forget about the only American who shot down at least 1 plane from 4 different combatant nations in WWII. He shot down planes from Germany and Japan, and got one each from Italy and the United States. Yea, he shot down a plane on his own side. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX24h5evoJ2MbdU

[@Azphreal]

The second 'Happy time' was the fault of the US military. When the U-boats started to work near the US the British gave all the information they had on tactics and how to combat the U-boat menace but the US military thought they knew better and took no notice of it.

[@marksadventures3889]

You look very smart in your uniform 😉 Sarah. It's not so well known that many Uboats sunk many vessels whilst on the surface and would then dive. The shore took some time before lights were dimmed.

[@dave_h_8742]

Love the uniform, love Scarlett shoving you around the room 😀 Admiral King was an idiot he refused to do anything the British suggested for over a year as he hated us like Lindybeige hates Napolion

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Hello sailor.....

[@mikedignum1868]

You need to watch Das Boat to see why they were called Pig Boats.

[@HingerlAlois]

Japan occupied some Aleutian islands that are part of Alaska.

[@markwilliamson2864]

Watch out Memphis, the fleet’s in! Sarah, you are wearing a Petty Officer Third Class uniform, assigned to the submarine USS Sturgeon.

[@SoGal_YT]

Ha, didn’t know it was a submarine. Quite fitting for the video.

[@mirp5497]

Dr Mark Felton is the best KZbin professor Love the music of his channel too

[@iainmalcolm9583]

Mark Felton videos are top quality. Good Reaction.

[@vaudevillian7]

That’s a mighty fine uniform and hat

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Chief Petty officer Sogal...

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello SoGal and Roger. I had seen this and was also reminded of World at War. The US just was unprepared and not using convoys. I think you would like the Maritime Museum in Liverpool that looks at the Battle of the North Atlantic, which was run from that city on the allied side. I also think you might like to learn the way that operational research was used to work out to the minute detail how to beat the submarine threat.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Hi Alan, a ferry ride from Liverpool Pier head to Birkhenhead for the U boat story....

[@alansmithee8831]

@@eamonnclabby7067 I have done just that, many years back, after visiting a friend in Bromborough, near you.

[@krisa990]

It was interesting,Mark Felton has done many interesting videos that are well worth watching and doing reactions on...this is one of them...one cannot stop to wonder how it would have turned out for Hardegen if he had chosen to go inside the NY harbour...he should would have found some really tempting targets...but the risks would have been greater too of course.

[@graemejones9456]

Also in Australia, WW2. In late May and early June 1942, during World War II, submarines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy made a series of attacks on the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. On the night of 31 May - 1 June, three Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarines, (M-14, M-21 and M-24) each with a two-member crew, entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships. Two of the midget submarines were detected and attacked before they could engage any Allied vessels. The crew of M-14 scuttled their submarine, whilst M-21 was successfully attacked and sunk. The crew of M-21 killed themselves. These submarines were later recovered by the Allies. The third submarine attempted to torpedo the heavy cruiser USS Chicago, but instead sank the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 sailors. This midget submarine's fate was unknown until 2006, when amateur scuba divers discovered the wreck off Sydney's northern beaches.

[@williambranch4283]

Review 2020 movie, Greyhound, as to what stopped this. My dad served on a destroyer like that, 1946-48. Germans moved in wolf packs of 5 subs. My grandfather was taught a swimming lesson in the Mediterranean thanks to a U-boat. From 1920-33, the Coast Guard was beefed up to catch rum-runners like Joe Kennedy Sr ;-)

[@andrewcomerford9411]

It's only recently (with the advent of nuclear propulsion) that submarines have lost their deck- and anti-aircraft guns, since they can spend much longer submerged.

[@harryfrentz6899]

The U-boat threat was so great, they came up with the greatest weapon never produced: HMS Habakkuk. It was a floating airfield 1200m long and 180m wide, intended to cover the so-called 'U-boat gap' in the middle of the Atlantic that was out of range of aircraft patrols by supporting up to 150 twin engined bombers/fighters. It was to made from a new substance called Pykrete, a frozen mix of water and saw dust. It ended up being cancelled due to factors like improved range for land based aircraft, political support being withdrawn and the resources necessary to complete it would have been absolutely ludicrous in quantity.

[@rancidschannel3206]

Love your dog. Love Mark Felton and your videos. That's a lot of crew that passed. Dash Boot captures the german perspective. Being sub crew cannot have pleasant. If you don't like the name "S.S. Cyclops" look up other odd ship names. Wow, long life considering his stomach issues. It got worse for the US when in 1968 the Soviet sub that launched its nuclear missiles. 6 KGB were on board and its thought the skipper punched in the incorrect codes in purpose triggering the self destruct. It is thought the KGB had the skipper at gunpoint. Howard Hughes built the "Atlantic Conveyor" to recover the sub which in part fail was successful and also not successful. They also discovered another lost US sub which may have been taken out by the sub. Maybe another couple of videos there for you?

[@oliversherman2414]

Interesting that you had family in the US navy. My great great uncle fought in the battle of Paschendale, 1917 and my great grandfather was in the British homeguard (WW2)

[@amacater]

Unrestricted submarine warfare brought the USA into WWI just as Britain nearly starved. The same tactics in 1942-43 were almost as successful when Bletchley lost the ability to read the U-Boat Enigma for a while as it gained an extra rotor.

[@johnc2988]

A bit of a tangent but: Steven Spielberg's film 1941, about the USA entering WWII, I found hilarious but was not well received by the critics.

[@peterwilhelmsson4168]

If you want to REALLY feel how tight it was onboard German subs, I wholeheartedly recommend what is arguably the best submarine movie ever made, "Das Boot". You can thank me later :)

[@lunacougar]

Woody Allen claims he saw a UBoat off the Jersey shore during the war, probably 1942.

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Hi Sarah, they were also developing the Amerika-bomber a long-range bomber to attack the U.S., luckily they only achieved the prototype stage.

[@kevinholderness4243]

I posted earlier about Lindybeige videos on uboats in ww2. They are "The battle of the atlantic : uboats and how to sink them", "The wargamers who won a real war", and for context "Western approaches - the bunker from which they won the war"

[@folksinger2100]

The main problem with US East Coast U Boat defence was USN Admiral King who was anti British and failed to implement defence against U Boats as at the time the only thing that worked was the British tactic of Convoys and Coast Line Blackouts. In other words his anglophobia led him to make decisions which cost many Allied lives.

[@quoniam426]

Submarines don't need to surface to spot things, the periscope can be used to see above the water while the sub is under. At night, spotting a periscope scooping at water level is quite difficult, expecially if defense forces aren't alerted. The US Navy was concentrating on the Japanese at the time and it took all of Wiston Churchill persuasion to tell the Americans to deal with the Germans on the Atlantic side to help convoys.

[@anzaca1]

5:49 The U-Boat U-505 is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

[@dennisbahmer3238]

You should watch the movie "Das Boot", to learn more abaut german U-Boot's.

[@annwalton5135]

I wouldn't recommend Das Boot to Sarah, I fell asleep watching it at a cinema club in 1985, only woke up when everyone was leaving. Looks like Sarah is already fighting sleep. Get plenty of Rest.

[@dennisbahmer3238]

@@annwalton5135 Das Boot is still the only realistig Movie abaut the battle in Atlantic. It's a long Movie because Das Boot was a Tv series. For me It's not boring.

[@arnodobler1096]

you should watch "Das Boot" one of the best WW2 Movies all time (the Original Version with subtitles)

[@alansmithee8831]

Second comment. I recently mentioned on Midwest Americans channel about the Jet Stream being used for balloon bombs targeted at US by the Japanese in WW2.

[@daleferrier3050]

There was a class of US submarine called the Sturgeon. Post WW2 though, and was nuclear powered rather than diesel.

[@rmsteutonic3686]

I think you would fine the KZbin channel ‘the front’ to have some very interesting content on Australia from ww2.

[@eknapp49]

There is a surviving U Boat in Chicago. The U-505 is at the Museum of Science and Industry.

[@HingerlAlois]

If you want to see the inside of a U-Boot watch the movie Das Boot.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Or come to Merseyside we have one in Birkhenhead

[@voiceofraisin3778]

When it comes to deck guns yo have to remember that many mid-war ships werent massive bulk cargo carriers (for the era at least) or oil tankers but small coastal steamers, sailing ships and other ships more valuable for their cargo than the ship itself. A torpedo costs the same as a tank, carrying 22 of them is a big investment and theres no resupply until you get back to port, theres no point in wasting a shot on a tramp steamer then being out of amo when you run into an oil tanker. If you surface and shoot up a sailing ship with the deck gun its cheaper. You might also be able to threaten the crew into abandonning ship then your crew gets to go onboard, pinch their food and fueland scuttle the ship.

[@stuartanderws5705]

American Ships had already been attacked and sunk off the coast of America before they joined the war. Some people were saying they should fight on the side of Germany even at that point.

[@agingginger3428]

Hi Sarah, Thanks for another great reaction. Your comment about U-boats launching heavier weapons at the US reminded me that the Kriegsmarine actually tried to do this with both V1s and V2s, Mark Felton produced another video about that which is worth a watch (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXm4dImVeqmCfKs). The Japanese also attempted to attack the mainland US and there is another video about their efforts (kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2mro6SEpr2nirM)

[@eamonnclabby7067]

True...

[@williamcarey8529]

I am a new subscriber to your channel. I like what you posted and you are a pretty young woman as well. Keep up the great work!!

[@AdurianJ]

There is a Type 9 U-boat in Chicago

[@eamonnclabby7067]

There is a U boat here on the wirral too...

[@omarbradley6807]

Hey Sarah do you know who the bay at North Carolina was one of the blodiest and yet lest talked naval battles of the war? or who the Japanese invaded Alaska?

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

These are two more U-boat fil stories: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5ycdId7jtaDoM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIbKqXeQac92mdU

[@annwalton5135]

I hope I am not speaking out of turn Sarah but you look so tired. Get some rest. Best wishes John.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

SoGal bringing back bell bottoms one video at a time 😁

[@eamonnclabby7067]

And enough blue sky to make a sailors trousers...one Mrs C,s Liverpool maritime quips about the weather...

[@goannaj3243]

A 2 man mini-sub was busted in Sydney harbour too. Now is in the war museum in Canberra

[@martincook9795]

There are sunken U-boats in the Gulf off Louisiana, I believe.

[@mythology000]

Yes, watch the film "Das Boat" I prefer it with subtitles

[@vatilee6059]

Hardegen dies 2018 he was 105 years old what a life

[@ankefreud7159]

US ships are constantly off foreign shores...

[@BlueCore2010]

Hi SoGal, I watched your Sabaton reaction video for the Legendary Battleship Bismarck. But did you know that the Germans weren’t the only ones to build 2 Large Battleship’s. The Japanese in WWII created 2 Battleships that were even larger then the Bismarck Class Battleships. One Japanese Imperial Navy Ship is the most legendary and she is called “Yamato.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIrVm2adr72am6M Here is a video about the ship! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lavVoKWOjsybY6M Also, here is a video about a piece a history that is not in WWII history textbooks about how a fleet of small and lightly armored US Navy ships turned the Japanese Armada fleet including Battleship Yamato retreating from Leyte Island.

[@BlueCore2010]

SoGal, can you do a reaction video of the Battleship Yamato and the second video about the Battle of Leyte Island Please.

[@lostpompeylad]

Das boot is an excellent movie to watch to see how cramp a u boat was...

[@stephendavies1585]

interesting video i didnt know this. natty outfit Sarah.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

[@ConyCees]

Ah yes, Dr Mark Felton . . . the pro gamer.

[@Vooxzy]

You Should React to Peter Schmeichel

[@goonbuggy1135]

Thats Dozer and the key master.

[@MrJb1963]

Hardigen was a sailor, not a soldier

[@BornRandy62]

The rank insignia stands for Petty officer 3rd class (one chevron) Store Keeper (SK) They kept control and inventory of the ships stores IE spare arts and consumable items including food. The ran the ships store where you could buy cigarettes and soap in cooperation with the Ships Serviceman (SH) who operated the ships barbershop and laundry. They were both in the same division and worked for the supply officer (SUPPO) . for example Supply organizes the ships fuel and ammunition resupply and then the goods become property of Engineering department and Weapons (AKA Combat Systems) when the commodity is expended it becomes a supply issue to resupply. Of course the rates have all changed names but have maintained their organization

[@steved6092]

Hi SoGal ... or should I say "3rd Class Petty Officer SoGal " ... (your uniform is ... Women's insignia) Petty officer third class is the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps .... been a while since you've been escorted around your room by Miss Scarlett ! 🐕😀

[@brucebartup6161]

No one was ready for submarine warfare.

Then of course you should watch Spielbergs "1941" and "Das Boot"...

[@Groffili]

Good recommendation. "1941" is, of course, a screwball comedy... but it captures the crazy atmosphere of the US mindset at the time. "Das Boot" is a more realistic interpretation. It's also german, and as such mostly free from the jingoistic patriotic heroism that so many U.S. war movies. I don't know how good the english dub is though.

@@Groffili actually not that good. The original with subs is way better...

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

6:30 Submarines actually prefered to use their deck guns over their torpedos and they only had a few of them.

[@HingerlAlois]

In WW2 they first and foremost used torpedos. During WW1 they used the deck guns due to the lacking reliability of torpedos. P.S. the vast majority of German submarines during WW2 only had anti-aircraft guns (20mm or 37mm) and no large guns capable of sinking a ship.

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

@@HingerlAlois Actually in the early part of the War they still prefeared to use the deck gun for exactly the same reason as WW1. Limited Torpedo numbers, unreliable Torpedos (Esspecially the magnetic detonators, see the U-Boats at Narvik) and the slow speeds of the U-Boats when submerged. Also the workhorse of the U-Boat arm through the war the Type VII only had 14 torpedos for its 5 tubes (4 Forward and 1 Stern) and had a 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun. You might be thinking of the Type IX which didn't have the deck gun.

[@PeDr0.UY131]

16:35 Buen Viaje y Buenaventura Marinera SoGal 🙂⛵. Those U Boats were technological marvels for their time, they could go anywhere😰. Curious fact the crew of U 530 surrendered and delivered their submarine in the Argentine port of Mar del Plata 2 months after the fall of Berlin.😬😬😬

[@andrewclayton4181]

Mark Felton is good. He has done a lot of videos on oddities and curious incidents in WWII. If you scan hos list, you are almost bound to be intrigued and attracted by something or other. They are all well researched too. Submarines used diesel engines when running on the surface, but had to rely on batteries when submerged, this also reduced their speed. So they often only dived when absolutely necessary, during an attack or if spotted by enemy aircraft. Sometimes they would attack on the surface. Subs were usually fitted with guns. They were meant to go after merchant ships, which were often unarmed or poorly armed. It was better not to waste one of the torpedoes on a small coaster, when a couple of shells would do the trick. In WWI when submarine warfare was being developed, the British came up with the Q ship idea. What looked like a vulnerable merchant vessel, actually had hidden guns on board. When the sub surfaced to fire at the surface ship, it faced a barrage of shells. This forced them into making unannounced underwater attacks. A policy which contributed to the US being dragged into the conflict. I read the story of a British submarine which penetrated the Dardanelles in WW1. They had such a limited number of torpedoes, that they would collect any that missed and re-use them. Normally a torpedo sinks if it misses, so it is less of a hazard, though I wouldn't have thought that was a bad thing in a war. Anyway, the British put corks in the flooding holes, so they floated on the surface and could be salvaged. When the US joined the war, the British advised them to organise a blackout and to start arranging coastal convoys for anti- submarine protection. But America felt safe with an ocean between them and the war zone, and it took a lot of ship sinking to overcome the complacency.

[@MS-19]

Your cosplays are wondrous to behold! Keep them coming if you can, SoGal, we love it! Hitler certainly was on a power trip, wouldn't you agree? Ultimately it seemed to be his undoing, for he ended up fighting the war on more fronts than could be managed. That said, his initial resolve, as shown here, posed quite a threat in the earlier years of the war. The U-Boats were an especial cause for concern; they could come within a stone's throw of just about anywhere without the allies knowing it. The fact that one of them was sailed to the very edge of New York unopposed is chilling, and a cautionary tale for times of war. What could the US have done? There had been attacks on ships in the New York area, but the attacker had been stealthy and got away undetected. As you say, it's crazy. Such is the way of war; one must prepare to think the unthinkable and expect the unexpected, but (per your 9/11 reference) it is extremely difficult to get into the minds of ruthless enemies and anticipate their likely moves.

[@wembleyford]

Submarines attacked unprotected merchant ships on the surface (where they could move faster) and using a cannon, for which they could carry plenty of ammo. This is why convoys, with armed escorts were effective - they forced the submarines underwater where they were slower. The Germans developed a new type of submarine, the type XXI, right at the end of the war which had far bigger batteries and was specifically designed to be more streamlined underwater. This was actually faster submerged than on the surface, but to do that, they had to get rid of the cannon, which had become useless at this point as surfacing was now practically a death-sentance due to Allied perfections of technology such as radar, sonar, and anti-submarine weapons. All modern submarines are based on the design pricipals lerned from the Type XXI.

[@dave_h_8742]

PS. Swore the sailors and fishermen to secrecy over all the ships being sunk from the public and refused to douse the lights for over a year. There's a more in depth video on the second happy time from either Mark Felton or the guy specialising in ships, Drachinifel

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

Argentina the very country who hid German officers getting ships from Spain a catholic country but yet Argentina was as well a unusual loop.

[@andrewcomerford264]

Ah, Argentine corned beef, a meal fit for a king ! Commerce-raiding submarines usually had a deck gun, such features only being deleted after WWII. Guns can be far more accurate than torpedoes at close quarters, and submarines only had a limited time submerged before the advent of nuclear power.

[@tonybaker55]

Seeing that chart with "Russian Convoys" on it, reminded me that my late father was on a destroyer, HMS Quadrant, escorting the convoys to Murmansk. He was based at Scapa Flow for about a year, where they would sail from and join the convoys. They were later issued tropical kit and headed for Africa and the Far East, which he much preferred.

[@abarratt8869]

Re: guns on subs; torpedoes were expensive, and artillery shells are cheap. It was worth having a gun on deck for those targets that weren't going to out-gun the submarine.

[@erictaylor5462]

The Japanese also launched a mission to bomb Oregon. The plan was to drop incendiary bombs into the forest and start a huge forest fire. But they carried out the mission in winter, Japan's dry season, but Oregon's wet season.