He dug for 114 days

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Considerably one of the most daring prison breaks ever, Oliver Philpot’s real life story on how 3 men escaped a German POW camp using a vaulting horse, inspired by the Trojan horse is ingenious and daring. Let’s get into it!
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Tbh that game sucks in my opinion

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[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Seems kind of tactless to have that game as a sponsor these days

[@tjorvegro9651]

Fun fact: prison break is legal in Germany. If you break out and get arrested again there is no increase is the time you need to stay in prison. But if you do illegal stuff to break out like bribing or destroying something you can be punished for that

[@zyansheep]

Thats kinda interesting...

[@jasminecollins897]

Yep, because it's human nature to try to escape when held captive, regardless of how you got there. It's not humane to punish people for that.

[@aikou2886]

I think there were a few other countries where that was also the case.

[@maestromike91971]

I like they Shawshank Redemption.

[@breadisyummy_]

@@jasminecollins897 according to that logic, Harambe should still be alive

[@takineko]

I especially loved the part where he called his wife after 2 years of imprisonment and told her about how Conflict of Nations is a free online PVP strategy game.

[@TheUltimateRare]

She's a gamer. she understands.

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​@@TheUltimateRare let's hope she doesn't have an explosive gaming chair😅

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Conflict of Nations

[@robocop308]

😂😂😂😂

[@Eaglewing747]

Finally, a Brew episode that doesn’t chill my spine and make me wanna throw up due to talking about the inner workings of the human body

[@elvispressplay7735]

*laughs in claustrophobia until it turns to crying*

[@loeil666]

zamn thats what i wanted to see

[@devme20]

for now

[@patrickmarsh2538]

*Laughs in Charlie (Penguinz0)*

[@janzkee]

LOL FR this guy makes me question the things going on inside

[@cheesychio8317]

I love this story. The random acts of human compassion from the "yep you're a Norwegian" to the Rolex to the random Swede who risked his neck to help just make me feel hope inside. Plus its sort of funny to think how none of the inmates asked questions bc everyone is simultaneously plotting their own escape

[@dizzious]

I know this was already a long one, but I'm left wondering what these men went through as far as being reunited with their families.

[@goat369]

I can’t imagine honestly I would’ve died, got caught, lost hope just completely fold this escape is insane

[@Mac_Omegaly]

@@goat369 Its honestly really hard to tell, without being in that situation yourself. We have accounts of many interesting people who encouraged one another and like brew said in the video would join in on an escape plan, even if it didn't directly benefited them. Simply because any successful escape, was a victory of sorts. With that kind of potential support, I would hope that I wouldn't give up if I ever had to deal with that situation. I would probably not have the will to escape myself... But I would hope that I would have learned a skill or two that would have helped others to escape. I know advanced cryptography theory, so at the very least secret messages could be made from basic food items.

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@goat369 i think in my opinion i would had forgotten my way to come to my parents being in a german camp and living like 2 continents away by then.

[@novalove4790]

Right... I'd love to hear more.

[@gorkskoal9315]

@@goat369 trauma taken to 90000000000000

[@KidarWolf]

Interestingly, I have a personal connection to this story. One of my mother's teachers played the violin in the camp as a way to distract the guards while the tunnel was being dug.

[@danieltuusolo2021]

well no you have an interpersonal connection to the story

[@chrisjlee2013]

Oh yeah? Well my dad is Elon musk and I eat with him everyday

[@jessxviola]

@@chrisjlee2013 😂

[@scrimples9419]

@@chrisjlee2013 its not that far fetched💀

[@jabomacalua319]

It's always so weird to me (in the cool and astonishing way) how elaborate and connected people are in prison escapes, from your mom's teacher simply playing violin, an oddly placed item as a message or a cough or sneeze as signal

[@AbsoluteDark]

Every time a claustrophobic situation is explained super well to me I feel the pain. Nice narrating as always Brew! 🖤

[@crystalmckinney3151]

I felt claustrophobic just watching it

[@AbsoluteDark]

@@crystalmckinney3151 Scary stuff yeah.

[@ghuito8202]

Nickname checks out.

[@yancywatts388]

I had a dream where I was crawling through an infinitely vast space, but the floor and ceiling were only about one foot apart, and the farther I crawled to try and escape, the smaller the space would get. Upon realizing this, I decided to try and double- back, but the space kept getting smaller. At this point, I couldn't tell if I was just disoriented or if moving was what caused the space to get smaller. I got desperate at this point, as I had no idea of how long I was there, or how long I would have to stay, so I tried to judge if there was any incline to the space by turning and gaging the distance between the floor and ceiling, but to no avail. I once again tried to find a place where the space was wider, but the ceiling began to crush my body until I could hardly breathe. There I lay on the ground for hours, waiting for rescue, or light, or sound, or something that could help, but nothing came, so I decided to crawl some more.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

If you think that's the craziest prison break to happen in Germany - far from it! In 1993 someone stole a tank to get his buddy out of prison (Justizvollzugsanstalt Schwalmstadt).

[@marzkilljoy731]

gesundheit

[@namenotfound614]

sounds like something straight out of a video game

[@tanekrune5873]

Ahhhh nice, I'm glad you mentioned this. Love it.

[@panzerlite8108]

@@namenotfound614 Tanks tend to get stolen a lot. Especially old ones.

[@timr1815]

that prison name seems like you just slapped the keyboard twice

[@erictaylor5462]

Doing the digging nude made sense. You keep your clothes relatively clean. You can wash your skin in the shower, but if the prisoner's didn't do their own laundry, having your clothes covered in dirt would be hard to explain.

[@jeremybartlett1706]

Plus sweating and loss of salts and cramping up

[@octoarlo]

This wouldn't have worked without so much collaboration, from the watch guy, to the swede, to the captain, everyone. Humans need to just be bros sometimes.

[@missl1775]

This was an absolutely fantastic story to listen to. Aside from always being happy when the Nazis are bleeped over, it was incredible to hear how much the prisoners would risk for one another and the resources they would put into helping someone else escape. Of course, I know every man wasn't like that - but enough were. The way you told over the events really drew me in.

[@starkiller2393]

Kind of surprise the guards didn’t even bother to check and see if their was a tunnel under the thing they made to see if anyone had any plans to escape or at least on the first day

[@starcherry6814]

All brawn. No brains

[@Jalbesbe]

As said in the video they used it for awhile first so when investigated it would appear as normal. They'd also burry the hole after each dig session so when moved it just looked like a normal plot

[@lanfrancoadreani9212]

I think sometimes the guards knows, kinda Like you are obviously cheating on an exam and he pretends not to know. I also think that this sort of things should be studied.

[@alexia3552]

@@lanfrancoadreani9212 it's an interesting question to what extent the guards turned a blind eye, which would also have to take into account what kind of punishment they would face for each escaped prisoner. I suspect there's a good deal of "the human brain can only pay attention to so much" going on, they had dozens upon dozens of prisoners to watch

[@TiredGradStudent]

@@alexia3552 I wonder if part of it was just apathy on the guard’s part. I’d imagine closely inspecting every square inch of plot for upturned soil would be mentally draining.

[@skulley100]

I am definitely curious about how they got the guards to count a man twice. I am happy this escape worked

[@Vee-Hive]

Some form of distraction, I imagine. But I was curious about that, too.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

@Monique Rosewood I mean the guards likely didn’t pay much attention to the finer details of the prisoners. Probably kept them from feeling bad for anyone.

[@miamimagicians]

Oh I seriously Doubt any of the guards have any remorse whatsoever

[@StarDarkAshes]

It’s hard to believe that that stuff was happening in the 40s, a mere 80 years ago.

[@slcRN1971]

It seems even less time as my husband’s dad was in the USArmy during WWII (European arena) and my dad was in the USNavy (Pacific arena) from right after Pearl Harbor, until it was over.

[@greenaum]

The noses are working out well. Wise decision to use them. Previously, pictures of people on Brew, like the prisoners here, were drawn noseless, and they all had the Innsmouth Look like something out of Lovecraft. Noseless works fine on the forehead-people presenting, but I'm glad to see them back on real people.

[@optimisticwatermelon]

Yeah, that.. that was unsettling.

[@SuLokify]

Yep the new artstyle is great

[@ceecrb1]

We have a signed copy of their book as my grandfather worked with one of the men after the war. I recognize many of the diagrams used in the video being the ones from the book.

[@RIN_the_rizzler]

cool!

[@inexpertxennial6067]

What happened to them after the war?

[@itsacircleda]

@@inexpertxennial6067 I want to know too

[@itsacircleda]

Can you answer the persons question above me .... What happened to them after the war??

[@ceecrb1]

@@itsacircleda calm down! Not sure. Grandfather passed 3 years ago. Will ask father next time I see him in case he heard any more.

[@your_royal_highness]

My great-great uncle escaped from a Confederate prison somewhere in southern Virginia and made it to Union lines some time after in West Virginia. He wrote a short book of which i am the sole family possessor (a photocopy missing a couple of pages). It is perhaps one of the worst things i ever read! I only made to the end because of the family connection. How could he manage to make something so exciting so boring? God knows, but he managed.

[@googoo5288]

I found it kind of cool that some of the prisoners helped in some way for the escape plan.

[@AuRoaraAnimations]

that was the smoothest prison break ive ever seen

[@coreym162]

You'd think it would have happened sooner being this smooth.. Especially by 1943. Also how did the buried guy not suffocate?

[@j12PRoDUCTI0NS]

I feel like I've heard something about someone using a wooden horse to be sneaky before...

[@internetinventor3882]

😳

[@urmatick3547]

Bruh

[@MzferNebula]

Named a whole internet intrusion method after it too

[@ninx_music]

the trojan war :)) yw

[@geofff.3343]

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

6:13 I don't think he ever laughed before.

[@slcRN1971]

That was a very nice addition too. Made me smile!

[@caitilin4885]

He has, but yeah, it’s really nice to hear

[@ericz3575]

Cool story and great vid! One thing, though: At 19:48, you have Ollie arriving in Stockholm in 1963 instead of 1943.

[@HunnyBunnyBaker]

Was wondering if anyone else had noticed that!

[@shadybitch]

aw that’s sweet! shoutout to all the prisoners that helped them and stayed behind

[@nickd3157]

Brew, there is an entire plethora of historic prison/camp escapes to dig into, not just WW ones, but throughout history! Dig into them, should provide at least two to three videos at LEAST! Also i caught the CANADIAN message, and i counter with a Benjamin Franklin quote: “We must all hang together, Or surly we will ALL hang together.”

[@LikaLaruku]

Glad this series is doing so well & the episodes are like twice as long now. But I gotsta know.... Will the Coffee Maker ever speak again?? It's been so long that I can't even remember his name. & will Grill ever make another episode of his show? Also, what happened to the new animation style you introduced a few episodes ago?

[@ThisJordo]

Howard is his name! 👉😎👉

[@charlesbennett7484]

Yeah, is Howard sick? Did he get a bug?

[@Kitty12476]

The new animation style was absolutely awful. I'm so glad they realized that and undid the change.

[@practicalnonsense]

that was a thrill ride from start to finish

[@lady_k5588]

Such a great story! I'm so happy they all escaped, but also sad because there were so many more men back at the camp.

[@Skibbityboo0580]

I hope that watch is a treasured family heirloom, or in a museum. That is incredible!

[@yosiahw4305]

This is the type of story that young boys reenact on the playground. Honestly it took a lot for this to succeed.

[@iyanubanks100]

That’s the most creative escape plan I’ve ever heard

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

So you haven't seen Prison Break, Money Heist or basically any heist movie yet? :P

[@milimdestroyer9058]

@@FilmscoreMetaler movie is different from true to life

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

@@FilmscoreMetaler i wouldnt believe tv

[@kazoolordhd6591]

a true show of friendship, voluenteering to help even if it meant staying behind

[@1pcfred]

It's not like you had anything better to do. And you were obligated by duty to help resist the enemy anyways. Just because you were a prisoner doesn't mean you're out of the fight. You're just an enemy non-combatant at that point. Escape was considered a method of harassment. The enemy would have to expend resources to recapture escapees. Which eroded their capacity to wage war.

[@danielledowney3060]

I've already binged all your videos and love seeing new videos pop up in my notifications! Thank you for all the hard work you do to entertain all of us! I really appreciate you...😁

[@PeaceDreams0]

That was beautiful. I hope I never need to experience war.

[@danielledowney3060]

I hope the same for you but chances are you will experience war and probably sooner rather than later unfortunately...😞😔

[@sayonarabeats9048]

@@danielledowney3060 maybe, maybe not. Completely useless to worry about something out of your hands.

[@danielledowney3060]

@@sayonarabeats9048 there are things that we can be doing right now even if you have such a carefree outlook on the real problems going on between the US and Russia and probably China soon as well..something as simple as storing gallons of water or canned foods could end up being life changing for some...

[@basagitabirama]

Ahhhhh! good thing he got to call and talk with his family and 6:13 that "haha" is overcome by cuteness

[@tylerjames-yf1ho]

I've been SO needing a new video to calm my mind. Thanks!

[@easmpkmntrainer]

This video had me under my toes for the full length of the video. Brew's narration plus the video editing in here are superb....and the story itself too. My morning is complete :)

[@wrije]

I wish that Conflict of Nations wasn’t so microtransaction-heavy. It’s actually a genius game idea but they fell flat by having that dogwater IAP mindset. Real-time strategy should _never_ give an advantage by spending money. On a side note, these 3 escapees may just have a more impressive prison break than the Alcatraz guys. Genuinely a crazy story.

[@fitmotheyap]

Mm apparently they have a "great" excuse Just bring in more people versus the pay to winner! Ah that's so much easier than p2w isn't it(tbh the devs brains clearly don't work)

[@MeganLynnn]

I absolutely love this, your story telling ability made it so you felt every emotion! I have officially subbed and turned on notifs 😂❤

[@deannelson7027]

Thank you Brew for such an interesting story.

[@anthonywilliams379]

fun fact, the only way they could read that watch in the dark would be if the face featured radioactive paint, probably radium

[@senorsquirts]

This was an exciting story. Thanks Brew!

[@itstheundisputedsagboo]

This story was Amazing! You’re quickly gonna become one of my favorites I see 🤩

[@michaelplantarich3375]

In the first few line of the video I swore you were gonna talk about the alcatraz escape, except for the "horse". Great video! Entertaining and informative as always!

[@idonthaveanamelastname4996]

Very interesting, I'm from Żagań myself! It's interesting to hear foreigners talk about things in my city.

[@martinschoenecker7049]

Though the captain was annoyed he was definitely impressed 😎

[@boredyoutubeuser]

At first I thought the beginning animation was reversed, but the mad lad was actually crawling backwards.

[@d0dgecity]

Awesome story. Great animation and narration.

[@kennyjfarquhar954]

Great job on this!!!

[@dumpworth9473]

Really high quality video. Was a good watch.

[@rafiqkatana]

Thumbs Up for the amount of work you put into this.

[@MisatoBestWoman]

Truly incredible channel

[@arjunvale46]

The determination & confidence in these guys, WOWWW!!!

[@gloopyfeather]

The smoothest prison break, ever. Of all time

[@lillyp1652]

I love this type of video, I hope you make more!

[@redandbluesteelstudiosoffi5797]

I love these video's. Ty Brew!!

[@ashmd5665]

Good story thanks for this Brew

[@elvispressplay7735]

Great story. Much claustrophobia. WOW!

[@SuLokify]

Loving the updated art style!

[@H0DLTHED0R]

Wow amazing story and courage 😮

[@HUNTERHUNTER806]

How exhausting and nerve wracking it must have been in real though. We can only imagine how they must have suffered, and thanks to everyone who supported them through out their entire escape adventure.😇 It is absolutely amazing and brilliant that those gentlemen succeeded on such a mission above enemy lines. Huge respect to all three of them. Death or Alive, may God Almighty bless them all 😇

[@Necrikus]

Thank you for putting out something that isn't disturbing, again.

[@Jack-kz4nb]

This is one of the best ones.

[@themedivaltrainerdawson4951]

i think one of the smoothest and coolest prison breaks ever was a prison break from a POW camp in Germany called Holzmiden(forgive my spelling). Lots of people got caught but a bunch actually got out, and that POW camp was supposed to be invincible to breakouts, even a Houdini of POW prison camp escapes couldn't break out.

[@joewatts2940]

What a fantastic story and told very well. Subscribing

[@tubucket_8670]

Wowowowow, awesome job on another video! Can’t wait to watch it!

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! Those guys were amazing!

[@PloverTechOfficial]

I know something smoother than this prison break! Brew’s animations.

[@destinationeventgames1573]

Well done story

[@BandoDNC]

Idk we had one over here in US that just used 3 blankets. A blanket over each side of the razor wire and a wet blanket for the death fence. Less than 5 min 3 guys got over the fence and into a car.

[@lightgrove7751]

You left the ending out where the POW tracks him down for his watch back

[@genghiskhan6809]

Ollie getting reunited with his comrades was just perfect. A cherry on top.

[@Yokina]

thanks for the tutorial :D

[@danwebber9494]

If you can find the book “Sage” by Jerry Sage, it details many attempted escapes during WW2, including one that inspired “the Great Escape”.

[@alexahardaway7093]

nice story!

[@Superfastisfast]

Your new intro is super cool!

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

"Danzig, a city on the north coast of Germany" - I haven't heard anything more war-triggering than this sentence for long, long time

[@max.racing]

And btw... this whole thing was genius and so lucky! It insane they got not catched it was so many times so close!! Lovely story!

[@fvrrljr]

wow Wow WOW!!! i love the great escape movie, all cast actors but this story had me on the edge of my seat!

[@datingdarian4357]

Such a nice ending for the 3 POWs.

[@gummixx6885]

Glad you re-introduced noses. Feels pretty weird typing this out, but yeah.

[@wolfiemuse]

Yeah I begged for noses. Hated the lack of them. Very disturbing

[@hallucinati]

I really have to say, "Thank you SO MUCH for letting people have NOSES!!" It really helps a lot.

[@WYATTWHATWHY]

I love brew's funky little character so unbearably much

[@kenwong3930]

I hope he was able to return the watch.

[@EnheTook50Benadryl]

That would be the TRUE ENDING

[@JadyGrudd]

I was at Tomoka C.I. (Florida) in the mid 1990s... some guys started digging under the bleachers on the North rec yard. They dug for weeks before one of them told on the rest. They used their jackets to carry the dirt off, spreading it elsewhere. I think the tunnel was nearing completion, extending under the perimeter, when it was discovered. I heard some guys dug out of Glades CI (also Florida) at one point too. They actually made it out tho.

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Very dynamic intro!

[@zionombrog2377]

Nice story brew

[@jamiebray8532]

What a great 1 Brew.

[@maxloel749]

Brew is the best!

[@notoriousalien]

this was so elaborate i can't even be mad

[@notaspy1227]

Ollie's explanation of the tunnel reminds me of when I climbed in another soldier's sleeping bag while he was replacing me on guard gross.

[@microsuxx]

good docu

[@shortbounty8271]

8:52 "Hey mike look at me" "Stop throwing it back, bill"

[@yunaii4595]

My claustrophobia would not handle this

[@joplys2697]

You would already be scarred of being caught so being claustrophobic wouldnt change much

[@ScorpiosLifeLog]

09:07 - Chuckles gently xD

[@mordecairugag9873]

"Something was up or rather down" nice pun😂

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Amazing escape

[@upgrade1015]

This. was . Fukin. Awesome .

[@danmimis4576]

A Trojan Horse in reverse -- yep, smart analogy ..

[@zenoist2101]

In a prison break in South Africa the prisoners made wooden keys. They did actually work.