Britain's Most Daring WW2 Raid

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[@Sir_Budginton]

I read about a story about one of the crew of the Lancaster’s that was shot down. They were captured, and one of the german officers that was keeping an eye on them asked them if they wanted anything. The Brit replied with “Just some water”, and the German said “you want water... you just destroyed our dam, we don’t have any water!!!”

[@raininginside]

Savage

[@jimsvideos7201]

I think that's the origin of the saying "to add insult to injury."

[@wytfish4855]

well, Hans's got a point, you know.

[@Olliebobalong]

A lot of stories of British POW's in Germany mainly suggest that the British were actually treated very well considering the circumstances. My late auntie was born in Battersea in 1928, they had captured German pilots building building walls and fences which had been damaged by bombs. Apparently at 13 years old, my British auntie fancied 1 of the Germans in particular. Her mother wasn't pleased I'm told.

[@SomeBritishGal1]

@@Olliebobalong They had to be treated well. Both the UK and Germany had signed the Geneva Accords which makes it illegal to torture POWs, so it was within the best interest of both sides to give POWs at least modest conditions. Colditz was like military barracks with bunk beds and basic amenities. They even got mail and parcels delivered by the Red Cross.

[@thecapacitor1395]

1:47 That guy witnessed everything from horses and carts going down the street as a kid, to the start of cinema, cars, motorcycles, radio, planes, quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, WW1, Edwin Hubble's galaxy discovery, Penicillin, television, WW2, radar, jets, the atom bomb, the hydrogen bomb, computers, nuclear power, first man in space and the Moon landing. The disparity in technology, discovery and warfare is mind boggling.

[@ivanatinkle19]

just to add to your point, before that guy worked on aeroplanes, he helped design airships. He had a very interesting career and it's incredible how much technology was advancing at that time.

[@abramo7700]

From horses and carts to rockets and people on the moon

[@grogery1570]

My Grandmother told me how excited she was when Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flew from England to Australia in just 6 weeks!!! Today we bitch about the 24 hours spent on a jet!

[@harrypoon3410]

the atom bomb

[@wyomingptt]

makes you wonder what things will be like at the end of our own lives.

[@linecraftman3907]

Awesome video! But can you use blue for water and not for land, like you did at 7:53? This was very confusing

[@RealEngineering]

Yeah I noticed that last night. I'll make a note

[@linecraftman3907]

@@RealEngineering Oh shit you actually responded, i mean Thanks!

[@Wpjgdmtu]

I knew I'd find someone who already commented on this haha

[@cormacsmithy3975]

Ya. I thought for a second there was an RAF base in the middle of the sea.

[@Mrmcwarpather]

Holy shit im high af and was wondering why the dams were in the middle of the ocean lmaoo.

[@jemileedabear9630]

British: 'Flying 19 planes' German: "Those tea-sippers are up to somethin."

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

If the British get enough time to brew up and have a think, you're screwed

[@Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent]

Hahahahaha

[@aychemara]

now use that bomb on 3 gorges dam.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 It seems the only time Britain *really* uses it's brains is during a war......

[@RealEngineering]

Very late upload here! The 3D models took a bit longer than expected and I took some time off to attend Thinkercon. Another video coming next Friday. Please share and like ect. Views have been down, any positive engagement will help!

[@brewedtech7224]

Good content and new concept .....happy to know n tq for that

[@holnrew]

The models and animations are incredible. Very much worth waiting for!

[@stroodles42]

I was wondering about that! One of my favorite KZbin channels. Stay blessed bro!

[@jaypatel5985]

@realengineering, I think if you make more videos about engineering feats from past, they will get more views than "crazy" or "fantasy" like possibilities from the future. As an engineering student currently, I like looking at engineering feats in our past so that I stay inspired and motivated to maybe do something awesome in the future. Just my opinion, keep up the great videos

[@FactsInto]

i like your videos but please try to upload more often and i am participating in an international competition i would have to debate about north korea and their nuclear program so which me luck pleas (by the way i learned a lot from your channel)

[@defaultmesh]

The Brits bombed the dam in half *F L E X S E A L*

[@that_pizza_drive6687]

@Anon Commenter NO I have F L E X T A P E, I have A F L E X S E A L UGH! F L E X T A E L

[@monsieurbobblehead3854]

@@that_pizza_drive6687 It'S iNdeStruCtibLe!

[@that_pizza_drive6687]

@@monsieurbobblehead3854 F L E X T A E L

[@2-Frames]

I blew this dam in half!! Flex tape. Just cut a and seal

[@9879SigmundS]

Ahmes Sya

[@billietyree6139]

The Brits were, and perhaps are, masters at improvisational warefare. Ice island airports, swimming tanks, mulberries, decoys, deception, flail tanks, the 'earthquake bomb'. A lot to respect there.

[@AtomicBlastPony]

Don't forget Battle of the Beams, decrypting the Enigma, naval minesweeping...

[@kh2b573]

@@AtomicBlastPony they coudnt decrypt the enigma if the germans never invented it....

[@kh2b573]

The ice carriers would be useless and it was also slow only going 1-2 knots i believe it is barely manouverable also i dont think it was the brits are the one that invented the duplex drive, it was the americans , also the germans also developed innovative weapons like the fritz x and the v1 rockets but they're just seen as enemies for the brits also without the germans using me262 jets the jet engine (although invented by a brit) would barely be given a chance to be used

[@maconescotland8996]

@Hugh Jarsol U-571 ? The film was a load of nonsense - the real U-571 was sunk off the west coast of Ireland on 28th January 1944 by a Sunderland flying boat of the Royal Australian Air Force.

[@HT-gv1be]

You’ll never beat the british

[@stephenphillip5656]

I was pleased to see that you pointed out that although the dams were repaired in 5 months, the diversion of labour and materials was immense & delayed the reinforcement of the Atlantic Wall so much that D-Day was ultimately the success it was. You've gained another subscriber.

[@Ragnarok043]

i remember watching a PBS NOVA documentary trying to recreate the same results. other challenges they had to over come was if they flew too low when the bomb hits the water it created a slash back that could hit and damage the tail of the plane. so to accurately measure the drop height they used 2 light beams pointed down at the water surface that would cross together to triangulate their height. they also need to needed to drop it at a specific distance from the dam, luckily they knew the exact distance between the 2 towers on the dam and made a sight to triangulate the drop position.

[@thedefenestrator2994]

I wonder if that splash back is what damaged one of the planes in the attack.

[@kelvinktfong]

The inspiration for the trench attack in Star Wars

[@solahifuefos9301]

mythbusters did a thing too i think

[@aarong.4691]

Yeah I remembered that episode, it was one of the best NOVAs I have seen

[@frankm9334]

Watch the movie. The dambusters.

[@wfp9378]

It ranks as one of the most daring raids ever. Right alongside the St Nazaire and the Operation Biting raids by the British commandos. Heroism well beyond all measure.

[@gavfr]

Young's bomb hit the Mohne dam and was a direct hit, My Grandfather was the rear gunner on that plane and is buried in Bergen cemetery, along with the rest of Melvin (Dinghy) Young's crew, having been shot down on the Dutch coast on the brink of safety on the return.

[@kevinchappell3694]

Brave men doing dangerous things in a crazy time. RIP

[@LCM12Lewis]

@MrJanizPetke no he's not he is a hero. You have no concept of the time, situation and the rules of war at the time. Do not speak on topics you have no knowledge about.

[@Soupdragon1964]

All respect to your Grandfather and the rest of the crew. RIP.

[@concise707]

Total respect to your grandfather; with every justification, you should be immensely proud of him.

[@MarsFKA]

Is there a Bergen in Holland? The only city I know with that name is in Norway.

[@nigeljames6017]

My father worked on the bomb release mechanism on the Lancasters. He was based in Gloucester, he only followed the blueprints and made suggestions but he was proud that he could make a tangible effort in the war.

[@nils01nisse32]

Oh, interesting video. I live in the Ruhrtahl close to the Möhne. The town I live in has a hydroelectric power plant directly above the Ruhr, there is a small marker on the building indicating the height of the flood. Every time I see it it blows my mind. Furthermore you can still see a very faint outline of the hole in the Möhne dam making it possible to get an idea of how big it would have been. There is also a very good German book about it it is called “Als deutschlands Dämme brachen” (roughly translated: When Germany’s dams broke)

[@denizhartmann6796]

Hier bei mir in Schwerte sind auch ab vielen Gebäuden markierungen die zeigen wie hoch das Wasser stand. Wo genau kommst du her?

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Was the dam repaired before the end of the war?

[@danielshin4526]

@@gregorymalchuk272 yes

[@s_i_m_o_n_e_n_g_e_l]

Wohne auch in der nähe in neheim

[@rhesusfactory]

@@gregorymalchuk272The repairs were finished in October

[@nazhif1]

damn I love this channel.

[@nutzeeer]

*dam

[@FlavioCamus]

busted ;)

[@rolandramos6926]

@@FlavioCamus what the actual f-[demonetized]

[@cafarellano9340]

@Rosida Andriyana In american English, it is actually correct.

[@GlitchedBlox]

@Rosida Andriyana Modern english is wrong

[@MKnox-ux9sg]

Would you consider doing a video on the German vengeance weapons at some point ?

[@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer]

Referring to the V-2 Rockets? I would focus on the persona _von Braun._

[@peterzingler6221]

@@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer not only the v2 the v1 and v3 are also intresting

[@marsbar7099]

@@peterzingler6221 v3?

[@zrspangle]

@@marsbar7099 very, very big cannon.

[@rubenheymans1988]

@@marsbar7099 a series of long tubes at the French coast. The projectile was propelled by multiple explosions. Another one of Hitlers stupid, resource wasting ideas

[@whuzzzup]

Some things you did not include: Another interesting challenge was to have exactly the correct drop height - which was solved by using two crossed spotlights under the plane that matched exactly on the water surface, when the plane had the correct height (EDIT: They did not match, they formed an 8 at the correct height). The bomber squadron motto was Après moi le déluge (After me, the flood). At least for Ederstausee, the raid had success because several Flak positions were removed/relocated shortly before that raid as well as removed/relocated anti-aircraft balloons that would have prevented low flying aircrafts from reaching the dam. Overall (at least for the Ederstausee), the raid was not that successful in what it tried to achieve (crippling electricity production and/or industry downstream), but it forced germany to divert their efforts from the atlantic wall as mentioned in the video. UK also had very powerful bombs like the "Tallboy" (used to destroy submarine bunkers) but they could not be aimed that well - a year later they tried it at the Sorpedamm with an improved targeting device, but missed.

[@jimthorne304]

That's interesting, I've not seen any reference to a second attack on the Sorpe, although I've often wondered why they didn't try to use Tallboys against more dams.

[@MarsFKA]

6:08 The spherical bomb was discarded because there was no way to prevent the wooden fairing around the drum-shaped bomb breaking up on contact with the water. Barnes Wallis realised that the drum-shaped bomb itself was all that was necessary. 6:16 All the Lancasters modified to carry the Upkeep bomb had their mid-upper turrets removed. The mid-upper gunners shifted to the nose turrets, where, on normal operations, the nose turret would be operated by the bomb aimer. The lower ventral guns that you mention had already been discarded from ordinary operational Lancasters.

[@noneofyourbusiness1065]

Why make a Map with blue land? It makes the map look like all land ist water

[@ripwolfe]

Agreed! I was confused thinking that the the RAF Scamptom point was ... what? A massive aircraft carrier? Mapmakers need to avoid choosing colors that make the land look like water and vice versa.

[@MossPalone]

Because fuck you. That's why

[@pjcanfield8]

I've noticed that trend on educational videos lately. It's quite annoying. The brain wants to perceive the blue as water because that's normal. Hence why any map ever has water as blue. But great video otherwise

[@hendraenhawe7063]

why not ? Earth also becomes flat

[@tonyknight9912]

A very good and pretty accurate analysis of the Dambuster Raid. The attack on the Sorpe Dam was the main thing not covered and this was vital to the overall success of the entire mission. This was carried out without spinning the bomb and by flying parallel to the Dam which was of a different construction - being an earthen dam. They damaged but failed to breach this dam. The raid though had another effect; it gave the planners the confidence in Barnes Wallis' work and ability to enable him to design his large Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs, which were used to devastating effect during mid 1944 onwards against vital strategic targets.

[@concise707]

Absolutely correct, but after the Moehne had been repaired the Sorpe lake had to be partially drained - under controlled conditions of course - to effect permanent repairs to the damaged structure. Therefore, it could be argued that the raid on the Sorpe was, at the very least, partially successful in the long term.

[@tonyc9062]

One of the airmen who took part in the raid actually attended my high school, but unfortunately, he did not make it back. His signature was found in one of my friends great grandparents year book and we had a very special plaque made for him. His son (who is now a senior citizen) came to my school’s remembrance day ceremony and gave us a very inspiration talk about his fathers heroic actions. Many math classes at my school did projects relating to the Dam Buster Raid and it was very interesting. We should never forget moments in history like this, and especially not those who lost their lives keeping us safe. Keep on pumping out these great videos! P.S. my school is Lisgar Collegiate Institute located in Ottawa, Canada.

[@jimthorne304]

The histories of the raid make it look like the aircrew that were lost on that raid were more or less forgotten about.

[@davesheppard8797]

Hi Tony, The Pilot who went to your school was Lewis Johnstone Burpee. Born in Ottawa on the 5th of March 1918. He was the Pilot of Lancaster AJ-S that was shot down on the outgoing flight to the Dams. He is buried in Bergen-op- Zoom war cemetery. He was one of the four crew that flew on that raid knowing their wives were pregnant. His wife, Mrs Lillian Burpee travelled to Canada to meet her inlaws for the first time and have her baby. Their son, also called Lewis Johnstone Burpee, was born on Christmas eve 1943. Dave.

[@georgelewis1447]

My great grandfather was a rear gunner in the Lancaster and was very good friends with Gibson. He was in the aircraft that was shot down and was prisoner of war in Germany.

[@ThisIsHatman]

Who would win; Over three million cubic metres of reinforced concrete, or one bouncy boi? Cheers for the video Brian!

[@spidermain]

*2

[@Sophiebryson510]

Hatem your welcome lad

[@dikshantjain9726]

Barnes Wallis was a talented engineer. It would be great if you make more videos on his work.

[@chris-pollux]

Great video! I grew up and lived most of my life near the Möhnesee. It is a beautiful area for recreation now and there are multiple info boards about the destruction and plaques remembering the civilian casualties. I am always impressed how only two small bombs could destroy this massive structure.

[@kevishader3561]

Trying to explain the cause of WW1: *highly complex and multi-faceted reasons* WW2: Moustache man bad lol

[@nicholaslau3194]

Cold war: nothing happened, but we need to be prepared just in case

[@onimaxblade8988]

Moustache man is the worstest. Literally.

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Nope. WW2 Europe, Dictators duel over who has the better mustache and German vengeance for WWI, WW2 Pacific, Japan was late on the empire game, and pays the price for more ambition than wisdom.

[@dgall8368]

@@nicholaslau3194 you are wrong

[@bongothemonkey777]

WW1 was actually Moustache man is kill but OK

[@SebelaPavel]

Nice video, you could also mention how British engineered exact flight height right before releasing the bomb. That is also fascinating how simply it can be done. They flew in night having almost zero chance to know how high they are. (To high and the bomb will not bounce, too low also not good). So they developed a two spot light solution. Sort of triangulation. Two corners of the triangle were the two spot lights crossing their beams in the third triangle corner. That crossing point was set in the perfect height above the water. If the plane was too low or too high, the bomber crew saw two light spots reflecting from water. When the plane was it the right height, those two spots become one (they crossed each other).

[@CatsForTheCatGod]

I've been to RAF Scampton and seen the Lancaster still posted there. Absolutely special to see.

[@jeremyillingworth2464]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the ingenious method of using searchlights on the planes to accurately gauge their altitude over the dam water and release distance.

[@kiritnandania1597]

I have heard of that indeed smart technique.

[@peterbrown6224]

ISTR reading about sub hunters using them also.

[@45obiwan]

Wallace was an amazing engineer and I was delighted to learn of his heavy bombs Guess I should study his history further. Thanks!

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

Barnes Wallis got the idea for his skipping bombs from skipping stones across a lake. Also, in the days of sailing ships and cannonballs, The Royal Navy skipped cannonballs across the surface of the ocean to increase their range.

[@4thllamaofthealpacolypse712]

In those days, it was also a common practice to skip cannonballs on land into blocks of troops.

[@SigmaJAD]

Knew this for years but your videos bring this genius to a new audience. Kudos. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

[@andrewd7586]

Brilliant video! I’m in Australia & my late father was in the AIF as a Master Layer in heavy anti aircraft unit. He loved the Avro Lancaster & as a kid I bought the Revell model. I still have it some 45-50 years later. A little worse for wear now. I think it was a Dam Buster!🤣 In Canberra War Museum we have the “G for George”, Avro Lancaster. A beautiful plane. To all veterans thank you & to the many now gone, RIP... Lest We Forget. 🙏🏻😥

[@DaniRockandFire]

Real Engineering has quickly becomed one of those channels that really excite me when they upload a new video. Keep it up man!

[@Yathuprem]

How these bomb detonate ? By timer or simply with the contact to ground?

[@jezfrench9435]

Pressure sensitive switch. When it rolled down the dam wall the water pressure at a certain depth activated the detonator and boom!

[@Yathuprem]

@@jezfrench9435 Thanks buddy

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

@@jezfrench9435 but wouldnt the impact on the surface create a pressure-spike that could detonate it? like with watches that are watertight uo to 10m, but shouldnt be used to swim?

[@OCinneide]

@@TheKnaeckebrot Probably accounted for that

[@jezfrench9435]

@@TheKnaeckebrot Pressure build up would only be on the body of the drum, not the ends which was probably where the switch was :-)

[@weasel4-1]

It's nice to finally know the historical and technical background to what inspired the attack on the first death star in A New Hope. The animations underline the explenations very well, keep up the great work!

[@densealloy]

6:18 this segments graphics are amazing!! Your videos are getting to be so..so good. Thanks

[@danielduvernay3207]

Wow this part of history is mostly overlooked nice job

[@samba1199]

It's crazy that I see this video now. I'm living in sight of the Möhnesee, and even though I saw images in the museum nearby, your video was very interesting indeed

[@michaelmassajr.9996]

I love this story! It's so novel, it's been stuck in my head since I watched an hour documentary about it on the History channel in like 2008. So cool that you condensed it like this ✈️

[@barnes0801]

Thank you for such a brilliant video on a subject close to my heart - it's not possible to do a better job of breaking down the Dams raid in such a short video and with such consideration given to the different aspects.

[@SirHenryMaximo]

You should do one about the RAF Vulcan raid on Port Stanley's airfield during the Falklands War.

[@rednaughtstudios]

One of the most epic wastes of fuel ever. One bomb nicked the edge of the runway. Sharkey Ward, the CO of 801 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, worked out in his book, Sea Harrier Over the Falklands, reckons that the same amount of fuel would have allowed for around 260 Sea Harrier bombing missions over Port Stanley and drop about 1300 bombs. Mind you he does seem to have a very dim view of the RAF in general but it balances out when you hear his dismal opinions on the RN flag officers. Probably the only good thing about the Vulcan mission was the deterrent effect of keeping some of the Argentine AF positioned back in Argentina in case the RAF decided to make a trip there instead.

[@SirHenryMaximo]

@@rednaughtstudios, that's very insightful. Still, I think a video pointing out all of this would be good.

[@rednaughtstudios]

Henrique Maximo I think this should be informative if you’re after a video. Just keep in mind that although it’s clever and brave, it’s not necessarily effective or efficient. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnOtamyYfs10jM0

[@SirHenryMaximo]

Thanks, man! I've watched it already. Just thought that Real Engineering could make an interesting analysis of this mission. Including it's underwhelming results.

[@rednaughtstudios]

Tom Marrero-Ortiz and the small detail that a Vulcan could also deliver a nuclear payload to mainland Argentina should one be required. Having said that I have no idea of the weight of a nuclear bomb and if that would effect the Vulcan’s range. Mind you the Argentinians wouldn’t know that either and so it’s still a deterrent/threat.

[@swehunter2000]

Am I the only one who got confused for a minute when the landmass was blue, and the water white..? 7:50 - 10:07

[@andrewmitchell5807]

Legit half the comments are about it. You're not special

[@swehunter2000]

@@andrewmitchell5807 That wasn't the case three days ago, and I never tried to be special. But thanks for pointing that out.

[@Gabriel-fm3ji]

Me

[@DonWan47]

Brilliant video. It’s incredibly hard to describe such monumental events in hindsight. Great job.

[@602gaming]

I have a model dambuster Lancaster that I still have to build

[@TheWhoshoyu]

Another damn good video. This is why I love this channel. So good. I signed for brilliant. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@TheMartieno]

Dam good huh :D

[@GlitchedBlox]

Dam*

[@SukhpreetKaur-er5bc]

You should be a director, your animation skills are already super good!

[@flakmag1004]

He has an animator?

[@thedefenestrator2994]

I thought you said "Dictator" and am rather confused.

[@procactus9109]

Good enough to make water white and land blue. Yeah im confused too.

[@theant9821]

By the end of the war 617 squadron had a formidable reputation, the dambusters also sunk the tirpitz and other high value targets and had become the specialist squadron for precision bombing above any other in the world at that time. If you got to the pub in Scampton village 'the dambusters' its a brilliant pub and a miniature museum filled with stuff to remember those based at RAF Scampton.

[@Brian-om2hh]

617 Squadron also dropped by one day and visited Hitler's Berghof. They did rather more than shake the Fuhrer's ornaments...... sadly, he wasn't home at the time. On 14th March 1945, 617 Squadron finally toppled the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany. During the previous November, the Americans had used over 2000 high explosive bombs and 33'000 incendiaries in attempts to destroy it. By mid-March in 1945, over 7 million pounds of high explosives had been dropped on and around the structure of the viaduct, but still it stood. The Grand Slam bombs finally used to destroy Bielefeld viaduct weighed 20'000 pounds, and were dropped from 12'000 feet. One bomb aimer in the group spotted the "squirt" of mud as the Grand Slam buried itself in the dirt about 20 feet from the viaduct. Eleven seconds later came the massive explosion, creating a crater 60 feet deep and 200 feet wide. Seven arches of the viaduct were destroyed, which measured roughly a 200 foot span. There would be no repairing it in a hurry. Jock Calder, an aircrew member in one of the Lanasters, later said his aircraft had been tossed about by the explosion, even at 12'000 feet above the viaduct.......

[@adamlytle2615]

So fun fact, the CG footage at 6:34 show a plane called "The Lady Orchid", which, unless there was more than one with the exact same name and nose art, was the plane my grandfather crewed in WWII. Tail gunner I'm told. He was in the RCAF - the C being for Canadian.

[@shadbakht]

Please make the oceans blue and the land white, and not the opposite. Disorienting. Thank you

[@DjJooze]

land brown, water blue

[@TheLesserWeevil]

Make the water blue and the ground lava.

[@damoos3.]

yeah i was wigged out by that

[@themirror8994]

"and the land white" *ADOLF HITLER WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@WhoElseLikesPortal]

Land blue, water blue

[@rob3609]

This raid wasn’t just against the Germans but uplifting for the British who had been taking a pounding and took the brunt of the fight for the western allies till this point

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

This was really interesting! Loved the video, really detailed, and you told the story brilliantly!!

[@Conman123Official]

This was a more interesting video than some of your other recent videos, and I think it's because you didn't use as much generic stock footage. All of the video you used was relevant and added to what you were talking about, rather than just giving the viewer something to look at while you talked. Well done :)

[@justandy333]

Great inspiring video but what about the spotlights for nailing their altitude? and the Somewhat crude triangulation tool the crew had for when to precisely release the bomb, that lined up with the towers on the dams. Very surprised these interesting facts were not included. This one seemed to be more of a history montage rather than an engineering one. Still a good video none the less.

[@linecraftman3907]

Looks like we need a part 2 guys!

[@Kakka666712]

Totally agree.

[@oren7404]

You are making a best place in world______Anim && Audio are stunning

[@DecibelPt]

I'm an engeneering student and your videos are one of the most educational things i've came across with! Keep it up

[@TheTAEclub]

Amazing video so much attention to detail that is rarely noticed, especially appreciated. For a video of course

[@milodemarchi]

fun fact: destroying a dam was added to the 1977 additional protocol of the geneva convention as a war crime

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Understandably so, I think they didn't think of it because, well... they couldn't hit the fucking things. They literally couldn't hit the wide side of a barn.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

milodemarchi actually this raid is still legal according to the Geneva convention due to the clause saying that they can be destroyed if they are directly affecting military production or supporting the military

[@cameronmcallister7606]

@flip inheck I fail to see where that would be relevant.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

@flip inheck Yeah, but before this they could not, so there was no reason for the treatice of war to include bombing dams you dolt.

[@Brian-om2hh]

That is correct.....

[@corvus2512]

Ahhh the RAF.... best damn flying force in the world!! Love from America.

[@lennyhards7379]

Thanks america but the revolution was a can of worms From Britain

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

The US Air Force could kick the RAF's ass any day.

[@aljayrankin8353]

@@BXJ-mi9mm it today's world maybe but back in ww2 not a chance

[@nickbullock5510]

@@BXJ-mi9mm can't seem to win s war on your own to this day. So that's funny

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@@nickbullock5510 The US is the world's undisputed superpower. The UK wouldn't last a day. The US leads in war and loves bombing people. Not something the UK should really want to be the leader of.

[@the_plague99]

Loving these historical engineering videos! Look forward to the next 😊

[@JJRicks]

What inspiring and excellently produced visuals to tell such a harrowing and significant story. A huge thank you for the work that you put in to these videos! It never disappoints!

[@nyrou7996]

It's called and written ''Möhne'', it's the region where I live :D

[@Yoyle-jq9ul]

That attack inspired George Lucas’s Death Star trench run

[@RogbodgeVideo]

Footage from WW2 action films was used to plot the Death Star attack.

[@RogbodgeVideo]

@Tom Sanders Check out the Dam Wars video!

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Some of the dialogue from the trench run is lifted straight from the dam busters.

[@Electra_1203]

Thank you for uploading this great video. My great Grandfather worked with Sir Barnes at Vickers con the engineering team, helping design the bouncing bomb.

[@Brian-om2hh]

I've seen one of the 20'000 pound "Grand Slam" bombs designed by Barnes Wallace, specifically to attack bridges and railway viaducts etc. Now *that* is what you call a bomb. It was massive. Only the Lancaster could carry it.

[@Nobody___]

I absolutely love your historical engineering videos, especially on WWII

[@ben079329]

10:30 so it was basically friendly fire 🤔

[@Mrgunsngear]

Very cool

[@timheisler9964]

I live near by the Mohne (written correctly: Möhne) and I am almost every weekend at this lake beach. Since I wachted your video I will see the dam differently. Thank you for this detailed and informative video !!

[@bisschops99]

Very nice graphics, transitions! Explained very well. Magnificent job!

[@EatMyBricks]

6:50 is epic

[@onniramboer]

Could you maybe make a video about the first ion-drive plane develloped by MIT? It looks very interesting and promising!

[@danielzavala8014]

Such a great video, you broke down exactly what happened and how it happened

[@typhoic]

This is one heck of a video! Please make more WW2 topics!

[@BobMcCoy]

*_Kim Jong-un wants to know your location_*

[@economicvase3986]

Destroy Hoover Dam.

[@tylerhoop5312]

Destroy White House

[@yamato3870]

M Kid yes plz

[@Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent]

Why do kim jong un need to know this guy?

[@Wanderer628]

The British invented some incredible stuff in WW2.

[@mugofbrown6234]

The Yanks did a pretty good job too. I've heard that the landing craft came about due to the need for getting stuff around the Everglades. Nicholas Moran did a very good lecture on why the Sherman tank is an under rated but brilliant design. It's on KZbin and worth checking out.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Like radar, and the jet engine......

[@SRFriso94]

Love this, especially the nuance at the end. Yes, losing so many planes was a hard hit, but the amount of resources it took the Germans to recover was unprecedented. Idea for another video like this on precision bombings in WWII: the Mosquito raids on the Danish headquarters of the Gestapo, also by the British.

[@SpaceMissile]

the worst part about defending against dive bombers is that even if you manage to shoot them down, now you still have firey wreckage _and_ a bomb coming directly at you.

[@Brian-om2hh]

That was exactly the reasoning behind the Kamikaze tactics used by the Japanese towards the end of WW2.

[@yungstallion2201]

‘Enter dambuster theme’

[@Tamonduando]

10:17 Holy smokes! So, everybody loses with war, huh?

[@zizkazenit7885]

What an incredible story! Flying your unarmed plane around over flak in a deliberate attempt to divert fire away from the bombers behind you is god-tier ballsy

[@concise707]

That's why Gibson was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross

[@pepgast22959]

Fun Fact: the Trench Run is Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is partially based on these events (A bombing raid on a small target which needed utmost precision and timing to achieve, and multiple failures before one craft finally pulls it off).

[@rancidmarshmallow4468]

with such a need for precision, and such high casualty rates for the crews anyways, you wonder why more countries didn't use kamikaze tactics. the lose of life probably could have been lowered, by having planes fly at extreme altitude, then diving towards the target and crashing into it. sure, they're certain to die but you can send far fewer people and have a much higher chance of success.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

RancidMarshmallow because surprisingly, people don’t want to die Japan only got away with doing it because of how their civilisation worked and with how much they respected honour but you’d be hard to find a willing westerner who will take that sacrifice

[@4thllamaofthealpacolypse712]

@@Alucard-gt1zf and even the Japanese could not get permission until the war was lost anyway.

[@thejesuschrist]

God dam!

[@laxpors]

You could have saved the dam Jesus.

[@RealEngineering]

Dude. The moment we make blasphemy legal in Ireland and you show up

[@laxpors]

@@RealEngineering Was it illegal before?

[@thejesuschrist]

Real Engineering hell yeah! I’ve ALWAYS supported you, I just had to be quiet about it until now.

[@sevenhenson3926]

@@thejesuschrist so how do you feel right now? Maybe pass the torch to Buddha?

[@cormacsmithy3975]

Your videos are fecking top class. Keep it up!

[@russelpea]

I am amazed by the quality of your work. Thank you for this.

[@CybranM]

The 3d scene was nice but the fog made it really hard to see what you wanted to show.

[@smartereveryday]

Comments like this seem like a good idea, but in fact are quite rude and ungrateful for the scores of hours put into this video. Please say nice things.

[@aureoserrano]

​@@smartereveryday Come on Destin, you should know better than everyone that these small criticism helps to build a good channel, and he wasn't even being rude.

[@CrackedTubeGamer]

@@smartereveryday Didn't expect that from you SED, This is called criticism. Some one of your smarts and talents should know the benefits of this. if Real engineering can't take it he shouldn't be making videos... get off your high horse for a moment as hours of work do not equate to unfair praise. As a 3D modeller and designer I know how long these projects take, I also know the benefits of feedback which has improved my work drastically.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

@@CrackedTubeGamer "I spent hours, HOURS making this pile of shit! Please only say nice things!" (Obvious exaggeration for the sake of the point)

[@baylenlucas8923]

Was this the inspiration for the Star Wars Death Star run?

[@jimsvideos7201]

Yes.

[@baylenlucas8923]

Jim's videos cool

[@melodrama9098]

Yes

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@@jimsvideos7201 Source?

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

The trench was an artifact of the production process of the model. I seriously doubt this inspired the run itself, either.

[@andresmonagas7662]

This is my favorite chanel 1. Good explaniation 2. Damn, ITS ENGINEERING

[@bernd4747]

very interesting, it is also important to mention that the height is important when shedding. The pilots built an altimeter from 2 lamps, when both points of light unite to one, the altitude was right.

[@aidanh4719]

Take a drink everytime he says “tarhget”

[@malahammer]

How's your accent?

[@kay486]

using blue for the land in the map was a rather bad idea since it greatly decreased clarity

[@robertrusche9262]

HAY. I'm from Germany and life near the MöhneDamm. It was terrible and frightening as my grandfather would says. All the water at once... But great video! Ist great to see another Perspektive

[@EveryCellAUniverse]

Loving the videos on WW2! Keep up the good work!

[@usptact]

Read about the dam soviets blew in Ukraine in an attempt to stop nazi advances in the early days of the war against USSR. You guessed it, the casualties and the damage was great but not to the advancing german army.

[@bingobongo1615]

Vladislavs Dovgalecs Worst dam destruction was in WW2 China where Nationalist Chinese forces blew damns killing over 200.000 Chinese civilians to slow down Japanese forces.

[@gook9225]

Dam, son.

[@johnb3040]

Superb engineering and historical presentation!! Congratulations to you and your team from an 80 year old amature historian.

[@dunneincrewgear]

Really enjoyed this one! Best video yet! Well done!

[@mikilaursen7838]

well i guess u could say that mission was dam good

[@seasong7655]

Did they get the epic victory royale?

[@seasong7655]

@Alex 2017 some kind of fortnite thingy

[@dasBunny99]

Fortnite shit

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

Attention, all loyal subjects of the Crown. The King is in great danger and he needs your help to wipe out the Germans in Western Europe. But to do this, he needs Alan Turing and a couple of spinny bombs.

[@evose1238]

No, because they didn't give their credit card numbers to VoiceoverPete

[@melodrama9098]

No

[@davesheppard8797]

A great book to read on RAF Bomber Command crews is "Men of Air" by Kevin Wilson. It is filled with amazing stories from the Bomber crews. Some who got out of burning or crashed Aircraft. The big raids over Germany were pretty horrendous for the crews and they were really treated like a disposable commodity. One crew would get shot down or killed and the next day their place would be taken by another crew. They were all volunteers as well. The book is an amazing account of bravery and dedication to duty. Dave.

[@philnicholson291]

This is you best video to date. Some of your best writing and story telling to date as well