British POW Clarence Adams Shares His Stories of Being Captured in 1940

[@PoptartsinChristmas]

Clarence has a very clear and sharp mind at 100, I hope him good health for the remainder of his life (:

[@RampireNZ]

Well said brother.

[@rileydawson6931]

More people need to hear the stories about theis heroes that fought and served so bravely for their country.

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

How fortunate to continue to have these interviews . As a 3rd generation Veteran,,I'm in awe.My grandfather WW1 British Army, uncle WW2 British Army. Myself USAF.

[@craigmcmullen231]

This man is a true hero!! And I hope that he is told that every single day!! He’s a survivor!! It made me very sad when he said he felt ashamed. I can’t imagine being a POW for 5 years. The odds of survival for that have to be low. He’s a true hero, and knowing that men like this exist give me hope for humankind. And I must say, if ever make it to 100, I hope I’m as sharp as he is.

[@craigmcmullen231]

I love these stories!! I obviously never met this gentleman, but wish I could have!

[@20ZZ20]

I think generally most British POWs in Germany survived and were treated okay, although it was certainly not an easy experience. Different story if you were a Soviet or a Jew of course

[@Will_i_am725]

Wow... 100 years old. Looks terrific. God bless you Mr Clarence and thank you for your service. Thank you for sharing your story ❤. I'm sorry you were a pow for 5 years. You had a tough life but you are a strong wise man. I am number 8 out of 9 kids. Thank you for sharing and I'm certain you haven't even shared this with your family. We are very privileged.

[@bkallday1211]

Mr Adams is a true hero. He has no reason to be ashamed. I understand where he's coming from but if it wasn't for men like him we wouldn't have won that war. This was an amazing video. 👏

[@Zombie_FrieZ]

God bless this gentleman, thank you for your service Clarence!

[@Eireann.]

Thanks for preserving this part of history. No documentary can put it into words the experiences these men went through.

[@dansupergrip]

I would love to hear some stories of Russian soldiers. Do you have any links?

[@Eireann.]

@@dansupergrip theres not much on you tube this one is quite interesting though kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4ralmime7lsaJo

[@Eireann.]

It explains the atrocities and vengeance the red army had heading into germany

[@dansupergrip]

@@Eireann. spasiba

[@charlesflint9048]

It can be hard to imagine from relative security in which we live now in the western world what it was like in the 1940s. These interviews are a treasure and I really admire men like this. They helped save us from totalitarian rule.

[@jien1988]

Thank you for this. Keep on uploading. I know that video editing will be additional work and your channel's purpose might be just for archiving interviews not to present a summarized KZbin video but I suggest if there are pictures, you can also include these just as a short intro or just show on the start of the video so we can just envision how they look like then. Thanks again.

[@lindsayculkin6802]

That’s an amazing idea! I would love to see photos too, as the interviewee talks!

[@benyoung552]

He has a couple videos that he did a little of that n I agree. It’s really nice to see these men when they were young n strong n handsome... It gives you a totally different prospective of how they had the strength to endure the tougher struggles of the war...

[@drewtuten1562]

Thank you Mr. Adam’s for your service. You are an inspiration to me; your perseverance is amazing. What a story and told with such detail.. These memories are burned into your mind, it is apparent. Do not feel ashamed, you are a hero!

[@jimconner2402]

Thank you for your service...

[@chrisclark4640]

Thank you for your service Mr Adams xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@GTX1123]

Exceptionally coherent for 100 yrs old and he looks more like he's 85.

[@hawkmaster381]

He and all POW’s have no reason to feel ashamed. Just by being a prisoner took away resources that the enemy needed to fight.

[@drewtuten1562]

Well said, he was brave enough to keep pushing on and saw through the other side. What an inspiration, it hurts me to think he felt ashamed.

[@joannewilliams4289]

Thank you for sharing your story. He is one of many that helped to put great into great Britain.

[@5153flash]

Im 54 and dont feel well most days,,I couldnt imagine being 100

[@scottscott232]

What a remarkable man. What amazing memories told with such vivid descriptions. I had Google maps open at the same time as his describing events, and charted his journey: Amiens, Rouen, Saint-Valery, Bussy, the river Somme, marching through Arras, Armentieres, and Lille, and into Belgium. This would have been a march close to 50 KM. Ghent, Zuiderzee, Maas (Meuse) Canal, Lower Rhine, Wesel, Hanover, Lamsdorf (POW Camp), Silesia, Stalag B, Ratibor (Raciborz). This list continues. But how does he remember all these places at the age of 100? I can hardly remember where I went yesterday.

[@RememberWW2]

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[@Will_i_am725]

Man.. Sounds like the shells got a lot of attention... cleaning and rubbed with lint seed oil. God bless you sir and thank you for your service . Thank you so much for sharing these intimate stories with us. You had incredible experiences. Your recall and level of detail is amazing. Thank you Rishi for the excellent interview.

[@aussieshooter5358]

A true gentleman you are Clarence mate!

[@Fifty8day]

What a great man. What a fantastic interview. I wish I recorded my Dad and Mum who were both in the 2nd world war.

[@RememberWW2]

Thanks for watching this video Peter. I would appreciate it if you would consider subscribing if you have not already done so! We are aiming to hit 45,000 subscribers this week in order to have more people watch these incredible stories!

[@hilldwler420]

So matter of fact. Goes to show just how tough and hard working this generation was!!!

[@TheMASDrummer]

Thanks for these videos. It is essential that every young person sees these as part of their overall education.

[@sassyt1545]

Mr. Adams’ recall, with dates, is amazing.

[@bubiruski8067]

Incredibly fine Gentleman. I hope he gets 200 years !

[@nikreikalas6886]

What a honest man…God Bless Him.

[@robbiemcc4355]

Excellent interview, great work.

[@RememberWW2]

the WWII Veterans really saved the world!

[@bullhead900]

I am sad that this man feels that he did nothing. The man has zero to be ashamed of!

[@HistoricPlum6269]

Thank you veterans for your service

[@jimksa67]

Quite a guy! God Bless em!

[@agnivabanerjee3983]

Respect!❤️❤️

[@thomasshepard6030]

My uncle was captured at st valery he was with the rear guard action so the British army could get of the beach at Dunkirk he was with the black watch attached to the 51st highland division he spent 5 years in a POW camp in Poland

[@Nerd4LifeTV]

Ya've gone un lost ya Yorkshire accent, lad. Nowt worse, am tellin' thi ;) I really enjoyed this interview. Thank you for your service, Clarence.

[@ubejhane1384]

My father was a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. Served in the Western Desert

[@jtns2845]

my maternal uncle was in the 28th infantry division and captured in luxemburg in dec 1944. he was murdered by his german captors in the berga labor camp in apr 1945. the germans perpetrated war crimes against allied pows of all nationalities and creeds.

[@shaquileoatmeal7365]

Sorry to hear that

[@nervousordo]

This episode says different. Don’t believe the propaganda.

[@AnthonyEvelyn]

🙏🏾

[@fascistalien]

WOOOW

[@davidgaston738]

both my parents were in the military and so were all my uncles my father and uncles were all front line soldiers one uncle was blown up in a tank seriously wounded and taken prisoner by the germans my father was a commando my mother was a waff on bomber airfields, after the war my father and uncles had an ex german pow as a close friend, who would be invited to family events he was an ordinary guy who lost his family and stayed here in britain after the war; and my father and his brothers would not tolerate byas towards him from others; and just like clarence adams would say to those who espouse war they would be told dont talk about war because you dont know what it means. no more wars;

[@smithraymond09029]

Some of these comments........sheese. This guy is 100 years old. Lets have some patience please.

[@gutholz4443]

I misheared Royal Archery

[@alecpayne18]

Wow just look how he pronounced his name, this is an old school Yorkshire accent

[@sichere]

No Medals for those that were captured at Dunkirk and spent 5 years as a POW

[@hilldwler420]

Would like to say thank you to these our British “cousins “.

[@misterpogi1352]

Yea. After Poland war was declared but nobody attacked for a while until the Germans attacked.

[@Chadhogan111]

X1.5 speed

[@smithraymond09029]

Um, he's 100 years old........

[@Chadhogan111]

@@smithraymond09029 Yeah, no shit. It wasn't a criticism idiot

[@tomw9875]

"How did you feel about that?" generally is not a good question.

[@RememberWW2]

Why?

[@tomw9875]

@@RememberWW2 "How did you feel about that?" "bad"

[@RememberWW2]

What would you recommend I ask instead?

[@tomw9875]

@@RememberWW2 as much detail as possible. "From which port did you sail?", "Where did you do basic training?", "Where did you go to high school?" "WHat did your father do for a living?" details!

[@tomw9875]

@@RememberWW2 "Where were you when Pearl Harbor was attacked?", "Where ere you when Hiroshima was bombed?" etc...

[@grandadlovestheo2387]

👍🇬🇧

[@milessheppardson3008]

Stop asking stupid questions and let him tell his story

[@davidca96]

and stop putting 4.5 million ads

[@hansmoss7395]

You are right, these questions are really very stupid. Should let the man speak.

[@hawkmaster381]

And yet another recollection of kind and humane Nazis in prison camps. I hear this a lot. They weren’t all bad.

[@philipnestor5034]

It depends what nationality AND religion you were when it came to being a prisoner of the Germans. My father was in the Polish Army fighting in Warsaw in 1939 and was eventually captured and the treatment wasn’t that great. Poles and Russian POW were considered sub human ( Untermenschen ) and if you were aJewish soldier they were usually shot through the head in front of the other soldiers.

[@mikemueller3552]

Nazi’s / SS ,generally only guarded Jews, gypsies, political prisoners. Also Russian. However allied’s were for most part guarded by German regular army.. BIG difference! German regular officers & soldiers hated the nazi’s & SS & Panzers units!!

[@msotil]

England declared war on Germany, not the other way round (8:20)

[@CLARKE176]

It’s Britain.

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

​@@CLARKE176 England Britain. 6 or 1/2 dozen

[@CLARKE176]

@@Ronald-hx6zn it’s all Britain.

[@jeremyelms611]

Halfwitted interviewer with no apparent knowledge of WW2. The interviewee deserved better

[@RememberWW2]

Can you please be specific about what issues you have with the questions Sir…the point is the get the veteran to say the story in their words so the questions can be edited out…no need to make snide remarks. What are you doing to preserve the stories of these veterans? Thanks and GOD BLESS!!

[@jeremyelms611]

It appeared you had no idea about the phoney war or that it even existed. Basic knowledge of the subject should be a pre requisite. My comments weren’t underhand it was my opinion. I’m sure you’ll do better.