Churchill's Arctic Commandos - Operation Musketoon 1942

The thrilling story of a daring 1942 commando raid on a Norwegian power station vital to a dastardly German plan.
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[@chaunguyen761]

If it wasn’t for Dr Felton, I would have never heard about these soldiers or appreciate their sacrifices for the free world.

[@commiecrusher]

I don't know if I'd call it a "free world". Losing our rights by the week, except these days nobody has the spine to stand up for our rights like our grandparents and great grandparents generations did.

[@jackrainwater7966]

@@commiecrusher you have to sue

[@Groovy_Bruce]

Keep studying history and get back to me on that free world thing.

[@michaelray4033]

The only reason these stories are never told by History Channel, is because it isn't "awesome enough" or "entertaining enough". Mark blows the pitiful History Channel out of the water.

[@bigblue6917]

And there was me thinking it was because it did not include aliens or extinct sharks

[@michaelray4033]

@@bigblue6917 that too.

[@Paladin1873]

You must mean The Hysterectomy Channel. That's what I call it now.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@bigblue6917 Aliens it's always aliens. The Earth is flat and I'm going to get my new tinfoil hat now.

[@KellingtonDorkswafer]

@@gordonlawrence1448 Get more for each member of the "History" Channel too!

[@gwin2719]

I’ve been to sachsenhausen and seen that memorial, it’s good to know they didn’t die in vain

[@nigeldunkley2986]

I always make a special point of taking UK or Norwegian groups to see the small Cdo Memorial dedicated to the gallant Captain Black MC and his colleagues on the way into the camp and also showing people a picture of him in my tour folder. while telling this story. I have been a tour guide for many years at Sachs (as well as many other places) and have been more than 300 times, but this story never fails to make me feel humble and very moved. RIP.

[@woodschofield3080]

Thank you Mark for adding your expertise to this incredible story. My father wrote up the story 'Musketoon' by Stephen Schofield (a Canadian) as a tribute to the incredibly brave men who took part, all of them of his generation. The book is ISBN 0 7057 0034 8. My father knew that some of the commandos had been taken to Colditz so he went there in 1965 (East Germany) on a hunch to see if he could find the resident photographer Lange who had taken hundreds of photographs at Colditz. He hoped that he would have photographs of the commandos assuming he was still alive. He did and the pictures are in his book. He also met Sgt O'Brien and Cpl Fairclough in research for his book.

[@gordonpeden6234]

Yet another excellent lesson in WWll history, well researched, and well presented. Love your work Mark!

[@mryoung0412]

Absolutely! Can you imagine sitting in a quiet pub drinking alone and in walks mark, sits on a stool nearby and says "hello, care to hear a story"?

[@kickingmustang]

Watching this in a sleeping bag at a milsim which starts tomorrow morning. What a way to get the mood for a weekend of war games. Thanks Mark ❤️

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Nohomo bro

[@bpdispatch6433]

kickingmustang airsoft?...

[@stephenle-surf9893]

Good luck!

[@dabutler44]

Get'em 🤘

[@Wuestenkarsten]

So, my Favorit Airsoft Player on YT is also here with the Dr. Felton?? Wow, Great!!! So we share this 2 Hobbys.....:-)

[@trooperturner]

I was a soldier and i can't even begin to imagine the hardships these men faced what a story

[@CFarnwide]

I chuckled at your American pronunciation of “Aluminum”... I’m American but grew up on the old Doctor Who, Black Adder, and other British sitcoms. Ive always pronounced it the British way. 👍😎

[@CFarnwide]

Semper Fi exactly 😉

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

I was a Monty Python & Fawlty Towers fan. John Cleese reduces me to a hysterical basket case. Then, I saw him as "Dr Pretorious" in one of the newer versions of "Frankenstein." Damn, he was good in that role!

[@CFarnwide]

DRAGONSLAYER1220 I know what you mean... wink, wink, nudge, nudge... 😂

[@robertandrews6915]

Semper Fi I think the American pronunciation is correct. Like you said, it would need the extra i

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

@@CFarnwide say no more!

[@armandojr.9805]

Saw the plaque at Sachenhausen last summer, great information Dr.Felton 👏🏻

[@alexdemoya2119]

Becoming suspicious that Mark Felton has access to a time machine he's not telling us about.

[@linda1lee2]

He is British so must have a TARDIS.

[@ice843]

Linda Lee no it’s just the winner writing history as per imao 😂😂

[@magnetmannenbannanen]

im norvegian and this story is one of the great stories of the war, i live close to the place the submarine carrying warheros got sunk on they way to attack sulis.

[@Imtahotep]

Was the action you're referring to on a lake? Or in a fjord? I seem to remember some heavy water (H3) stores being shipped on a lake ferry that was sabotaged by Finnish(?) commandos, sunk in seriously deep waters. Have I remembered correctly? Is this the same operation? RSVP.

[@polyhistorphilomath]

@Terry Harris Rjukan, the site of the Vemork heavy water plant, is in Telemark (in the South of Norway). Glomfjord in Nordland is-not surprisingly-in the North. [Nord Land -> North Land]

[@polyhistorphilomath]

Away from Rjukan off Mæl on the lake is where the ferry SF Hydro was sunk. Its saboteurs were four Norwegians. The cargo was the source material for heavy water production, KOH.

[@yfelwulf]

Look at the result Norway a WOKE country claiming to be the First Feminist state. Destroying its own culture and flooding itsself with Illegals. If these Commando's had fire knowledge of what winning the war would bring to Britain and Europe they would have made the German's look like pacifists remember that while you relish this story.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Exactly. Nothing to be proud of anymore. Their country is being flooded with “more suitable” replacements. Sad to say but a lot of good men died so weak men could sell out their country. How I wish my country had not shed a drop of blood for the world today. The supposed victims are destroying our nations.

[@WildBill-kf2pc]

What Brave men. All heroes. That was a great story Sir Mark

[@bearicade5582]

Mark Felton is great listening.

[@ddoyle11]

It’s always a pleasure to listen to these little known war stories. There must be hundreds of them that never get told. About the aluminum vs aluminium thing; I have heard many Canadians pronounce it that way as well.

[@gordonpeden6234]

USA pronounces Neuclear as "Nooclir" but I forgive them as a Ally!

[@paulleigh7792]

Who cares how the yanks pronounce aluminium as aloominum. They’re wrong so why highlight this illiteracy as if its a virtue!

[@gordonpeden6234]

@@paulleigh7792 piss off moron! Clown face.

[@MajorT0m]

@@paulleigh7792 Our American cousins are not wrong to pronounce it that way, due to some story about the naming of the metal that I can't remember. Doesn't forgive them for 'disorient' though!

[@realhorrorshow8547]

It's something of an open question. I found this some time ago: "Aluminum is the American and Canadian spelling for the silver-white metallic element (number 13 on the periodic table) abundant in the earth’s crust. Aluminium is the preferred spelling outside North America. Neither term is superior to the other, and both are etymologically and logically justifiable. Aluminum is older, while aluminium is more consistent with other element names such as helium, lithium, magnesium, and so on (though let’s not forget there are other -um elements-molybdenum, tantalum, and platinum). Aluminium has the edge in scientific writing even in North America. This is primarily because several influential scientific organizations and publications prefer the spelling."

[@TheTormodbj]

my grandfather was born and lived in the fjord (bjærangsfjorden) where they got ashore, I actually have pictures of my grandfather playing with the rubber dingy they used to get from the uboat. The dingy was confiscated by the local police when they found out that they had it. some other guy in my family (far out) was a local guide for the saboteur group from the landingsite and up to where the glacier started

[@charlesstuart7290]

Probably much more strategically significant than the much better known than the raid on the "heavy water" facility in Norway.

[@robertandrews6915]

Really a bummer when you hear they were executed. Such bravery and dedication. Thank you dr Felton for not letting these heroic men go forgotten.

[@nigeldunkley2986]

The good news is they are not, and this excellent story by Mark certainly has a large audience which will help enormously. Many tour guides at Sachenhausen regularly cover the story, I am one and always do a presentation (to Brit and Norwegian groups especially but to others as well) about Capt Black MC and his men at their memorial. There are two very huge piles of human ash near the execution pit where their remains will be. RIP brave men.

[@robertandrews6915]

Nigel Dunkley well that's great, well the part of telling the story. Here in the US, they don't teach much history, which is sad, if you learn about ww2 it's Pearl Harbor, maybe a little North Africa, d day, Ardennes offensive, and then Germany and Japan magically surrender. Stories like this really bring history to life and make you feel an emotional connection to it. We need 2nd and 3rd generation story tellers because most of the people from the ww2 era are dead and it would really be a horrible thing to forget them.

[@BrettonFerguson]

The Germans did in fact increase airplane production every month from September 1939 until March 1945. They had thousands upon thousands of planes, including by January 1945 hundreds of Me-262s. It made no difference, they had no pilots, no fuel, and no fuel to train new pilots. Pilot training consisted classroom instruction, then putting the trainee in a glider and pushing him off a steep hill. If he survived then he was a pilot. They would get advice from the few surviving veteran pilots leading each group. Whenever the Luftwaffe got a little fuel, the pilots were sent to intercept allied bombers. If they survived they would figure out how to fly better as they went. Air superiority over Germany during WWII had nothing to do with the ability or number of aircraft produced, and everything to do with fuel and pilots. It is easy to understand why in 1942 the English would think German airplane production numbers would affect air superiority. If the Germans had held Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, then aluminum production and thus airplane production would have been the next factor limiting German air superiority.

[@ELCADAROSA]

On a lighter note, every time Dr. Felton mentions Captain Black, I can't help but remember the fictional Captain Black character in Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television series, "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons".

[@foxen1914]

Thanks for telling this story. This is a unknown story in both Norway and the rest of the world. The raid on the heavy water plant in vemork is bacicly the only well known raid in norway.

[@AKmohanrajj1]

Was eagerly waiting for your video Dr. Mark Felton ✌, thanks for making my time worth it ❤

[@JohnDoe-ox5ni]

Truly outstanding bravery against the odds.If only they had killed that sentry in the tunnel .I can't thank you enough Mark for your dedication to bringing this historically accurate account forward to less we never forget what these impossibly brave Few souls did for us all for all our tomorrows.

[@billmmckelvie5188]

Thank you Mark, another war action I was not aware of.

[@woodschofield3080]

Hello, my father wrote up the story 'Musketoon' by Stephen Schofield (a Canadian) as a tribute to the incredibly brave men who took part, all of them of his generation. The book is ISBN 0 7057 0034 8. My father knew that some of the commandos had been taken to Colditz so he went there in 1965 to find the resident photographer Lange who had taken hundreds of photographs at Colditz. He had a hunch that he would have photographs of the commandos assuming he was still alive. He did and the pictures are in his book.

[@benjaminhamel5280]

The water central is a map on Battlefield 1942: secret weapons of WW2!

[@gemboy4307ful]

I'm 63 and used to play Battlefield 1942 all versions you're absolutely right. Love that game

[@bradyelich2745]

Built my second PC just to play BF1942. BF1942 with the Forgotten Weapons mod was my favorite. The Moongamers modded capture the flag map with turbo jeeps was my second favorite. Played that online for 10 years. Just getting back into BF1, but there are not many Ops servers left, only 4 years later.

[@motorrebell]

Yeah great memories ! Anybody playing BF2 Forgotton Hope 2 ?

[@GabrielCCCP]

not exactly. In the game was Telemark heavy water station

[@jayo3074]

I love these little unknown war stories

[@nicksmith9371]

Its almost criminal that these stories are not taught in schools today, what happened was important and had an impact on everyone`s life who is alive today.

[@briguy345]

0:53 I wonder how much (as an Englishman) effort did it take for Mark to say that word

[@leeboy26]

So much he had to sleep wrapped up in a Union Jack and take a shower in tea.

[@februarywhiskeys]

As someone who uses the english pronounciation, it hurts to use the american version.

[@roryhertzog5282]

Being a Yank, I find the British pronunciation easier. Jeremy Clarkson has educated some of us.

[@wobblybobengland]

I'm English and have problems pronouncing molybdenum

[@oldesertguy9616]

@@wobblybobengland don't feel bad. I think most people do, lol.

[@MichaelJBrar]

Rest in peace, Captain Black and his men 🙏🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@mrmosk2011]

Amazing bravery! Great work sharing the story.

[@710carioca]

I am just a single subscriber to both channels. I really like the fact that the show is not interrupted for adds every so often. It would be great to listen to some longer narration videos as well ... I also wonder if your books can be found in the audiobook format ? Anyways great channels and very often more interesting and educational than the ones from cable TV. Cheers!

[@WarStorieswithMarkFelton]

Thanks - some of my recent books have been professionally narrated by actors. Check out Amazon.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

My friend you come up with some...Mighty good stuff...Thanks

[@velocitysnipez1396]

Thanks for this video I was always fascinated with these guys. I hope you get your own Documantary programme

[@rogerkay8603]

Oh yes, the joy of a new Mark Felton episode, never gets old!

[@blogobre]

Mark's voice is just like those old military history documentaries.

[@kawythowy867]

Wow. That’s pretty good story. Thanks for sharing.

This would be a fantastic movie, maybe Netflix

[@bongfuhrer]

You should dig into the story of the british Captain Lieutenant Patrick Dalzel-Job, who was sent to Norway to assist the resistance and later led the evacuation of Narvik. The Commander of Captain Lieutenant Patrick Dalzel-Job was Ian Fleming. It's also a story about how James Bond came to be.

[@gravychipplease]

Here we go again - more new knowledge (thanks Mark!!)

[@matmichaels441]

love your narrated this great video.... keep up the good work!!

[@KokkiePiet]

These plants were Electrolysis plants, not smelting plants. The Electrolysis proces uses huge amounts of electricity to transform the aluminium oxide to aluminium. Smelting uses heat, aluminium is produced by electro-chemical proces

[@Ronritdds]

This electrolytic process is called aluminum smelting. Smelter is not an incorrect term.

[@linda1lee2]

@Blue Terrace Especially since European women aren't so hyper about body hair as U.S. women.

[@CFarnwide]

Blue Terrace I’m with ya... electrolysis??? 🤔😂

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice historic video with clear explaining of that specialist operation

[@johnfisk811]

May I suggest the Milice?

[@billbyfield5985]

Pleeeeease make a podcast of these and put them on Spotify so that I can listen to them all 🙏

[@scotthill2230]

Agreed, Mark should upload his entire set onto spotify.

[@David-il9xw]

I imagine that the commandos operation was complicated immensely by saving the Norwegian power plant workers when they might have set the charges and fled. They sacrificed themselves for others combining bravery and civility: gallantry exemplified.

[@828enigma6]

Made sense militarily as well, as id the civilian workers were not spared as much as possible, the Norwegian citizens wouldn't have near as helpful to this or other covert operations.

[@mikesmith-pj7xz]

I love that you called it a “dastardly German plan.” It’s very Ripping Yarns and completely appropriate.

[@38bass]

Another amazing story brought to us by Dr. Felton. God bless Captain Black’s soul. 🤘🏼

[@doobiejones9388]

Love your channel Dr. Felton. You and The History Guy make my breakfast enjoyable. Then I watch the news. Thank you so much! 😊

[@doobiejones9388]

@Jill Atherton they're awesome 😊

[@markdougherty9917]

the news is lying to you

[@doobiejones9388]

@@markdougherty9917 ok. Been watching the PBS news hour for 40 years. If it was a handicapper and I betted on it I would've won 90% of my bets. On the few occasions they are wrong they let you know. I also recommend Frontline and American experience. You can listen to whoever you like. It's still a free country.

[@MDR-hn2yz]

I actually liked this better than the videos. Nicely done sir.

[@Arkus-Duntov]

I was just bingeing older Mark Felton videos, now I have a new one! Fantastic.

[@robchilders]

Thanks so much for these Mark. I have an idea how much research you do to make these and respect your dedication to put out a consistently well researched and produced videos. Great job.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

I feel honoured to be one of Marks early subscribers when he only had a few thousand subscribers.

[@WarStorieswithMarkFelton]

Thanks for staying the course!

[@NapoleonGelignite]

War Stories with Mark Felton - you keep getting better and better!

[@Fran-fv6pf]

Just brilliant quality content. Love his voice.

[@eisaatana96]

I am also of the old guard of Felton subscribers. I was one of his first few hundred and I knew then that this was something special.

[@markfryer9880]

How long ago did Mark embark on his big European research tour because I was a member well before that?

[@wilhelmvillagracia9670]

So my nephew is doing a report on the dying days of WW2, he asked me some questions...I told him I differ your questions to Mark Felton

[@Stevos-oo2vd]

Its "DEFER"!

[@wilhelmvillagracia9670]

@@Stevos-oo2vd thanks professor

[@Stevos-oo2vd]

@@wilhelmvillagracia9670 :-)

[@footrot17]

@@Stevos-oo2vd we all hate people like you

[@greyone40]

Yes! Send him to one of the best sources for straight up history from the period. I used to love watching WWII documentaries when I was young. In the early seventies there was no video recording them for later, no DVD compilations, and definitely nothing as wonderful as Mark Felton's contributions here on KZbin.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Musketoons could fire most anything loaded into them, and were often filled with nails and shards of glass .Musketoons were designed for close-quarters combat

[@hayden.b1268]

Hey mark I love the videos man. I've got watched almost every single one on both channels. You think you could do more modern history thanks man

[@dxhtz]

“The name is Black. Graham Black.” That’s it. The original James Bond was definitely a Canadian.

[@jeremyatkinson4976]

The model for James Bond was Ian Fleming's own elder brother Peter Fleming who travelled unsupported from China into India. A crack shot he wrote "News from Tartary". He died at a shooting party up on Rannoch Moor the scene of Skyfall.

[@gwheyduke]

Mark - have you read "A Woman of no Importance" by Sonia Purnell? Would love to hear how you would narrate this story! Also "Code Name Lise" I think a movie was made about this English SOE woman.

[@johnberak4851]

As somebody who dreamed of becoming a PhD and wound up with two lowly MA's. I am totally in awe of the years of study, discipline, determination and raw intelligence it takes to become a world class historian like Mark Felton. It's just as difficult as becoming a world class scientist or musician.

[@seanwakey88]

thank you another brilliant story

[@carsons5750]

Very sobering to think how much of a colossal understatement “poorly treated” must be when talking about commandos in Gestapo interrogation.

[@yfelwulf]

Britain executed every German Spy that refused to cooperate no difference

[@davidmorris3981]

@@yfelwulf Commandos are not spies. Commandos wear a uniform. If German commandos had been captured after making a raid on a British power station, they would not have been executed.

[@oldesertguy9616]

@@davidmorris3981 exactly. Commandos are soldiers that aren't pretending to be anything else. Hitler and his ilk were pretty free with their executions of anyone that embarrassed them.

[@alexpaun7384]

Great story, thank you!

[@reichsgeneral6448]

This channel is absolutely great

[@Brucev7]

A1

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

"...or as the Americans call it, ALUMINUM...." Gotta love it! We are also the only English-speaking country that pronounces "shed-yule" "skedule"......

[@CFarnwide]

I chuckled... it sounded like Mark intentionally drew out the “loom” part of it a bit to long 😉

[@8bitorgy]

Who gives a shit?

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

@@CFarnwide Ohhh, I've got a long list of words & phrases that prove America & England are 2 countries separated by a common language!

[@g3heathen209]

Z pronounced zed or rhyming with "ski"

[@g3heathen209]

Or vitamin vit- men versus vit a men

[@willbennett6166]

@9:15 the commandos were sent to Colditz Castle. This was mentioned in the 1972 BBC TV series 'Colditz'. The other British prisoners are worried the commandos at Colditz could be shot. Great TV series in case you haven't already seen it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXSvhI2XnJhgfdE

[@nigeldunkley2986]

Capt Black MC was not actually shot at Sachs but by a sentry at Colditz - such a brave man.

[@HouseholdDog]

There is no way I could ever conceive attempting what these men did.

[@jackwilkes4188]

More great content Mark! Have you ever considered making a podcast, I’d love to listen while on the way to work without having to keep KZbin open.

[@coltonsstuff17]

Amazing. I thought i knew everything interesting about the war. For nearly a year mark has shown me im an idiot for thinking that.

[@petersurdo4984]

You're not alone.

[@demonprinces17]

Schools not teaching

[@ianrichardson3228]

I knew so much that I thought that I knew nothing of this vast subject! But now, thanks to Mark, I know that I know a lot more than before... :-)

[@TyroneSayWTF]

A great story I had never heard before - but strikingly similar to the more famous heavy water raid on the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the Norwegian town of Rjukan. Great stuff Mark!

[@fnln544]

Thanks, Mark, for translating 'aluminium' into 'American,' so I could understand which metal you were actually referring to. Nice touch by the way. Effective mission with great bravery. And, of course, another great audio episode!

[@demonprinces17]

Raids like this made the Germans paranoid and kept 500,000 troops there

[@fanta4897]

Probably the best place to be stationed at if you were german.

[@milos.r3344]

@Frank Teryngel : Think Denmark was better. No bombing of warships, no commando raids, no bad weather and mutch better snaps...

[@fanta4897]

@@milos.r3344 Also true. I wonder how would Protectorate fair against others. I know that germans would prefer it in terms of good beer, and there was really only one strike from special units (unless we count the end of the war when frontline got here as well). But I'm not sure how bad bombing raids were here, I only assume that it was very little since I know of few bombings but we were not nearly as destroyed as others.

[@hotel3667]

350,000

[@benwilson6145]

Churchill had many plans to invade Norway. The British Army. Airforce and Navy were not keen on the idea.

[@thebrazilianhistorian6530]

My teacher asked me how i know so many things, i sent her the links to your channels, i told her "Well i don't think you'll understand anything, but these 2 channels help me a lot".

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

Canadian here. We have absolutely no idea what the words "courage" and "tough" really mean. Thanks again, Dr. Felton, for another story about small groups of men who changed the course of history as much as any large army ever did.

[@bigblue6917]

So true

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

@John Frylock Really? Your argument supporting that, please.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

@John Frylock You know, I really have no idea what the hell you are trying to say, but you're being a real asshole about it, for no discernible reason that I can see. So just fuck off & go bother somebody who cares.

[@davidrenton]

interesting thing about "aluminium" the British used to pronounced it the "American" way but it was changed to the British way as it fell in with other elements in it's sound with others in it's group like "Gallium" "Thallium". That picture of of the plant looks like it inspired many a video game lvl.

[@AtheAetheling]

Is that true? I didn't know that, very interesting. I do know that the American pronounciation of herbs is actually the original English way though so it's something I can readily believe.

[@davidrenton]

@@AtheAetheling i heard it on a chemistry channel, but taking a closer look I'm quoting "British chemist Davey Humphry (who is credit with naming the element) ,Davy's spelling aluminum is consistent with the Latin naming of metals, which end in -um, e.g. aurum (gold), argentum (silver), ferrum (iron)" "In 1812, British scientist Thomas Young[111] wrote an anonymous review of Davy's book, in which he proposed the name aluminium instead of aluminum, which he felt had a "less classical sound" "The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990.[117] In 1993, they recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant;" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Spelling

[@troymadison7082]

I feel my I.Q. points increase every time I watch this channel 🧠

[@frankbarnwell____]

Bauxite, Arkansas. Nevermind Nice Tommy .45

[@thekameleon9785]

Mark please do a video on the amfibious landings by Canadians on the scheld in netherlands

[@bustinbieber1493]

I love how Mark Felton can explain something and make it intriguing at the same time and do it in less than 12:00 minutes. And best of all his videos smoke History Channels crummy episodes that are 40+ minutes.

[@KM-ABZ]

When I was at secondary school I used to get a monthly magazine World at War, I thought that was brilliant great magazine, but this is unbelievable, its fantastic listening 👏.

[@gardenstate732]

The thing is a successful raid isnt always your survival and that really is war.

[@loginavoidence12]

i had installed word 2003 when it was new once, and has clicked "English uk" by mistake speeding through the install. it took me awhile to figure out what was going on when i kept typing "aluminum" and it would autocorrect to this abortion of a word. i was so frustrated i was yelling at the screen as it kept adding superfluous "u's" to my adjectives as well. took awhile to figure out why it kept screwing my work up (or fixing, depending on who's reading)

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Just out of sheer nerdiness I looked up which is 'correct' - aluminium or aluminum, and they were both used from almost the same time. As a Brit trying to say 'aluminum' is a bit like trying to brush my teeth with the wrong hand.

[@leemichael2154]

Another Mark Felton video that keeps us so riveted and clicking on these interesting episodes of history!!! Cheers mark!!!

[@andrewhall7930]

Pistol Shrimp (yes Shrimp in the ocean) Helping the Allies win the Naval War in the Pacific? Why Yes, I would love to hear mark make a video about this Facinating subject...

[@MrGgkirke]

I felt great sadness hearing about the fate of the captured commandos . I am not aware of German war criminals punished for these actions . Perhaps Dr. Felton will do a story on the lesser Nazi war criminals .

[@wobblybobengland]

The myth that British and Commonwealth efforts during ww2 were somehow less relevant than those of the other allies is being put to rest by Mr Felton.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

I guess that's a layman's myth.Dunkirk marked the starting g line 4 a dedicated 1&1/2 years of throwing rounds w/Germany & Italy,as well as fostering resistance.The western🌎saved by🇬🇧🇦🇨🇦🇮🇦🇺🇨🇰🇩🇬🇨🇦🇫🇯🇫🇰🇬🇸🇭🇲🇮🇳🇲🇸🇳🇺🇳🇿🇵🇳🇹🇦🇹🇨🇹🇻🇿🇦like Spartans of the Hot Gates

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

@Bee Hive I would say it was the British empire that stood alone

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

Top story Mark. Have you ever thought of offering your stories to Sky, Netflix or Amazon Prime as they all produce excellent series/films and I’m sure your stuff would fit the bill?

[@TheStugbit]

When I watch Mark Felton videos I have this feeling that I'm on the briefing or initial videos from the Commandos or Close Combat games. 😆 By the way, if I recall correctly, I think in the first Commandos game there was actually a mission where you had to destroy this same power station.

[@hey_joe7069]

Walked to Sweden , Incredible. Boy did that turn out to be a great idea!

[@haroldgodwinson832]

When you mentioned that the SOE was involved, I began to get anxious.

[@ericoxford7069]

Thank you for sharing another piece of WW2 history. These men deserve to have their story told . In regards to the pronunciation of the word Aluminum, I tell my British friends (I'm and American) that we don't speak English we speak American, they mostly agree.

[@ericoxford7069]

@R Owen Yes I am, I have a history of my surname's lineage all the way back to the English Civil War. One of my ancestors (14th great grandfather I think) was a Royalist, a supporter of King Charles I, who was fined and banished by act of Parliament after the war. He then made his way to Virginia to work on a tobacco plantation as an indentured servant. I am very proud of both American and British history and love hearing, reading, or watching anything I can on the history of both countries. Cheers!

[@zulu6ix290]

Outstanding

[@Bj-yf3im]

Leifur Müller, an Icelander who was at Sachsenhausen, wrote a graphic account of his time there in a book called "Í fangabúðum nazista" ("In a Nazi Prison Camp"). A later edition was called "Býr Íslendingur hér?" ("Does an Icelander live here?"). Maybe his story would be material for an episode? 🙂 He never fully recovered from his experience and the man who sold him off to the Nazis lived comfortably after the war thanks to the Icelandic government! 🤬

[@thomasgonzalez7133]

I am enjoying reading Dr. Felton's book Zero Night the Untold Story of World War Two's Most Daring Great Escape. I bought it on Amazon. One day it will be an awesome movie.

[@irondiver2034]

Thank you for bringing heroes of the past to the present. Their selfless sacrifices need to be remembered.

[@952651869]

Fantastic as Always. You should be on the History Channel with your own program. Best Wishes

[@aanunkitch2426]

Huge fan mark ! Im British but born in Norway. We all know about " heroes of Telemark " and this story. Could you PLEASE make another video of NORWEGIAN / NAZI Fighting, if you can find it. I know my grandfather helped the Norwegian resistance during the war. Always a fan. Thanks.

[@jjboyd01]

LESSON LEARNED. STAY IN THE REAR WITH THE GEAR.

[@theodorebennett7938]

Mark, you could do an episode on Max Manus.

[@CFarnwide]

Damn that would be good! What was that movie with Mads Mikkelsen???

[@theodorebennett7938]

@@CFarnwide no, Aksel Hennie

[@gunnargundersen3787]

@@CFarnwide That was Flame & Citron.

[@CFarnwide]

Gunnar Gundersen Ahh... I remember now. Thanks!

[@johnobrien9764]

My uncle. Sargeant Richard O’Brien took part in this raid. He was the explosive expert. He was lucky enough to escape to Sweden and then back to England. He took part in later commando raids in France. He was awarded at Buckingham Palace after the war and died of natural causes in 1969.

[@garypoulton7311]

I was in Glomfjord 14 days ago, the power station is still there, identical to when opened 100 years ago, but there were no memorials to the gallant Commandos, nor info about the raid. There is however a memorial further North, for the Submarine "Uredd" [Uafraid] which hit a mine, onboard was Granrud, amongst the others, enroute for a new raid. Unbelievably brave men.

[@paulbeesley8283]

I understand that the "Commando Order," also included frogmen and "charioteers," That is to say, divers who rode converted torpedos I would have liked to have heard what the 2 survivors did after the war. In all, a most interesting account of a little-known but obviously significant action.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

It's something of an open question. I found this some time ago: "Aluminum is the American and Canadian spelling for the silver-white metallic element (number 13 on the periodic table) abundant in the earth’s crust. Aluminium is the preferred spelling outside North America. Neither term is superior to the other, and both are etymologically and logically justifiable. Aluminum is older, while aluminium is more consistent with other element names such as helium, lithium, magnesium, and so on (though let’s not forget there are other -um elements-molybdenum, tantalum, and platinum). Aluminium has the edge in scientific writing even in North America. This is primarily because several influential scientific organizations and publications prefer the spelling."

[@jerribee1]

Blame it all on Humphry Davy.

[@jeevestherobot]

What a great picture