How Allied Pilots Embarrassed the Nazis

[@ryanprjgamingchannel9437]

Even in war, humor is never tarnished It can be used as morale damage when you embarrass the opposing side

[@StabbyJoe135]

Psy-Ops

[@geographyiscool8661]

Emotional Damage!

[@brenttonbmx]

Fr like tomahawkin the king slayer, morale damage

[@greywolf5590]

Or morale building for your side

[@rem700sniperplaystationnet9]

And a morale boost when you do something rediculous to your enemies

[@mrmelon4444]

Imagine getting a job at a factory and you’re excited to build war machines and vehicles for the troops and then the boss is like, “the frontlines need 30 inflatable tanks by Tuesday get working”

[@nfullenwider]

I'd think it was funny

[@bullseyebob4160]

I'd be getting a kick out of it as a factory worker.

[@bigred212]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@johngialousis3041]

They probably loved the idea. I would imagine you might need a good laugh once in a while during such circumstances.

[@boermed]

in the second world war making fake planes tanks trucks and boats was a very important part of the war effort . look up Jasper Maskelyne . he was a magician bought in by the British armed forces to help the war effort . he once fooled the Luftwaffe by moving an entire city over night . made fake army camps and air bases moved rivers . very clever man . smoke and mirrors are a great tool

[@frogs7466]

I like how this dude turns a 3 minute story into 8 minutes of repeating himself but in slightly different ways

[@ThomasBagleyWW]

I was just comming here to say that. Feels like it was just filling time to get to 8 min. Don't get me wrong, it's a great and interesting story, but it felt like video click bait.

[@xeroz_405]

I was thinking the same thing

[@JLvatron]

Way too long.

[@adamtoakley]

I was thinking the same exact thing

[@FireTheNuclearMissiles]

He's here embarrassing us by wasting our time (joke)

[@Lichdemonz]

The people who specialized in making the fake equipment on both sides must have been the biggest shitlords and trolls imaginable. *salutes*

[@anubhavpal5782]

XD

[@yorn2577]

Memelords

[@oriontigley5089]

MadLads

[@rem700sniperplaystationnet9]

The true O.G. trollolols

[@viniciusdomenighi6439]

No, they were people with a strong conviction to do good for their country in the face of a threat of extermination from a genocidal power. War is no joke, just think of the millions dead, millions of children and old people burned and pregnant women with their bodies full of holes. This is the true picture of war. These videos do humanity a disservice, romanticizing the unromanticable.

[@alexwestman8289]

I think it was a good move to drop fake bombs on the fake planes. It sent a message that their tactics were pointless.

[@nathanjasper512]

I've got mixed feelings about it. Maybe it's better to let them think their tactic is working. Keep building fake bases and staffing them, and we'll just ignore them.

[@alexwestman8289]

@@nathanjasper512 you make a valid point

[@adamhbrennan]

Sun Tzu would say allow them their useless actions

[@ProtoAzula]

@@adamhbrennan "never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" - Sun Tzu, Art of War

[@luodeligesi7238]

He did say that the Allies had fallen for the fake bases and wasted resources blowing them up before, so maybe by fooling the Germans into thinking the Allies could reliably tell when the bases were fake, it would discourage them from making the fake bases.

[@featuresnobodyaskedfor]

I find it so fascinating as well as haunting to think of all the untold stories from ww1 and ww2. Millions of peoples lives changed completely then ended abruptly, with the stories of what happened in between never being told. It was truly a time where you could see both the best and worst of humanity.

[@you_mad]

the wrong people won the war.... now look at us as covid slaves over a COLD..... i hope china can eliminate this suffering...

[@lmul1441]

@@you_mad China is behind Covid. Also the Evil Germany would have been far worse than these mild annoyances we call lockdowns.

[@lmul1441]

@@_-HaKooNa.MaTaTa- my point is more towards the Chinese government not the people. But I admit my comment does make it look like I blamed China as a whole. My bad. I heard the US chief medical guy was in on the research but I forgot about that but that begs the question, why is the US helping a nation it see's as a possible future threat research this stuff.

[@Remembrance1776]

The world has not changed since then. The Genocide in Uganda, the ethnic cleansing in the balkans, the cultural revolution in China and many more. Millions have died since the world wars for similar reasons but people say never again like it’s somehow different…

[@rjmac3001]

Hundreds of millions

[@soupfork6357]

Trolling the Germans is such a British thing to do lol🤣

[@zu1200]

Tomfoolery

[@MichaelSHartman]

Some English would troll the French if they could get away with it.

[@anthonypyritz2927]

Trolling the French is a human thing to do. I mean they are French.

[@shadowcat9904]

Yup

[@BRITISHFURY_1664]

No matter what u do u can't take our humour and courage

[@timbrwolf1121]

I believe decoys will make a comeback soon if they have not already. We have the technology to 3D print a fullsize replica of a tank. Not that anyone has specifically done this yet.

[@smugundan2827]

it already did

[@timbrwolf1121]

@@smugundan2827 Well there you go

[@bobthegoat7090]

It would probably be easy to determine what material they are made from. You may be able to make plastic look like metal in the visible light spectrum, but other spectrums react differently to plastic and metal. For example, you could use microwaves to figure it out, as they react differently to metal and plastic. RADAR tech also uses microwave, so it would probably be an easy tech to develop. You have probably heard about people that have gotten plastic stuck in their body but doctors was unable to find it on x-rays because plastic is invisible to x-rays. P.S this comment was researched for 10 minutes plus using my own knowledge of physics, so take it with a grain of salt.

[@feosty5526]

Tanks nowadays are equipped with thermal imaging it will be quite easy for them to differentiate real and fake tank

[@launchtexasintothesunforev9551]

I mean with heat signatures and ffs, vehicular decoys are kinda a waste of resources (barring a super specific mission). With the same resources you could make a distraction force

[@Panservogn]

Imagine if they dropped the wood bombs a couple times, and once the germans were comfortable enough, they dropped real bombs and no one ran to cover.

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Pretty sure that would fall under psychological warfare, not to mention unnecessary waste of a bomb and would have made the British look cruel in the eyes of Germans

[@1pcfred]

That's what we did before we nuked Japan. We flew sorties just like the nuke attack runs prior to actually dropping the bombs to get the Japanese used to seeing planes. Was a flight of three bomber aircraft. One that had the bomb and two observer aircraft. After a while they saw those three planes and thought nothing of it. Then one day, boom!

[@Xer0280]

the ultimate troll

[@theepicd3910]

Too much trolling 💀

[@TimpBizkit]

@@1pcfred although I don't see the point in murdering more civillians.

[@XenoFireStar]

this man told the whole story in a minute and a half, then spent the next 6 minutes just rephrasing what he already said.

[@mrdarren1045]

Thats called being American

[@khalee95]

A smart move would be a decoy base that wasn't a decoy.

[@JEB2024]

😆 Right? Imagine crying wolf soo long, then surprise them with Blitzkrieg!

[@uhtred7860]

Or, a decoy base that wasn't a decoy......that secretly WAS a decoy! ...That was a real base. That would really bamboozle them :-)

[@markfryer9880]

@@uhtred7860 Getting into Get Smart territory here!

[@dj1NM3]

@@uhtred7860 That might not have been as difficult as you imagine, at least during WW2. A fake airbase with a useable runway and enough refuelling capacity for one or two aircraft a day. Have one or two real planes a day land, pause a while and then take off, so there's real activity mixed in and around around the decoys.

[@tHEHEAd1138]

Wouldn't that just be a base...? 🤷‍♂️

[@ScienceChap]

The fuel used on this raid would have been a drop in the ocean. The allies never had a problem with fuel supplies. The UK built up huge stocks of high octane petrol before WW2 started. The allies were able to secure stocks from the middle east and the United States. It was rationed for civilians, but there were rarely occasions when fuel supplies were short.

[@kdrapertrucker]

It is common for military men to do silly things in war. During Vietnam the U.S.S. Midway once launched a strike that used up it's remaining bombs and one of the aircraft didn't have a full load, so they found a broken toilet that had been replaced in one of the ships heads, and rigged it up to hang from the weapons station. They dropped it on North Vietnam.

[@RandmAnimal]

I’ll call that an explosive diarrhea

[@Comedy_Gold]

I can't believe if someone got crushed by a toilet in the middle of the jungle.

[@robworkman7495]

They still use the toilet to this day. 😂

[@douglasgreen437]

@@Comedy_Gold They were Flushing out the enemy...🤣😅😆😁

[@VideoGameWarlord]

Honestly I encourage anyone to look into British Intelligence services in WW2, it's renowned for very good reasons. Along with Alan Turing and the Enigma machine as well, good to look into.

[@CrazyAlaskanCoDShot]

The British really were the master of trolling during WWII 🤣

[@franklinsinclair6865]

Probably the best use of "troll",I've yet to encounter,well done 👍

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

They once worked with Norwegian resistance fighters to put laxatives in tinned fish that were used to supply Germans submarine crews far off in the Atlantic... It worked with great effect.

[@pricelesshistory]

The "wooden bomb" shown at 0:43 is a "Mark IV Aircraft Float Light" (look it up!) and was a mass produced signaling device, often erroneously linked with this story. As for story, stranger things have happened, so possibly true.

[@uhtred7860]

I also had a laugh at how Germany and its armed forces that fought in WW2 have become "The Nazis". Future generations will probably never know that the Allies fought Germany in WW2. :-))

[@CaptainKeen]

I mean, why make a special wooden bomb if that would do?

[@uhtred7860]

@@CaptainKeen Because the "Mark IV Aircraft Float Light" is tiny compared to British 500lb or 1000lb bombs.

[@pricelesshistory]

@@CaptainKeen It had a battery, lamp, with a specific purpose so was already reserved. Would be a waste of resources to use that.

[@roguevector1268]

I've heard a retelling of this story which said that the bombers used were not the Lancasters shown in this short but Mosquitos. The important thing about Mosquitos is that, unlike other aircraft of the time, they were made of plywood. Wooden bomber dropping wooden bombs on wooden airfields.

[@matthewwilson5019]

Well wood you believe that lol

[@FlyingDoge1337]

Call of Duty Wooden Warfare

[@matthewwilson5019]

@@FlyingDoge1337 lol 😆 good one

[@mrdarren1045]

Yeah I doubt they have used their most precious heavy bomber to drop wood

[@top_banananaplays]

"What did you do during WWII Grandad"? "Blew up a tank" "Wow that's cool" "A rubber tank blown up with air"

[@MrBeard17]

"I blew up 50 tanks in 1 day" "Wow, How did you do that ??" "I operated the finest German air compressor unit"

[@yourgreatestnightmare3755]

@@MrBeard17 BRRAKA MONOGGGAAAAA!!

[@sallyphilpin1104]

I just mentally pictured someone accidentally connecting helium tanks to the fake tanks instead of compressed air with the result being the tanks floating away on the breeze.

[@ColonelMetus]

This would also work against Magneto, he was once defeated by a wooden gun!

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

As a society, we need to be cautious of history repeating itself.

[@spartainwarrior6445]

What, humiliating nazis shouldn’t happen again?

[@joevollbach4099]

If you are suggesting that i should NOT throw fake explosives at my enemies and possibly neighbors, then you should be aware that the process has already begun, and resistance is futile.

[@siddhartheaswar959]

@@spartainwarrior6445 i mean... before humiliating them we gave them half of europe and the medditerrenian under the rule of a crazy silly mustache man so uhh yeah.

[@ssaunders1122]

@@spartainwarrior6445 we shouldn't let them rise to enough power to need to resort to humiliation tactics. But we definitely need to keep this move in the books for later use.

[@spartainwarrior6445]

@@siddhartheaswar959​ do you have a sense of humour, I'm genuinely interested

[@jsantana3145]

This video reminds me of how I used to write high-school essays that had to be a certain length but had no more information to write about. I really enjoy this content though! Keep up the great work!

[@busman7228]

I agree with you J. Video goes on and on repeating itself.

[@hairlesswizard8818]

I was looking for this specific comment lol

[@TheMaritimeHorror]

Yes. I thought the same thing. Just repeating and repeating after the first minute and a half or so.

[@steven7385]

I had to give a six minute talk on Albania when I was in high school. This was in 1978, when Albania was behind the Iron Curtain. I repeated myself about twenty times about where it was and what crops were grown there.

[@tonyhaynes9080]

It’s like the summing up of your assignment for uni.

[@syrathdouglas1244]

Reminds me of a part in a book series. They knew the enemy could hear them so they spread out and began giving orders for nonexistent weapons to be sent to nonexistent squadrons. Enemy sent half their forces to go get backup and ended up being defeated as a result.

[@ripnob]

The axeman who defeated the tank? but exaggerated a bit?

[@ogge8375]

could you do a video on the night witches? they deserve much more respect than they've ever had

[@lethalwolf7455]

They were so awesome! Even heard they turned their engines off to glide over enemy positions quietly before dropping devastating blows on them! The Germans called them night witches as an insult, and they embraced that name with pride👍🏻

[@ogge8375]

@@lethalwolf7455 yes perhaps some of the best fighters of ww2 even tho they lacked equipment and had to fly with old planes, wooden plains and training planes, while being disrespected by other soldiers and not being allowed to fly in the victory campaign of the war because their planes are so slow.

[@Rahotepppp]

What about Filipino farmers

[@draken571]

Tamans

[@thefortemfortispandorian8333]

Undetected, unexpected

[@glenjohnson9302]

Deception was a huge part of war. My last job in the military was PsyOps and its very interesting to study Battlefield Deception through history.

[@mikecimerian6913]

Winning battles without having to fight them is the high mark of military intelligence.

[@sacredaura2362]

6:05 . "French cost", proceeds to mark the north spanish coast

[@Kert69]

I was looking for this comment

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

How about a story about how certain battles were interrupted by troops from both sides honoring a truce and actually meeting each other. Like the Christmas day truce. I even heard that one battle was put on hold so that a ball game could be played by the troops.

[@thefortemfortispandorian8333]

SILENCE Oh I remember the silence On a cold winter day

[@murraystewartj]

Just search for the video by John McCutcheon, "Christmas in the Trenches". That Christmas of 1914 saw many such truces, some of which lasted for days. Drove the generals on both sides crazy as they had do deal with soldiers who realized they didn't have much interest in killing strangers and, in some cases, new friends.

[@Magezzz]

Yes on christmas day the british and germans stopped fighting and had a game of football together. The next day they started shooting at each other again

[@mrdarren1045]

@@Magezzz and that ball definitely crossed the line

[@warrenchambers4819]

In the book Combat crew about a American B-17 bomber crew flying from England there is a story about dropping a bicycle. It seems the night before their final mission the other crews began fighting over who would get their bicycles after they left. The argument kept the crews up late into the night. Not appreciating this the crew about to fly their last mission loaded the bikes into the bomb bay and dropped them on Germany. That settled the argument

[@busman7228]

Warren your grammar is terrible

[@warrenchambers4819]

@@busman7228 And?

[@markcantemail8018]

@@busman7228 Warren,s Grammar is a Decoy ?

[@bene5431]

Busman, get your own grammar right before you comment on other people's grammar!

[@mrdarren1045]

They could have at least dropped them on Holland so they'd get some use

[@twosevenleft7439]

The same thing happened in Denmark at Karup Air Base (Grove). The Germans build a 1/3 scale air base south of the real air base. All with fake planes which the allies dropped wooden bombs on.

[@kiwicatsss7853]

This is true I remember reading a book about ww2 decoys

[@blakerichardson2838]

thank you for the conformation kiwicat

[@samkangal8428]

I wish the whole war would have been like that .

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I can’t wait for someone write an SCP tale inspired by this so I can watch Dr. Bright troll people on the other channel.

[@antfrancis1406]

6:05 yup, that's France alright, no doubt, you couldn't possibly, in no way, be wrong (Anyway, loved to hear the story after seeing posts online, thanks for the effort)

[@strikereureka345]

Yup totally France and definitely "totally" not spain

[@lunarispro9802]

Yeah that's actully paris

[@kimchi2911]

I can literally hear the British saying to the Germans: ‘emotional damage’

[@prequall]

Cringe

[@kimchi2911]

@@prequall yes yes c r i n g e

[@maxortega4690]

Early 20's or late TEENS?? Hasn't that always been the norm? I served from age 18- 24, the age at which we feel invincible and death is something that affects someone else?

[@ryanpiersonthebananalord6611]

Thanks for serving bro

[@Topesz]

salute for you 🎖🎖🎖

[@theletter5664]

The British in ww1 and 2 were a funny lot, we had put out various songs and niches designed to be comical in a time of the worst possible place to be in, i.e. "We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line" and the "Frey bentos" landship mkv, aka a tank named after a brand of canned meat. If all you do in war is stay all serious like, is how you'll lose. That's why our pilots had higher morale and rest during the BoB

[@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M]

This is great. It's nice to see that people, even on both sides, were still able to laugh even in such a miserable time in human history. Many historians and other officials proclaim that the first half of the 20th century was arguably the most terrible time to be alive in known history. Generally speaking for humanity as a whole and individuals in general across the board/globe.

[@MLeoM]

The war was also about self-respect and respect, and dropping decoys in enemy decoys were a way of publicly showing and saying "we're way ahead of you" even when all the people in the world couldn't see it directly or know about it.

[@penmaker2525]

One of the best pranks in history that's actually pretty funny.

[@bobhill3941]

Interesting as always. I knew about the fake landing at Calais to divert the Germans from Normandy on June 6, but I didn't know about this.

[@1pcfred]

No one landed at Calais. They flew bombers in a pattern that made it look like a flotilla was approaching. I think they also dropped window too? Window was strips of aluminum foil cut at a length that gave them a radar signature when dispersed in the air.

[@Blackguy10]

This has reached legendary meme status for decades

[@WinterGamesYT]

Nazis: build fake airfield Allies: "really, ni**a?" "Look at this duuuuuude!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@paul8161]

I love the state of the art graphics..amazing. 😂🙄😏

[@luacs6174]

Your video on what would it be like to be immortal really touched me I would love it if you can make it part 2

[@axisthefirst]

6:05 ah yes The French Coast

[@plymouth5714]

Very good article apart from the rubber paradummies dropped on D-Day - they DID fire back! That was the whole point of them, when the hit the ground they triggered an electrical charge which set off a series of fire-crackers which looked and sounded just like gun fire in the dark. This was what prompted the Germans to send reinforcements rushing to the scene before they realised it was a trick.

[@ElectronParticle]

That's one of the top 10 biggest pranks in the history

[@lalo-kt4te]

I think they found out when the planes weren't flying out at the base.

[@permafrostinsanity1799]

It was so thoughtful of Britain to wait until the airfield was finished before dealing the final blow…….or in this case dealing “the final laugh”

[@OutlandishAxe]

They may have not struck a actual physical blow with the wooden bombs but from a psychological standpoint that's definitely a strike to the enemy in my book 👍 and getting your enemy to waste as much time and effort on a project just to tell them that it means nothing anyways... awesome 🤣

[@empice2k]

“In World War 2 the average age of the combat soldier was 26, in Vietnam he was 19.” - Paul Hardcastle.

[@mrdarren1045]

Nnnnnn 19?

[@empice2k]

@@mrdarren1045 😂🤣

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Good story, but I feel they repeated their talking points so often this video could have been a Short.

[@Born2DoubleUp]

I'm here! 😎 Great video, just posting a comment to show some support! Keep up the good work. 🤙

[@nfullenwider]

In that one moment, the British decided to play "got your nose" with the Nazis, and they won.

[@wesleymiller6674]

6:05 "I think we went a little off-course. And why are all the Germans asking "que pas"?"

[@alexrichardson3398]

I like how the british still had humor during the war😂

[@1pcfred]

You had to be some kind of a joker to ally with Bolsheviks.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

The inflatable tanks would be an AWESOME beach toy!

[@Hilts931]

Apparently, the beaches of Normandy are in Spain..

[@Shadow1ncarnate]

I love your videos.I watch them the second there released

[@ChickenisaBirdOG]

My opinion on why this might not be real (no hate): 1. There is no actual proof that it happened. We only know that it came from a journalist who might have been faking it the whole time. 2. If anyone knew that their enemy is plotting a plan secretly like making a base of wood, they would not respond to it with a wooden bomb, they would just wait and spy it so that the enemy keeps on wasting their resources. Why would the enemies try to finish it if their enemies already knew their plan. 3. Come on man, it's WW2, why would anyone try to make a joke while their friends are dying. A lesson that I've learned today is to not say anything without the proper knowledge of it.

[@Jhunter2007]

My guy, a.)the wooden bomb is in a museum, b.)the uk government released the files on the mission c.)they did leave it until they had finished so the Germans were wasting resources and time and money c.)it wasn’t a joke, the Germans were trying to get the allies to bomb the airbase

[@ViSijGames]

Haha, well done RAF, well done!

[@indianheadlogan]

Just like how US soldiers threw rocks instead of grenades in (either Korean War or ww2 pacific theatre) so that the enemy would have to duck for cover, and throwing an actual grenade every so often, so the enemies didn't actually know which one was real. They (the US soldiers) started doing that because they were running low on grenades, among everything else, and were holding out on a ridge surrounded by the enemy.

[@1pcfred]

Americans in the Pacific theater were extremely well equipped. The infantryman on the ground could count on 1,200 pounds of supplies. His Japanese counterpart had to get by with 6 pounds. And that's why they lost and we won.

[@areagh13]

Legendary. Absolutely legendary.

[@sharcblazer99]

Imagine if this would have ended the conflict and started a trolling war where it was just both sides dicking with eachother, history would be a lot less depressing and a lot funnier if people had collective senses of humor.

[@mrdarren1045]

And Britain would still have won

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@MrJdebest]

I believe that it was in the war on Iraq that when America bombed airstrips there were 3 types of bombs. 1. exploded immediately 2. These bombs were Bobby trapped for awkward defusing 3. These bombs were on a timer and could explode at any time. Made things a lot more complicated than just filling in holes in a runway.

[@superspies32]

The second one has been forbidden. A lot of them still in Vietnam and killed many people each years up to now

[@1pcfred]

What we did was we paid off officers. We flew in plane loads of money and bribed them. War ain't cheap, you know? So we just cut out the middleman and simply paid the enemy off. You'd be surprised what people will do for a lot of cash. Just about anything.

[@MrJdebest]

@@1pcfred Yup, I watched a show on drug dealers. They paid everyone off on the route. Never mind technology or dogs , pay off people to look the other way . It was an eye opener, the money being made allowed for big payoffs for all involved.

[@1pcfred]

@@MrJdebest yeah it's not like you have a choice in the matter. You take the pay off or they find someone else that will. They'll be wearing your shoes too. Because where you are you don't need any shoes. Can't do much walking buried in box underground.

[@reallifeengineer7214]

“A woody for your woody” 🤣

[@playdoughmaster808]

“HelpedA the Allies capture the French coast” *marks the Iberian peninsula*

[@NexeL_NKC]

So this is the world’s greatest ‘finger circle’ gotcha moment in history? I love it

[@masa_sjo]

Allied knew it because Alan Turing broke Enigma.

[@TheMaritimeHorror]

@Alfred Wedmore Glad somebody said it.

[@aaronstewart4040]

Very funny. I just can't contain my laughter when I think about the conversation that took place with a few whiskeys before the plan was signed by the men in charge

[@MattPerdeck]

Why would it not have been sanctioned? Dropping that wooden bomb was a great morale booster, well worth the fuel and the risk to the plane and crew.

[@prjndigo]

On the other hand... this is PRECISELY the humor Churchill had.

[@nox6855]

6:05 ahhh yes Spain...The beautiful French coast

[@Maggot1707]

Those wooden bombs weren't useless. They dealt psychological damage in embarrassment.

[@sheepshaggah8776]

Lol I've heard all of these, gotta love the pranks

[@mikeytaukamo7239]

Cool video very educational video

[@TomPark1986]

Sun Tzu approves.

[@MrBeard17]

No he doesnt. He'd remove you from duty if not execute you for breaking his rules.

[@TomPark1986]

@@MrBeard17 relax.

[@nickywh1t3]

Us English just absolutely love our banter.

[@jacksongibbs8998]

No contest, this is the greatest troll in history.

[@jmanj3917]

I'm just happy to hear that at least the narrator knows the difference between "might" and "may".

[@wingman897]

Fun story but I have my doubts. Snopes also questions it's veracity. What strategic advantage was there in giving away this Intel to the enemy? Also the idea that top brass probably didn't ok it implies lower level personnel we're making decisions about exposing allied intelligence? Also, also, isn't this kind of Intel highly restricted? This makes it seems rank and file knew all about it and came up with this scheme over poker.

[@supernerd4623]

Morale is still a critical resource, and an opportunity to generate allied morale while making the enemy look like right fools for little cost (this decoy was pretty close to Britain all things considered) would have been mighty tempting. Also the brits were right trolls and to this day are still quite prideful as a country, embarrassing other nations was and remains a favored pastime for them lol

[@f23-n4t]

@@supernerd4623 well the story isnt true because there is no evidence supporting its

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

Germans: we do a little trolling British: we do a little trolling to a little trolling.

[@Tbt19-110]

If I remember correctly, the British also used a Mosquito bomber for this. (Which was made out of wood) 😂

[@gangleweed]

LOL....all of the planes I ever built were made out of balsa wood and paper.....

[@adventussaxonum448]

Would have made sense. Probably the most efficient bomber of the war, taking into account bomb loads /accuracy/casualty rates.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel

[@NickG_]

And we all know how well Germans take jokes. Disclaimer: based on Southpark

[@Koronuru]

British to Germans: You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!

[@randomname1251]

Wouldn’t a wooden “bomb” just shatter upon impact when dropped from the height and speed of a bomber aircraft?

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Depends on the type of wood, hard wood or soft wood?

[@1pcfred]

An object is going to reach a terminal velocity in the atmosphere. After which wind resistance won't allow it to descend any faster. So it really doesn't matter how fast it was going or how far it fell. Eventually it all hits the ground at the same speed.

[@1pcfred]

@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 I would think the determining factor would be what the object struck on the ground. If it's soft mud that would absorb the impact well.

[@MakeItWithJim]

6:05 thats not the French coast the North Coast of Spain/Basque Country

[@BenDBeast]

6:05 that's Spain not France...

[@cl7700]

Those paratrooper dummies aka Ruperts, are very valuable if you could get a hold of one.

[@billhale9740]

I have a first hand account from someone who wrenched on B-24's in England it seems in many runs to Germany the crews got a lot of flak from certain flak towers and the brass were not interested in bombing those well a crew took it on themselves to remedy this a plan was hatched a crew member set off a flare in a coffee can on a stick and held it our a port comunicatiins were made that the bomber had been hit and would have to return to England and they would drop their bombs on a target of opportunity well the series of flak towers was it, they bombed it and for the rest of the war no more flak from that series of flak towers as bombers flew overhead leave to the G I,s to take care of things in spite of the brass. I have no doubt of the veracity of this story as the man who told it to me was part of the ground crew of the unit involved.

[@1pcfred]

They tried to destroy German flak towers after the war and ended up just burying them instead. The structures were completely impervious. They buried them with the debris from the bombed out cities. So yeah no one blew up any flak towers by dropping some bombs on them. Being as they're still there to this day.

[@domoru5264]

That ain’t embarrassing that’s straight up trolling and I LOVE IT

[@AndreS_-df2nw]

It's trolling the trolls.

[@firstnamelastname9215]

I love the Brits!!!!!

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Me too

[@MartyJackson]

They also used inflatables to disguise airfields. The RAF base near me (RAF Northolt, Greater London) had inflatable tractors and farm related things.

[@akramgimmini8165]

Humor in times of Horror

[@lonniehuey5737]

The war videos are my favorite.

[@amg863]

The Japanese were masters at creating decoys? This channel is the master of making a 3min long video last almost 3 times as long. It was interesting but quite repetitive

[@FireTheWolfPup]

Who can't not love these story's

[@auroraotw]

To the person reading this: I know I don’t know you but I wish you the best to what life has to offer💙

[@namelesscare7982]

It's a part of the true nature of war. Fighting sides always try out to deceive or trick each other. No matter which era happens, always the same goes for all wars.