How British Soldiers Almost Killed Churchill

Discover the story of how a British soldier almost killed Churchill in this thrilling video. Learn about this near-death experience that almost changed the course of history! #war #military #shorts #fyp #flight #churchill #modernwarfare #warthunder

[@ppppp524]

Would've probably been a little awkward if they succeeded the mission

[@jefclark]

can you imagine? such incidents would alter the entire course of history as we know it. sure germany would have lost, but just imagine how much would be different. he'd be an almost godlike martyr in the uk, more than now for sure. naturally by jan 42 the writing was on the wall for the axis. whats interesting is churchill had said the only thing that scared him in ww2 was the 'uboat menace'. this is strong evidence he wasnt lying, for him to take such a risk.

[@Elmhurst99]

just a tad bit

[@OREXX90]

​@@jefclark ohh I see 😂😂😂

[@althesmith]

"We have met the enemy and he is us!"

[@Youcanatme]

@@jefclarkno in jan 1942 german victory still seemed possible. Having just conquered vast parts of the ussr. And had their invasion of the caucuses resulted in a kiev like encirclement instead of a full route they might have broken the soviets enough to get oil from the caucuses. And if Germany had the oil well victory is possible

[@BHuang92]

"British almost killed their prime minister" USS William D Porter: *Hold our torpedoes*

[@benwaitson7462]

Lol you know 😅😅

[@antorseax9492]

A Dutch mob in Rampjaar: 😋

[@kanalkanali]

what is it expl?

[@antorseax9492]

@@kanalkanali They accidentally fired a torpedo at a ship carrying incumbent president F.D.Roosovelt.

[@benwaitson7462]

@antorseax9492 yep and all the ships allways made fun of them at first there was some major tension

[@PegasusB]

"Narrowly, coming into contact with breast". The highlight of many flights.

[@fozzylozzy1131]

Just skirting the tip

[@davidtuttle7556]

Of the Lizard.

[@ishakk435]

😅

[@Bassillixx]

Resulting in many British seamen making a premature ejaculation.😂

[@frankchan4272]

The most nerdy answer as most will not see breast.🤣

[@1988TheGoods]

Even when a Boeing isn't killing you, it's trying to get you killed 😂

[@UlyanovskHans]

The DCD sitting in the corner: really?

[@flareoil533]

Xdd

[@Incadazant01]

Yeah, Boeing is definitely responsible for the people flying the thing. And also responsible for the people that fix them after manufacturing, commonly referred to as "maintenance".

[@commandershortsight]

@@Incadazant01it’s a joke mate. And as to modern incidents, why are Boeings so much more prone to incident than other aircraft?

[@geocachingwomble]

The main problem with Boeing is that they are not only the people that manufacture the bombers and the b-52's at this point they have the worst safety record in history for avaitation since they are basically Mcdonnell Douglas these days

[@junhaowong3878]

Might be a great example of how two incompetencies cancels themselves out

[@bananakin2.070]

well, two negatives makes a positive..

[@noinfo5630]

I think it's pretty arrogant to call any of them incompetent. According to Churchill's memoirs, they flew 10h through fog and could only see one single star occasionally (no GPS at the time) over the ocean, with no external info on weather but unexpected high wind speed... The interceptors needed to locate a single aircraft visually (no on-board radar at the time) in bad weather, at night, given only a vague position... Additionally: - radio silence - German radar jamming - early morning, wintertime, bad weather - did I mention 1940's technology?!

[@GurkenbauerTim]

@@noinfo5630 "Shouldn’t Churchill arrive soon in his plane?" "Oh hey look, a dot on the radar… THAT‘S A LONE GERMAN BOMBER!!!"

[@kaiseramadeus233]

​@@GurkenbauerTimexactly my thoughts

[@Snowycaaa]

@@GurkenbauerTim many old radar displays would not display a dot like they do now. it looked more like a wave and requires actual operation of equipment to determine to position of an aircraft rather than just looking at a screen and knowing where something is immediately. The Germans did fly out bombers over the Atlantic to bomb ships carrying supplies from the US. sometimes bombers get separated from their formation for any number of reasons. Also, Churchill was supposed to come from the west, not south-southwest. So i think its perfectly reasonable to send out interceptors.

[@vitorpereira9515]

These unknown stories from WWII are fascinating.

[@rikk319]

Not unknown, just less well-read about. There's too much history for any one person to read all of it.

[@smoketinytom]

Jeremy Clarkson's Victoria Cross series were excellent at showing off some operations.

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

@@rikk319 YUP

[@jimmymcgill2557]

have you heard the story of the Grizzly Bear that was part of an artillery group, used to help move shells..smoke cigars & get drunk! 😂 can't remember it's name but i think the soldiers were from Finland

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@jimmymcgill2557 I knew this story.

[@ignacio2013abc]

"... And that's how I earned the Iron Cross." - Abe Simpson

[@lunalingo4461]

underrated ass comment XD XD XD

[@kibamasta]

You imagine being the pilot that took out the "bomber" only to find out it was the pm? Oof.

[@quintinebrown3884]

ace combat 7

[@dylanmorgan2752]

@@quintinebrown3884Ah the old Erusian space elevator fiasco.

[@V-S7909]

Summary: Churchill wanted a flight and almost cost him to be lost in the middle of air and ocean and shot down by friendly air force

[@ballbender9thousand944]

Nah , wrong summary -Churchill wanted to flight Home in a Plane , Got lost and almost Got shot down by The German and His country

[@rfdebeaumont]

We're summarizing shorts now?😄

[@Fizylier_Liam]

slightly better summary: Churchill goes back to UK on plane and almost dies

[@ballbender9thousand944]

@@Fizylier_Liam better summary : Churchill almost die, ww2

[@ArcanumMortis98]

Who tf needs a summary of a 30 seconds video??

[@grapeshott]

Imagine an Indian newspaper headlines: "British dictator shot down by British planes"

[@gabrielmontenegro9476]

Would the colonial authorities allow such a publication?

[@OREXX90]

😂😂😂😂 ghanta

[@leonbriski5929]

​@@gabrielmontenegro9476of course they wouldnt

[@kingmarre9130]

Primeminister you mean?

[@princecharon]

@@kingmarre9130 India may have some negative opinions of Churchill.

[@ridvirgo1994]

Hurricane Fighters : Mission Failed Successfully.

[@jaydenyoutubechannel]

Ayyy

[@jaydenyoutubechannel]

Fr thooo

[@johnbeauvais3159]

Imagine had the flight intercepted the aircraft but acknowledged it to not be an enemy, then painting a cigar on the plane for almost shooting down Churchill

[@jamerbunz5768]

Now, do the one where Franklin D Roosevelt almost got torpd but still pardoned the sailors despite almost killing him and a 100+ other navymen while onboard Missouri

[@kevin_aldo]

1 torp wont sink the big mo wtf

[@cannedsquasher5923]

​@kevin_aldo pretty sure it was more than 1

[@russellwhitmyer6764]

Sometimes a roll of dice determines the fate of the world.

[@julesjames593]

This flight originated in Baltimore with a stop-over in Bermuda. My grandfather sent a committee of disgruntled Bermudian leaders to New York that week. So Churchill's surprise arrival as the first Prime Minister to ever visit Bermuda -- which included a rousing speech and singing of "God Save the King" in the Bermudian Parliament -- did not include many of the complainers. These civilians learned the lesson: don't complain about my grandfather's naval decisions during war.

[@mehhou401]

Who is your grand parent ?

[@user-mp3zf5td5q]

@@mehhou401 I found Admiral jules james on google

[@iiiuuj]

@@mehhou401 hes just lying like a old goof

[@dogewoge6580]

Why is it that in literally every ww2 video there’s a larper with a story about a grandfather lmao don’t y’all have better things to do than pretend that ur related to veterans?

[@nateghast6456]

I wonder if the Germans thought it was one of theirs? xD

[@wildgurgs3614]

Not likely since it came from the west and their home country was east of them (Sorry if I ruined the joke)

[@nateghast6456]

@@wildgurgs3614 Nah you're good, I realized that anyways. Maybe they just didn't detect any lifeforms on board.

[@noinfo5630]

German radar wasn't as good yet and mostly focused towards the channel and to protect the mainland. If they detected it, they would probably have thought it to be a correspondence flight from the Azores or North Africa that got off course.

[@Vidocqtube]

They did… cause listening brits radio 😂

[@kelleren4840]

LMAO

[@mrdavies09]

Why is the most North Western part of Wales labelled as "East Wales"?!

[@Sephiroth144]

"Allright. So, the South City is to North, North City is to the West and East City issss.. Also to the North - where the foock am I?"

[@diafol666]

​@@Sephiroth144no wonder the pilot got lost

[@djquinn11]

@@diafol666: Aviators who get lost over Wales are known as Pilot Wales.

[@evananderson1455]

@@Sephiroth144 It's great to see another person of culture. #TFS

[@krokodyl1927]

@@djquinn11LOL, thanks for the laugh 😂

[@anirprasadd]

Please share more of these obscure stories from WWII. They're always fascinating

[@Swift-mr5zi]

How have I not heard of this

[@cbebutuoy]

Possibly because it is an exaggerated retelling of something that sounds good.

[@robholmes-zu5hm]

Where were the soldiers? This should read "British Airmen" not British soldiers. Soldiers don't fly aircraft, not in the UK. None of the crew are called soldiers.

[@MajinOthinus]

Uh, no. Every non civilian member of the military is a soldier.

[@Cray0n-eater83]

Soldier (noun) pronunciation : /ˈsəʊldʒə/ Definition:A person who serves in an army. Air crews, are in fact called soldiers. (source: Oxford Dictionary)

[@robholmes-zu5hm]

Proved my point. The airmen were in the Royal Air Force. Not an army. An airforce. Known as pilots or aircrew. Never ever were these men called soldiers. Not in UK. Other countries can call them soldiers if they want it's just doesn't sound right in the UK. Churchill would've send something like "what the bloody hell are they talking about it happened in the air".

[@robholmes-zu5hm]

Even Navy combatants are called marines not soldiers!

[@MajinOthinus]

@@robholmes-zu5hm Have you missed secondary education? *Every* non civilian member of a military is a soldier. A pilot is a soldier, a marine (that is to say naval infantrist) is a soldier. Or to make it even simpler: everyone who is a combatant is either a soldier, a mercenary or an irregular combatant.

[@Taylor82.]

Imagine how different history would be if they would have found the plane and shot it down.

[@ar4imond]

"The mission was a failure!" "Which was successful!"

[@synth712]

That could change the history

[@willfungusman8666]

Really?

[@joythought]

​@@willfungusman8666 obviously

[@Elmhurst99]

think u need to re-read ya comment lad and try again

[@mrsquidly6395]

That certainly could be change a history, a very insightful perspective.

[@shzarmai]

perfect alternate history stuff right there

[@ArrowMaster_]

*"Church-hill"* 💀💀

[@CarlUnderZ]

"Oh wait, dont engage, that might just be the prime minister" "oops"

[@doncunningham5242]

Dumb luck was with Churchill.

[@RealLifeZatoichi]

British: "We almost Killed our leader." The American Military with JFK going against their interests: "......."

[@Khryze]

Friendly fire won't be tolerated

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

Boeing: software issue

[@TheSleepSteward]

Holy shit... That... ho... that would've changed the course of history forever... Wow... It's moments like this that are just fascinating. It's similar to the situation of that one Russian nuclear armed submarine where one officer refused to believe that WW3 had started and refused to launch nuclear warheads in retaliation. There are so many events like this in history where EVERYTHING would have changed in a few short moments.

[@ron88303]

It likely wouldn't have changed all that much. Although Churchill was a leading player prior to America entering the was, once they did the America called most the shots.

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

​@@ron88303No we called most of the shots still the US wasn't this big saviour that their citizens think they're

[@ron88303]

@@dennisgoatimer1079 They were a savior in that they provided a much needed safety net at the time; a point acknowledged by most people. You're correct that Brits did call the shots for a few years, with minimal success. The US pretty much took over with the plans for the Normandy invasion. The real savior was actually Russia, who bore the brunt of the German military without much help. The US and Brits were more a supporting cast in Europe.

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

@@ron88303 Dude the Normandy plans were British with the main points of the invasion being dealt by the British and the early Commonwealth nations not the US

[@grrr.9998]

Churchill was despised by the working class of Britain, before, during, and after the war.

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

Not after before yes potentially the whole Gallipoli stunt in WW1 didn't help but during and after he's well liked

[@jonathanbailey6296]

Absolute bs, dont make stuff up, go and grab your meds.

[@markanthony2258]

​@@jonathanbailey6296he was an alcoholic war mongerer that liked little boys and sold out to Zionist Jews. Youve been programmed about our history like most others.

[@the_jingo]

Most competent brit pilot right there Went wrong way, failed to locate potential enemy bomber

[@intreuefestundlachen1883]

The friendly fire we all wished for

[@Tuulos]

To be fair the Hurricane pilots would have most likely recognized that the plane with its markings weren't german.

[@Losowy]

Unless they would be US volunteers

[@davidtuttle7556]

​@@LosowyThen theyd recognise that plane. As americans, whe might be ignorant of the rest of the world, but we know our own stuff.

[@Losowy]

@@davidtuttle7556 "When Germans fly over, we duck. When the RAF fly over, the Germans duck. When Americans fly over, everyone ducks!" Was referencing to that joke

[@davidtuttle7556]

@@Losowy lol fair enough. Although Im certain that at times Brooke wished that they would have given some of the insanity Churchill came up with for operations.

[@warhammer8867]

It's cloudy and nighttime, I doubt the RAF would radio their enemy or the passenger plane would contact a aircraft that just attacked them.

[@ilhadi]

Thanks another potential alternative universe story right there.

[@WhoThisMonkey]

Imagine if Churchill had ended up retaking France himself.

[@GhostBear3067]

RAF: "We nearly killed our Prime Minister!" US Navy: "Oh you too?"

[@n8nate]

That's very interesting. Great clip 👍🏼👍🏼

[@atablevendetta1429]

It's so nuts how much wild and unbelievable shit happened during the world wars. So much of it is just like this.

[@ryanconway8651]

"Sir, there's an aircraft crossing over the Atlantic towards us" "Hmm must be a lone German bomber as that is the only logical explanation" 🤔

[@KingCharlesGrandSon]

Great Video❤

[@aircraft2]

Bro has Call of Duty levels of plot armor

[@Jrako_DuTcH]

Gives me Brothers In Arms vibes with the red stripe

[@michaelcorleone2794]

Imagine not identifying the royal charter from 30nmi away smh

[@garethfarrell8146]

And he wouldn't have had it any other way. If the pilots got eyes on his plane, they would have realized it wasn't a german bomber

[@abdswitch7810]

They almost single handedly ended the war 😂😂😂

[@justchrisyt9279]

THIS GOES SO HARD ON MY JDM RADIO IN THE LATE NIGHT🗣️🗣️🔥🔥‼️‼️

[@thedalailama]

Legend has it the flight crew diverted just long enough to jury rig their parachute cords to hold up their pants before the inevitable debrief

[@AnarchistGrandpa]

Churchill had ridiculous luck 😂

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

I watch the WW2 channel & I remember when Indy covered this. Apparently, after landing or maybe just before it, Churchill is to have said "They failed in their mission". In reference to the RAF not being able to find him or shoot him down 😂

[@bgold2007]

Thank you for the excellent captions.

[@kellywright540]

That flight even got crazier!! My man Churchill even took the controls from the pilot and flew that big 'ol sea plane!! There's even a pretty cool picture of him sitting in the pilot's seat, headphones on and chomping on a big smelly cigar!! Back in the EARLY days of flight, Churchill was a big champion of these new fangled flying machines and even helped get the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm started. He really, REALLY wanted to get his pilot's license but after a series of crashes, his wife Clementine, really, REALLY wanted her husband to stay alive so he made him choose: pilot's license or a loving wife. Because Winston was so smart, he chose the loving wife thing... who also happened to be the mother of his children!! Wise choice my friend, wise choice!!

[@user-hr2ns7dk8i]

Such a creative idea!

[@leolovett1823]

"and that's how I won the iron cross"

[@ClovarChillin]

The one guy who disables Friendly Fire in every game.

[@Mangolorian-je3eo]

"Task failed successfully".

[@SmoothieWoothie]

That was one awkward conversation later

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

Ah yes, lone bomber with no escort. What next, Lufftwaffe having kamikaze?

[@KMon1111IND]

That is the worst day during the WW2.

[@timf2279]

That flight really had the opportunity for many misfortunes. Shot down by friendly fire, enemy fire, crashing, lost at sea, sunk by a U-boat, just to name a few.

[@Eurydice870]

Great story.❤

[@foxrunner1570]

there are so many 'near death' experiences of ww2 and ww1 that would have drasticly altered the course of history

[@arenteodoro9355]

British: *fail to kill their prime minister* Japanese: amateurs

[@Shregurun93]

Imagine if Churchills plane accidentally landed in an airfield in German occupied France near the coast.

[@tmylve3495]

Couldn't imagine how the pilots would have felt if they engaged target.

[@yugalpatel4907]

Perfect example of failing successfully

[@morenauer]

Lucky todger

[@hurri6339]

“Eastern wales” over anglesey lol

[@BarberJ95]

Almost two catastrophes 😮 Either get shot down or captured by Axis forces in occupied France, or shot down by the RAF 😬 😅

[@Templarkommando]

You'll always remember the day that you almost caught Prime Minister Winston Churchill!

[@Jord838]

*For some reason at the very tip of North Wales* “This shall now be known as East Wales”

[@here_be_dragons9184]

Incompetence cancels incompetence.

[@threeeee13]

RAF fighters when they landed: 😬😬😬😬

[@iamtheguitar]

This guy had balls of steel. I mean, flying in a Boeing? Crazy...

[@chriscaldwell4903]

That looks like Howard Hughes Spruce Goose!

[@Gr8dane85]

I'm pretty sure the RAF pilots would be able to tell the difference between a german bomber and a Boeing.

[@robwernet9609]

Thos aircraft renders are awesome

[@iii-ei5cv]

Churchill's massive balls were the reason the plane was off course

[@jobkibuga8268]

A stroke of luck. Just like in a casino

[@_GOD_HAND_]

One pilot's incompetence cost us a world without predatory bankers, pornography, grooming gangs, and endless wars in the middle east.

[@sharpetutor227]

Wasn’t Churchill told his close death and his response was. “They failed in their mission…”

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

That sounds like something he would say he could've been a bomber pilot or something

[@ColinoDeani]

And they would have done it too.. Thx god for Sub Par English radars back then.

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

sub par radars are better then no radar

[@ColinoDeani]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745 touché!

[@samsby14]

"EAST WALES" while being in the north west of wales... wtf lol 😂

[@Buri111Official]

british almost killed their prime minister…. *the dutch* : 🤫

[@brokenbridge6316]

What a story

[@DonBean-ej4ou]

The cliffs are on the east coast, they really were lost🤣

[@Gracee40]

And there weren't any transatlantic phone lines back then so no one could call to let them know what he was doing. There were AM radios and those could pick up transmissions but it would take a lot of power to get a message across the Atlantic.

[@paddybrennan7093]

Who told you that. First successful trans Atlantic was operating in 1866. Pan Am and BOAC planes maintained radio silence so the Luftwaffe wouldn't pick them up

[@NinjaSushi2]

That's crazy!

[@Gerhold102]

The Hurricanes would probably have recognised the plane as friendly. It didn't resemble any German airplane. Looks like a Short Sunderland.

[@timwalther5275]

18:46 Fernbedienung ASMR (Toshiba Edition).

[@sean367]

Never heard about this ,thanks

[@fabbrulafalce8062]

Bro i can see that drivers an pilots write history no One else

[@brucebehner4142]

Still safer than risking a german wolfpack

[@AyoubusMagnus]

Wait wasn't the plane marked with allied markings ?

[@jarnodatema]

Why would they think the luftwaffe would send a single bomber

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

Espionage it's plausible we did many different raids with a quick in and out you can't take chances during a war

[@rentisme]

Did they not have protocol to radio a new intercept before verifying it's an enemy and not something like this?

[@Mikrowave]

ace combat 7 ahh airforce

[@benrush9684]

How the hell did I not know about this until now?

[@cbebutuoy]

Possibly because it never happened the way the voice says it happened?

[@G58]

“The cliffs of England…”??? The COAST of England maybe.

[@zebedeebones8685]

Yeah, have to admit we’re much better sailors than we are fliers.