The Greatest Escape in History

[@IMPERIALYT]

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[@KingJulienPlay]

Wow cringe

[@pamrichardson8010]

It's p2w please don't bother

[@blakegriplingph]

Money dear boy 💀

[@jude_the_apostle]

Unsurprisingly the only ones who made it were non-native english speakers from countries with Germanic languages. As an American or Brit travelling that deep inside German would have been basically impossible. They were doomed

[@Dayvit78]

English is a Germanic language...

[@bionicle37]

They should make a movie about it called something like "The great escape" or something

[@VISN_Ace]

Your not going to believe this…

[@rocka8359]

say that again?

[@chemBTW]

yoooooooooo

[@real_veil]

I think I speak for all of us when I say HE'S BACKK

[@DidIDoGoodMum]

May I add: He is Him 🙏🏼🫡

[@LucaBlu-q8z]

@@DidIDoGoodMumno

[@DidIDoGoodMum]

@@LucaBlu-q8z well then I’m sorry

[@ParisLawLess]

He never left

[@matthewamato625]

He cooks as always 🫡

[@starswirldotpng]

I saw thumbnail and all I could think of is that song from ATLA

[@prep3544]

Started singing it like a sleeper agent as soon as i saw it

[@shiyian]

SECRET TUNNEL

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

"I don't really remember the lyrics, but then it goes 'SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL!!'"

[@hurricanemeridian8712]

Very unfortunate that they found the tunnel that quickly otherwise the escapees would have had a day or more to make their way through Germany before their absence would've been noticed

[@Podel]

Excellent video mate

[@ekonomija8718]

podèle

[@DefNotAiko]

Uranium 238 ciggies

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

I'm not entirely sure how you could completely overlook mentioning the movie The Great Escape, which is exactly about this escape at this camp.

[@prsplayer210]

There is even a video game that came out on PS2 ,it was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@Blex_040]

According to a Wikipedia, it's a movie from 1963 and "the film depicts a heavily fictionalized version". It also says, "The film made numerous compromises for its commercial appeal, including its portrayal of American involvement in the escape.". So Imperial may not have mentioned it because then he would have to mention how it's inaccurate, which distracts from the real story and that is something that should be avoided in a short KZbin video. I assume it would be another story if it were to be a documentary.

[@dimitrijestankovic6199]

There is movie about this escape from 1963 with Steve McQueen, called The Grat Escape. I guess 3 of them who survived knew german, and that helped a lot.That's why americans and british are caught.

[@peter007crouch]

one of my favorite movies that is. The music is great aswell.

[@Yapi915]

5:34 @IMPERIAL ide like to point out that Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, and South Africans also participated in this. In fact some played huge roles; like Wally Floody who helped design and engineer the tunnels.

[@schattenhuhn611]

I discovered your chanel working night shift this week. You helped through a week of work, thank you very much.

[@giansanjose6690]

SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNELLLLL 🎶🎶

[@Vejitatheouji]

Words cannot express how glad I am that this comment is here.

[@Puppyplaya]

ONG!

[@Bernemi]

Does someone know how they hid the tunnel from the ferrets if the houses where elevated from the ground?

[@cobalt789]

The tunnel entrances were out of a shower (concrete section with drain), under a furnace (went through the brick stilt into the foundation), and from the kitchen (also a concrete slab with a drain). They simply chose the few spots where there was no gap under the floor. Ironically the Luftwaffe believed tunneling out of such a camp would be impossible, and even after discovering the first tunnel, foolishly believed that there could not be another (let alone two others!) since digging even one was nearly impossible. I highly recommend watching The Great Escape (1963). It is my favorite film of all time and it is a retelling of this exact event.

[@prsplayer210]

@@cobalt789there is also a game where you play as the prisoners that came out on PS2 that is great,such an amazing story

[@kokop1107]

I really really love the animations! Some of the greatest I’ve seen, they really make me think of the Hitman Go artstyle

[@Ecointel2024]

You’re simply the best channel on KZbin period.

[@edwardli9856]

Amazing video. The production quality is always impeccable on this channel. One comment I have about the American flag seen at 5:43 - it was the 48-Star Flag during WW2, which could help with historical immersion :) but it takes nothing away from the video

[@kaltenstein7718]

one might call it *the great escape* greatest war movie ever

[@user-jz9on4ek1e]

Great watch...Brilliant work.

[@olivier5918]

The production quality is inspiring

[@AcesAndNates]

I have waited for this moment for so long. Now, "COOLER".

[@Med_Am_AB]

Absolutely amazing bro this is the type of story that i want to watch i do appreciate your immense effort cause i know it's not easy at all so again thanks.

[@vice-grip]

The King is back! Good and informative.❤

[@DanLaneWowLookAtThisFancyURL]

love that the tunnels were called Tom D and Harry

[@Dayvit78]

ick ;)

[@thechief043]

These videos are always visually exceptional.

[@MarioDuch]

Incredible, thank you for making another masterpiece

[@prsplayer210]

For anyone interested there is a great videogame called The Great Escape that came out on PS2 where it tells this story, it was one of my favorite games as a kid.

[@TheGermanKrankenwagen]

damnit I was planning to go to sleep… guess I gotta watch this first.

[@jayayywhy4374]

great video, but now i wanna see videos about those other escapes shown at 16:36

[@ADDoingIt]

My family is from Germany and I am thankful for men like these that saved our homeland from the tyrannical rule of the Nazi's. Today my biggest worry is whether or not I will have time to play video games when I get home, and it's the price in blood many of these men paid that allow me to have such trivial problems. I will never forget their sacrifice, I pray their souls have found peace 😢

[@sforza209]

Times of peace create weak men.

[@wastingtime1441]

@@sforza209Times of war create dead men

[@theolwinkledink]

@@sforza209 Maintaining peace requires strength. War is easy

[@autoteleology]

​@@sforza209 what kind of myopic reply is this? in a just world there would be no need for strong men because there would be nothing to fight over, that's what we should be working toward, not a masturbatory conquest fantasy to cope with your boredom and sadness due to a lack of capacity to contribute to society

[@jesusgonzalez-acton8045]

Tyrannical, sure. And just look at what you have now. You can’t even frequent a Christmas market safely. Your police who were present there spent their time searching grandmothers for knives. Your govt is more worried about banning a certain Alternative party, rather than making sure attacks like this, or Cologne etc. don’t happen.

[@kokop1107]

Wow you weren’t exaggerating. This WAS the greatest escape in history!

[@bonsaiflrn]

Make a video about OfLag IV c / Colditz Castle pls, very similar and even cooler, they fled with a self build glider

[@bernardkealey6449]

Glider was built, never launched.

[@ordinal2361]

Very good video famous youtuber Imperial, also I have that same Avro Lancaster model at home .

[@erwinramos1184]

You should have a place with all your channels like Fern, Hoog Imperial, etc

[@space_kiwi1105]

SECRET TUNNEL SECRET TUNNEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN

[@JanJan000]

Close enough, welcome back Cave of Two Lovers

[@echozero_]

beautiful video as always

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

Going into this, I should have known it was the story The Great Escape was based on!

[@jacoobk]

Can you inagine how baller it is after their year long attempts failed just to simply go "lets try again"

[@ewan7283]

Another great video

[@speedyspeeds]

You make beautiful videos

[@ajax4898]

great vid

[@MestruTrmonen]

you cooked a 3 star Michelin dish with this.

[@Cipher-HD]

Banger vid

[@Skaitania]

I am pretty sure the Gestapo officers didn't just execute the escapees to dissuade further attempts, but because felt personally embarrassed and had been exposed to ridicule. Especially after boasting how their camp was "escape-proof". Anyone can see how that's as sure to backfire as calling a ship unsinkable. Not to mention: Hitler himself ordered their execution, so the embarassment might have gone even further up the chain of incompetence.

[@MunkeeMedia]

LOL that add, just shitting on all the other players 🤣🤣

[@StarlordStavanger]

Oh yeah this is going to be an another great video!❤❤❤❤

[@Wayclarke]

Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel! Through the mountain! Secret secret secret secret tunnel!

[@lambkah369]

What an escape

[@MichaelSnyder1776]

8:30 so thats where Andy Dufrense learned that from!

[@paulhamilton6109]

5:26 and you knows what else is massive ?

[@Tendies7645]

My love for this channel

[@Banjox20]

Reminds me of Prison Break

[@1996squareenix]

THROUGH THE MOUNTAINNNN

[@KaiserTimon]

If the video does not contain at least one more reference to ATLA, I'm suing IMPERIAL for false advertising or something.

[@FigmentForever]

I highly recommend the direct to tv movie with Christopher Reeve about the real Great Escape.

[@Joe-sg9ll]

better than McQueen?

[@FigmentForever]

@ Not as much, but highly enjoyable thanks to Christopher Reeve

[@fluesque]

Thought it was going to be an el chapo or Alcatraz video lol

[@leresnipez9647]

He posted Yay :)

[@fashli333]

Masterpiece

[@Smirnaffskiy]

SECRET TUNNEL!!!

[@Givemeanamebruh]

Crazy how if they waited a few months, the war would have ended.

[@kommandantgalileo]

Some might say, it was *The Great Escape.*

[@owen_malo]

Immaculate.

[@ColdSkyy]

SECRET TUNELL!!!!!!

[@kenshinjenna]

@IMPERIALYT You forgot to cut the ad read out of the captions for the nebula video.

[@IMPERIALYT]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention - I've temporarily replaced them with auto-generated subtitles while I edit the subs. Sorry for the nuisance!

[@IMPERIALYT]

Should be all fixed now!

[@Nebaus]

Christmas come early chaps!

[@lukasr3516]

It’s mind boggling that he only has 300.000 subscribers…

[@Henry_overnight]

Ahem, LETS FUXKING GO THEY'RE(?) BACK

[@donaldpetersen2382]

🎵Secret secret secret secret tunnel🎵

[@LetsGo-wl5zo]

Its more a "A Great Disaster".

[@autoteleology]

dig a tunna dig a dig a tunna quick! before the hyena come

[@de.movies]

why you deleted last video?? it was good

[@Bizn1s]

Cycles in blender?

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

I thought from the title it was a cartel leader

[@probium2832]

GREATEST THE ESCAPE IN HISTORY

[@rippoking8297]

Damn

[@pendremacherald6758]

First 15k views baby.

[@limsrusill]

'Greatest Escape' Didn't escape 😂

[@pyeitme508]

AYO!

[@farhang-n]

💚💚

[@incorrectbeans]

A 3.95% percent success rate doesn't really sound like the greatest escape in history to me.

[@Mrbotosty]

Woahh i guess im the first one here

[@1994CPK]

they never should have tried to escape. Such a waste of time and betrayal of trust. They had a library and a swimming pool for gods sake. Sounds nice.

[@bernardkealey6449]

And if the allies lost the war they would have all been killed. They were all airmen who had been shot down so had already evaded death at least once before, so taking another chance was better than doing nothing. Planning and doing something - anything - towards the thought of escape was huge booster for morale and a defence against depression. You said “betrayal of trust”; you gotta be kidding me. The only reason they were alive was because of mutual obligations under Geneva conventions. The negotiating parties could have come up with “the obligation to humanely house prisoners of war come with an obligation of prisoners to not try to escape” - notably no one ever ever thought that was a good idea. In all camps on all sides there was a “moral code” and sense of duty to try to escape.

[@Lane2045]

first

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