German Human Torpedoes - Normandy 1944

Find out how the Germans used Neger and Marder human torpedoes to attack Allied ships off the Normandy beaches in the summer of 1944.
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[@Monolith308]

Imagine wanting to join the navy to fight in a battleship but then get told “here’s a torpedo attached to a torpedo lmao good luck”

[@matthewbratton3825]

You outdid it again! Your whole presentation is better than any cable or big networks.

[@zandarzandarevic5466]

Why are u saying something this ovbious?

[@televisionone4177]

Matthew Bratton Discovery Channel would drag it into a 45 minute documentary that somehow involves aliens

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@@zandarzandarevic5466 You read it.

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[@zandarzandarevic5466]

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[@DiogenesOfCa]

Man it must have took a lot of iron balls to get into one of those death traps.

[@alastairward2774]

No, just meth.

[@Aldnon]

@BC Bob Too dumb? Since when people who can navigate in the sea using stars can be called "dumb"?

[@kirishima638]

After your previous video on German mini-subs, I was expecting these to be a complete joke but they were apparently very successful. A single man taking out a warship, and surviving, is no small thing.

[@eoin730]

You need an n word pass to pilot these weapons...

[@blackstone1a]

goddammit you’re right...

[@JoinMeInDeathBaby]

In german this word is a neutral one, used in science

[@leifvejby8023]

Mohr?

[@airtimer2958]

😭😭😭💀😂😂

[@captain0080]

IM GONNA... PILOT THE N-BOAT 👵

[@siebejouke]

As a Dutchmen it's pretty funny to constantly hear you say the N-word when you refer to the torpedo

[@lamolambda8349]

You should be around german children on the playground when they punch each other on the shoulder

[@Streetpfosten]

Feel the same as a German. I'm laughing throughout the video

[@doomsaier1]

we norwegians agree

[@franciszeklatinik889]

HMS Isis was named for the old Egyptian Goddess of the same name

[@steyn1775]

s p e c e r i j e n

[@gabe9902]

Teaching me something new everyday

[@underfire131]

For real though

[@McRocket]

'You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,' Apparently, Nazis never knew when to fold 'em. I knew very little of this before. Thank you very much for creating and posting this video Mark Felton.

[@ZEZERBING]

I wonder how much my feces would throw the balance off when the torpedo refused to release and dragged me along.

[@Braeden123698745]

He was so scared he took a shit that broke the law of conservation of mass.

[@MikeyD22]

Probably depends on what and how much you had to eat for lunch. A steak or ribs probably no more than a meter or two. A salad.....not so much.

[@voakk4062]

Pre-liked for the great Dr. Felton

[@franktaeterUSA]

My old long passed uncle Matthias Taeter piloted one of these and survived the war..

[@jamesm3471]

To make matters worse, the command issued these poor buggers special, superpower pills - ie a concoction of cocaine, methamphetamine, and oxycodone, what ensued for the pilots in these little tubes after taking their meds can only be described as insanity.

[@MaskedVengeanceTV]

Lets dope our troops out of their mind and then shut them into a tiny enclosed metal tube that they can't escape from. Great idea.

[@jedimindtrix2142]

I mean....a single dose of any of those drugs do not make you "go insane" lol. I have done them all and i assure you that I am of very sound mind and body. However! Prolonged use of Meth on top of no sleep will make you lose your mind in a way. I have never used methamphetamine long term nor would I want to...ugh. Nasty stuff it is. However I doubt the pilots of these craft used the substances regularly enough to cause issues. In fact if Meth was used by these pilots and they did not regularly use it the drug could very well have made them feel amazing and able to pull off anything. Ground troops in the Blitz did use the drug long enough to experiences negative side effects though.

[@mbaker335]

Something like that was in allied ration packs.

[@Sturminfantrist]

Pervitin! a similar stuff was available by receptation (?) (Rezept) in the 70s and 80s called Captagon, perfect for drinking Beer over two nights without sleeping and without becoming drunk or simply for work overnight .

[@964cuplove]

One hell of a trip - in more than one way...

[@Otokichi786]

Oberst Steiner, we have a mission for you...

[@annelisemeier283]

More likely to be Fegelein really

[@build2270]

Steiner.... "Steiner didnt have enough force.." "The attack didnt take place" All leave except the following, Jodle, Kreps, Bugdorf and Goebbels (Door Clooses) That was an order! How dare you ignore my orders!?

[@locutus155]

Is this before or after my men throw your pet IRA gunman through the pub window because they think he's in the Gestapo.

[@Hero.Lone-Wolf]

@@locutus155 Eagle Has Landed !!!

[@Hero.Lone-Wolf]

Eagle has Landed !!!

[@bornagaingeek7279]

Thank you for making this. My Great uncle served aboard HMS Cato and was wounded. He'd actually been below deck off watch and was in his hammock, but still in full uniform with great coat, when the ship was struck. He rushed to get back up on deck, but the metal ladder had been super heated and he burnt his hands, beyond use. When he was eventually helped up by shipmates, his great coat fell into ashes. He got back to a hospital, in the UK and a nurse checked him in, taking his details. She asked his age and dropped her pencil, when he said 17. The family story goes that some of the survivors of HMS Magic, went down with the Cato.

[@mamakuriza9935]

The name is hilarious, especially when you are german and hear "to launch the Negars". I can't stop grin all the time. Great Video

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Thanks for the great content Mark. As always an interesting subject to cover in mini subs.

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A most enjoyable episode . Extremely Brave German Navy Pilots Indeed !!!

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“We don’t use that name! It’s not politically correct! We prefer “African-Aquatican”

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This made me chuckle a little bit.

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Why the quotes?

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[@oncall21]

Another fascinating piece of military history once again Mark. Thanks for sharing!

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Only doctor Felton can use the N-word! 🤣 Extraordinary documentary by the way!

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German version of the italian alexandria raid in 1941

[@elliskaranikolaou2550]

@@JohnyG29 Last surviving member died 2015. "Emilio Bianchi, who has died aged 102, was the last survivor of one of the most audacious coups of the Second World War - the sinking by “human torpedoes” of two British battleships in Alexandria harbour; Winston Churchill described the feat as demonstrating “extraordinary courage and ingenuity” and it won Bianchi Italy’s equivalent of the VC. " www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/11814603/Emilio-Bianchi-human-torpedo-obituary.html

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@@JohnyG29 the italian one was a realy succes, italy manage to sink 1 battleship, 1 cargo and damage other 2 battleship

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One of the few times Italy was actually terrifying on thier own. When your army isn't as strong as the others I guess you gotta find other ways to make a mark.

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It's great that Mark makes that point.

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Notice the eyes of those sailors that were given an iron cross, old eyes in young men !

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[@bokke6]

Fascinating Mark..great video. Did you know there are 2 X-craft still sitting on the beach slowly rusting into oblivion a few miles from Edinburgh. You can only get to them at very low tide..still completely recognisable from WW2..mini subs and all that....just saying..could be a video in that somewhere...😉

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My dad who was on a destroyer in the channel in July 44 told me once that while escorting a convoy they engaged 2 of these and sunk them in quick succession.

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My dad was at Anzio beach landings. 34th infantry . Good thing these small subs were not there. Great videos. 👍🏻

[@Larryloafer488]

Great info, never knew these things existed, and I’ve visited the Normandy museum twice.

[@elennapointer701]

Another good video for the collection, of yet another Nazi 'desperation deathtrap'. At 3.45 in the video there's an odd-looking Allied warship. Is it the HMS Erebus?

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

That or the Terror her sistership

[@togmor6225]

I´d say that monitor is HMS Roberts of the 1940 Roberts class.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Elenna Pointer - It certainly looks like it.

[@combain]

Mark, thank you for your videos. Can you please make one about German AA Missiles?

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As a german speaker, impossible to watch with a straight face. Good video mate! 👍🏻

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Another insane video!

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Very interesting! Thank you!

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Nice video!

[@burningb2439]

Excellent Doc..makes you wonder why they never thought of it earlier.

[@wacka2]

I believe they were much much earlier uses of this weapon ....Sir Francis Drake himself was heard to shout " aaarrgh .Marder ! "

[@vk2ig]

And that was after he finished his game of bowls and boarded _The Golden Posterior_ to go fight ...

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Thanks Matk! I had no idea.

[@TOO_TALL305]

Why do i have a feeling this will be demonetized because of the word negro

[@-Invero-]

Everybody : Ne-what? Me : HMS I-what?

[@locoo1]

Great video

[@simonkevnorris]

Another interesting subject of which I was unaware. One thing that caught my attention was that the torpedo that was fired cough 'snag' the mothership - I wonder how often that happened.

[@dlxmarks]

Once again another story of WWII I knew nothing about. I've seen plenty about the various midget subs used in the war but this is entirely new to me.

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I do enjoy these post. Fascinating.

[@chrish3850]

Anyone else see how the ship was called the "neger" then instantly scroll into the comments knowing what was gunna be there?

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[@mikebrase5161]

Hey Mark, I'm a Propeller repair technician by trade. Anyhow while doing work in the old naval dry dock at Mare Island I had some down time and got to inspect one of these one man death traps on display in front of the old Admirals Quarters.

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[@Lockbar]

Btw: in my youth I saw one of these set ups at the Royal Armory Museum in Copenhagen. Dont know if its still there.

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The local maritime museum has a Newer on display

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So does the Technikmuseum Speyer.

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Amazin

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[@nedthegreat6]

i couldn't imagine the conditions inside that sub, depending on time of year the cold would be hard to deal with, no movement for days and the chance that it sends you with the torpedo

[@mrhamburger6936]

Excellent video I'd never new the Germans had such one man sub like that

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Excellent

[@lingerslongest]

06:22 Just thought that I'd add my grain of salt : " Lieutenant-Commander G. Leslie Carlton, RNVR, commanded LCF 33 in the Trout Line. 'I was Lucky enough one night to spot a human torpedo just underwater passing my craft - I had managed to scrounge a Lewis gun for mounting on the wing of the bridge and with this I let fly into the plastic dome of the HT. I could clearly see the German inside and the horror on his face. It was like a nightmare afterwards, as he could not retaliate.' " "Lieutenant Derek Parry … We could not help admiring the courage of the German pilots. It took a brave man to pilot these delicate and unseaworthy machines with no protection except a Perspex canopy. Some days later a human torpedo surfaced immediately ahead of us but we were unable to depress our forward Oerlikons sufficiently. We waited as it crossed our bow and could see the German desperately attempting to dive. After what seemed an agonising suspense the HT entered our arc of fire and we sank it."

[@jamesfelix2096]

You teach me alot Mr. Felton and then what happened 😯

[@blueeyeswhitedragon9839]

At least they were not designed to be suicide attack craft.

[@foximacentauri7891]

But they weren't really designed to let the crew survive either. High rank nazis new those vehicles could be lethal, but they told the soilders that they were totally save.

[@bluef1sh926]

That would be unlikely in Germany (there was only one squadron and if I remember correctly very lately, when the policy was to let allies conquer only ashes, so when defeat was inevitable) since from the start of war Germany experienced lack of men. Japan on the other hand had as many men as it needed and more, but not enough raw materials.

[@TheTeufelhunden68]

There were quasi suicide attacks. Late in the war, the Nazi's employed a tactic by which they would use their wings to damage and destroy the control surfaces of enemy aircraft. Upon making contact, the pilots would bail out. Of course that's what the pilots were instructed to do. Command knew that such a strategy was likely suicide.

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From where do you get these videos ? Amazing collection

[@Teleoceras]

I need to correct something, the name of the fellow at 7:00 is Walther Gerhold, not Werner Gerhold. There are many sources online that will verify that is his real name. Excellent video outside of that oppsy!

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