Nazi Secrets (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

Hidden deep underwater is the untold story of how the Nazis waged a secret war across the world’s oceans.
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Nazi Secrets (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans
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[@servicedenied]

Drain the oceans will forever be one of my favorite nat geo shows

[@NatGeo]

We love our Drain the Oceans fans! Thank you for watching!❤

[@Tswift63]

I can't wrap my head around it ..I'm missing the bandwidth clearly

[@smoovysmoo]

agreed

[@viscache1]

At least of the post woke era

[@sander6167]

Yes but not when i see every episode 1000 times

[@TheStuntman81]

One of the best WW II naval documentaries I've see in recent time. Thank you NatGeo for enabling us to watch this free.

[@davidsuzukiispolpot]

These reviews sound like the BS reviews of crappy Chinese products on Amazon. FAKE

[@buffaloriversideranch242]

It’s not free you have to watch ads. We’re paying with precious time we’ll never get back

[@TheStuntman81]

@@davidsuzukiispolpot dude it's not a review it's just my opinion. You dont have to like it.

[@TheStuntman81]

@@buffaloriversideranch242 i can't say i disagree. I use adblock tho.

[@davidsuzukiispolpot]

@@TheStuntman81 Wow, thanks. Seeing all of these reviews that looked similar made me think it was fake or bots. Glad to see there is an actual person behind it.

[@kenneybis1097]

The lack of fish as they drain the ocean is surprising as well as alarming. 🤔

[@ericnewell8628]

You stop it ... stop it right now Mister!

[@happyhappynuts]

Haha

[@reymiguelperez6643]

I'm dying in this one! 🤣

[@KA-su9ww]

Because they are all dead,

[@allisonoconnor8055]

They can't just leave that heavy water in the lake?! It's probably already leaking into the water.

[@d1kstrykz]

Those drums of heavy water are worth a rediculous amount of money. "We just gotta go back and check and count them and maybe bring a few more up for good luck..." I suspect this endeavor is not purely academic.

[@warriorgaming1604]

The wreck that has heavy water is a registered war grave most barrels have been breached those that haven’t been damaged were retrieved in the 90’s the rest is inaccessible without disturbing the wreck and some of the barrels were not entirely full

[@ZERO-CHEATS-GAMING]

Knowledge is power 💪💪💪 Brilliant to watch, I'm looking forward to the next 1 👍

[@yeahman147]

Whats saying this knowledge is the truth?

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

I've always loved the Nat Geo documentaries over the years. But I really love the "Drain the Ocean" series. Technology today that helps find these underwater wrecks and then helps to scan them in 3-D like a model is just fantastic. I'm waiting for the tech that allows you to walk through these ships as if they were on the surface through some kind of hologram-ish type of thing projected down to the wreck, eliminating the danger of actually having to dive to it. Just a thought. 🤔 Anyways, loved the video and can't wait for more!! 😁👍

[@skyblaizepleiadianhighcoun9993]

Haha great forecast. Im doing we're doing your holographic projection down to the wreck search idea. Thanks for confirming

[@edwardzata1462]

I’m 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅o😅ooooo😅o😅😅o😅😅o😅ooo😅o😅o😅o

[@warsandmilitaria]

Exactly! I have often thought, what if you could walk through a film? Like a clip of the Berghof or a battle or something? Imagine if you could virtually move around in spectator mode during the Battle of Stalingrad or something like that? Wouldn't that be incredible? What you described about walking through the ships will someday certainly exist.

[@evgenskald9456]

good day or evening to you. Probably, as you say, technology is no longer tanning. Watching such films is interesting, you can't take your eyes off

[@DPwatkykjy]

Alot of these sunken vessels are also sites of memorial, mass sea graves and in some cases house a spectacular ecosystem of flora and fauna, if the hologram would ever be able to scan the internal of these vessels you'd have to have permission and a lot of nerve to wander around them, even if it's only digitally, my grandfather was sunk on an allied merchant ship and if a James Cameron would want to document the internals of that ship and they came for me for permission I would have to let alot of historians down, sometimes it is better to simply not know these kind of things...

[@nanographics21]

Really really very excellent JOB done by the whole team, Thanks for this.

[@atinderdd33]

If Hitler never invaded USSR then we probably see a different kind of map with many missing countries

[@daveo2992]

Yupp :/ we really do live in the dark universe

[@Abhorrent1]

No, you wouldn't...Germany had absolutely no chance to win the war. Once the US got involved there was no way a relatively resource poor country with no good access to the sea had any shot of competing with the industrial strength and production power of America. Germany should have been defeated by France had the French leadership been competent. They were hoping the majority of the world would be reluctant to enter the war due to WW1, and a lot of the things you've likely learned about the German military from the time period is propaganda. You were much more likely to find German soldiers moving field guns with horses than a battalion of Stugs etc.

[@AlexFromnic]

One of those missing countries would of been Germany. The reason why Hitler attacked was because they had intelligence which was very correct that the Russians bad fully mobilized its population to build an unprecedented tank producing machine. They attacked because so many tanks were being built had they waited the situation would of gotten impossible. The USSR basically the equivalent of a tank nuclear arms race. There is no doubt. Stalin was loading up and poised to attack Germany when the moment was right.

[@AlexFromnic]

The narrative that the USSR would of just sat there quiet and stayed out of it is totally wrong. They were mobilizing to attack Germany and building up. Upon seeing this Germany tried to attack before USSR fully built up.

[@AlexFromnic]

@@Abhorrent1 yeah that's just wrong. Germany was an economic power house and their allies in Japan had all the sea access the Axis needed. As they gobbled up countries they also gobbled up armies and means of production. The United States wasn't the power house army you think it was. It was successful given the fact the Axis was busy battling the Soviets at the same time. History shows Germany and their chances were very strong. It was the Soviets not the US that tipped the balance

[@mat4410]

One research video I found was they were able to close on U-480 because they had scraped the rubber coating when they went to rest on a sand bed giving an accurate location of “the dragons lair” to mine it. I didn’t know about the Sidney and found the whole story amazing. There were model kits available as a kid which had freighters with hidden guns on deck, but the Germans definitely took it to the next level.

[@krzykris]

The Allies had cracked German encryption years before this sinking. They may have known the exact route of the U-boat.

[@Snipeyou1]

Hey Nat Geo, thanks for always doing it big for us. I appreciate It all since I was a little boy.

[@babylov3r]

National geography thank you for a wonderful documentary.

[@MrMatt905]

The “The heavy water war” is a really good dramatized series that includes a lot of the heavy water factory , and even covers the tragedy of this ferry!

[@m1t2a1]

The Heroes of Telemark is an action packed movie, not from Hollywood.

[@elgato9534]

Germany never came close to a nuke. Bad physics. Good thing Einstein escaped

[@newdaltonmacesamsungs4010]

😂😢

[@metronorthwtrain1452]

I think there was more than a half ton of heavy water. 18 barrels.

[@hrdley911]

@@elgato9534 Agreed. They were years away from a working reactor, much less weapons-grade uranium. That said, the raids on the plant and ferry were truly heroic.

[@duncanbaynton7138]

My mother was the last person to speak to the hmas Sydney they reported they were steaming into Geraldton and were 100 nautical miles north west of that port for fifty years we as a family heard the story then one of the maritime experts heard of her hearing the last message so that’s where they searched and it was found after all those years there is a plaque in her honour for finding the Sydney at the west Australian maritime museum fact!

[@SuperZytoon]

Certainly a proud moment for your family! Awesome!

[@danielkenney3266]

That is something special and AMAZING!!

[@juancarrero6652]

Was she in contact with the ship on a personal level or a military one? Either way sorry for your loss🙏🏼

[@diGritz1]

That's an incredible connection to those times...... It speaks volumes to what happened. It was so quick and such a surprise that, most likely most, if not all of the crew and officers were probably looking at it as just another monotonous inspection. It might sound careless but this was just prior to Pearl attack. So little reason to be suspicious.

[@kennethbellotte8678]

That's awesome

[@MiniMC546]

Best Christmas gift ever. I've been trying to watch Drain The Ocean but we don't have it.

[@NatGeo]

We will be posting more full episodes of Drain the Oceans in the upcoming weeks! Stay tuned!

[@Chilly_Billy]

Thanks for posting this. I missed it when it aired on TV.

[@itsblooper3193]

Amazing video, very interesting and they did a great job! Will say though I don’t think ive ever heard the words “drain the ocean” more

[@expat3779]

Such a wonderful documentary. Thanks Nat Geo 😘😘😘.

[@pilpil8180]

Thanks for dropping this *NG!*

[@russellstraw]

This is a brilliant series very enjoyable and informative

[@Pauly421]

Shame about the narrator though. I've never before in my life heard anyone pronounce the first "r" in february. So weird lol

[@MegaSickcat]

THANK YOU NAT GEO Channel for always presenting well made documentaries and not giving into those moronic so-called 'reality' shows. Every other channel that I used to watch like A&E, TLC, Discovery, etc have all gone straight down the into the garbage pile of bad programming. Thankfully I have your channel to enjoy the most interesting and well done programs.

[@ryanreedgibson]

What, you don't like Ancient Astronaut Theorists? LMAO! I know, I don't either. The History channel failed by trying to entertain everyone instead of providing history.

[@gandalflotr2898]

Only conspiracy theories think this is real

[@CoffeeMug2828]

The story of HMAS Sydney is a good example on why one should be careful even when faces something seemingly innocent. Concealed weapons are the scariest of all. You don't know what your enemy will pull out. If HMAS Sydney was on guard, she could have responded fast enough.

[@honorladone8682]

Never underestimate your opponent or those around you.

[@edtrine8692]

It's highly doubtful if the Sydney could have avoided the torpedoes? Fired from just over 1,000 yards away and traveling at over 30kts were talking around 30 seconds warning before the torpedoes hit?

[@pilsplease7561]

@@edtrine8692 The Sydneys captain was not very competent despite what his son wants people to believe, disregarded orders and made a poor decision and lost his ship for it. He is solely at fault for the disaster.

[@twddersharkmarine7774]

@@pilsplease7561 i feel like blaming a single person for a fault isn't the best of ideas

[@craigme2583]

@@pilsplease7561 killing all the survivors in the water wasn't a good look...

[@OdeeOz]

I loved this series when it was on TV. Now I get to re-watch at will on YT and DVD. 👍👍& 10⭐+ 💯😀

[@vicluna4373]

Best documentaries .. keep it up Nat geo

[@davereay123]

A brilliant and educational video, thanks for uploading it

[@NatGeo]

Thanks for watching! We will be posting full episodes every week, so stay tuned!

[@nocturnalsimulacrum6385]

Probably the best Nat Geo has had in programming

[@dvmo5553]

This is an awesome documentary, I enjoyed watching it so much.

[@NatGeo]

Thanks for watching!

[@mre9593]

The "Heavy Water" story was made into a movie "The Heroes of Telemark" (1965)

[@williamgibb5557]

I am glad I'm not the only one who remembers the movie. Whether accurate or not, it told the story.

[@soppingclam]

Knowing this story in detail from a different documentary. I tell ya what this one sure drags on and repeats itself over and over and over with minimal details. Holy God

[@LuukvdHoogen]

This channel is really good at repeating questions...

[@jacoblecoy3700]

Great channel. Of course, you could skip it, and play Jacks'.

[@dano4572]

WONDERFUL VIDEO! THANK YOU!

[@casual1n]

Every so often we get an exquisite documentary like this, keep it up with the WW2 genre it's what people like imo.

[@BruceMyersLBZ]

Not your opinion, you are most definitely speaking for the vast majority

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[@Knapweed]

This is the most riveting war documentary I've seen in some time. The ingenuity that went behind the crafting of the armed merchant vessel is extraordinary, desperately tragic though the sinking of HMSA Sydney proved to be.

[@EthanHaluzaDelay]

Actually they were mostly welded by this time

[@RohanGillett]

Wasn't extraordinary really. The British often disguised armed merchants in WW1 to combat the U-boat menace. They were called Q-ships.

[@Knapweed]

@@RohanGillett How many sank a warship?

[@darkseid7891]

Good experience and great documentary ❤️‍🔥

[@parkerlynne]

This is my favorite Nat Geo show!

[@vansetproductions1948]

This was really entertaining, thank you.

[@armandoramirez5054]

Great song, Matt! My best friend introduced me to Blink-182 in high school and I’ve loved them ever since. I too had an Acura Integra in high school, mine was red!

[@honorladone8682]

This is the best free entertainment. I used to watch you guys all the time on TV channel 12.

[@sonicthehedgehog95]

Well if you have Foxtel you can record it

[@martyollier7536]

My Father's uncle was a seaman on the Sydney, he died just hours before they were due to take that fateful voyage from a fall out of a 2nd story window of the building they were housed in. He got up in the wee small hours to go to the toilet, and as was the custom before a mission all the crew had been having their fill of liquid refreshments the night before, and in his befuddled state he turned right instead of left and walked straight off the balcony. Broke his neck... If he had not have died in the fall and just been injured he would've stayed ashore and been the only surviving crew member of the ship...

[@dennisraymond542]

You're absolutely right.... Good evening Marty how are you doing over there hope you, it's such a lovely day that the lord has made 😊

[@arbaz79]

Amazing documentary that I enjoyed watching.Keep it up 👍

[@robh467]

I love it when they're like, "this nuclear power station that energizes over a million homes....well it's all in jeopardy if the diesel generators go out".

[@ashwaniyadav677]

I like this kinda free documentation it really gives lots of knowledge 🙂❤️

[@mrlaw711]

This is a good one. Even Hitler decided that using and developing an atomic bomb was too harsh. There is a doc about that, too.

[@yeahman147]

Nothing in life is ever free

[@moryakantha5782]

@@yeahman147 yep we are paying for the internet in this case

[@Solvingnow]

@@moryakantha5782 vha itna deep Gyan....

[@Trey4x4]

NatGeo is silently giving you the finger for that comment

[@Grumpycat95]

So I was curious about the lake they were talking about at the beginning of the video and for comparison I searched " how tall is the empire state building ? " , crazy how this lake is deeper than the 381m building .

[@parwezabdulmajidhodekar4672]

Informative video👍

[@Cod3nameHurricane]

Thank you Natgeo for all the amazing vids you let us watch for free

[@TMS26164]

In fact the technology used then are still not cheap to be acquired by many countries today, it shows how relentless the old classical scientists were

[@jamesmcduff2552]

They took a barrel of the heavy water found just off the wreck site back in 2005ish, and it was found to be heavy water after testing. They made a PBS documentary about it.

[@honorladone8682]

That's what they're saying in this video exactly what you said plus more.

[@robertsimington911]

Water is heavy

[@jamesmcduff2552]

@@robertsimington911" Heavy water is a form of water with a unique atomic structure and properties coveted for the production of nuclear power and weapons."-Per PBS

[@gracepark-pf1ks]

This is spectacular documentary series national geographic have the most outstanding fascinating documentaries!!!

[@duggla781]

Absolutely an 1amazing place to go for free educational TV that's anything but ordinary graphics, it's national geographic, it's where you're going☆

[@therealest953]

So Interesting ! Just that repeated phrase "but the Drained waters reveals an amusing devastating secret" scratches my mind

[@itoemy1048]

I learned a lot to this video , thank you very much for making this video , students must have the knowledge on how and where the internet runs and going to database. I just learned it now .thank you so much .

[@denniswhite166]

Watch the whole video - IMO the last segment is the most astounding.

[@Bill-nd2qd]

The Heroes of Telemark is a great movie about this event in history with Kirk Douglas.

[@Solvingnow]

Fantastic job guys

[@benjaminrush4443]

Great Video. Thanks.

[@DonGH97]

Very interesting! I never knew about this battle. Imagine being there on one of those ships, respect to all the fallen ones🙏🏻

[@atinoteintunovas9969]

Thank for such an important and fantastic documentary of all times. I'm glad I got to see it before I pass and otherwise would never hear of such. It´s appreciated!!!

[@annamarieventer5111]

Amazing absolutely outstanding 👌

[@waleedabdel-aal]

Informative!

[@user-bf1ne6iv6o]

Very good video.Thanlks.

[@dredmankind7824]

What an incredible Documentary 😊👌❤️ Big thank you to NG

[@carlchilds3741]

Awesome series!

[@lyamschuss8786]

"1500 feet is too deep for divers" That's not entirely true, it's too deep for scuba diving but atmospheric diving suits enable diving at depths of up to 2300 feet. The reason for not using them here is probably cost-effectiveness.

[@Caillou5120]

Ive been studying ww2 for my own personal knowledge and I got a lot from this, thank you!

[@24tanksalot]

Great video really liked it

[@grom7826]

Drain the ocean off the Carolinas coast ! The U. S. Navy filled several old ships with toxic chemicals, asbestos, even PCBs then sunk them off the coast. I saw this in one of your magazines in the 1970s. I have tried searching for it but I can't find it. Has this been scrubbed from your database National Geographic ?

[@Travelbyjc]

Very nice video. Thanks

[@seancrowley1065]

Heroes of Telemark tells exactly what happened to the ferry. Kirk Douglas was great in it !

[@dennisraymond542]

You're absolutely right.... Good evening Sean how are you doing over there hope you, it's such a lovely day that the lord has made 😊

[@mustangmike4078]

Love the the drowning death gargle sounds when the sub sinks, really adds some authenticity.

[@allspark4717]

This is the Natgeo i miss 👍👍

[@tfaop171]

No one ever beats national geographic at all.

[@BPKwilayahXII]

thank for good information 👌🙏

[@jbcaptain11]

There must be many sunken cargo ships in the Atlantic still

[@NoondaniGoatanddairyFarm]

Great documentary

[@BorneoNewsJournalist]

Mantaaap BosQ...Luar biasa memang Informasi yang di sajikan Natinal Geographic..Terbaik memang

[@ninderninder2689]

good job really .liked

[@patrickyoung3503]

Thank you for this most informative history lesson .

[@nazigrammar9728]

Total misinformation

[@shamseshomali110]

Danke schön ,Das war sehr interessante Doku .👍 💐 !

[@sebastiansansa780]

outstanding episode!!!!

[@tanimdattachowdhury733]

Excellent Video.

[@madhatterstudios966]

At least I now know where Clive Cussler got his inspiration for the "Oregon" series from with the tale of the Sydney.

[@PNW_Adventures1]

? Thx I’ll check this

[@lucaskiai2159]

It is truly a blessed gift.

[@mrbarth]

The first Allied ship to be sunk by U480 was the Canadian Corvette HMCS ALBERNI on 21 August 1944. The official memorial for the crews of both vessels is in Courtenay, British Columbia at the HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial (HAMM). Besides artifacts from the Alberni the museum also has records of U480 prior to her last voyage out of Norway. With the assistance of Library and Archives Canada and Germany, all of the names of crewmen have been authenticated as well as correct spellings. HAMM has been in operation since 1999.

[@count0nz]

thanks for shareing subed :)

[@Bigbro28]

In a word … utterly fascinating. A brilliant doco. 🐨🇦🇺

[@softbytesunlimited]

This is why I love GEO..❤

[@Hotlineelec]

Quick question; when you drained the lake did you happen to find a watch?!?! I lost mine on a fishing holiday. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@isanarditama]

amazing doc

[@warsandmilitaria]

I can't imagine being trapped in a submarine that is taking on water. It is incredibly terrifying

[@Caus86]

How about now?

[@TheWhoda]

@@Caus86I rather implode in a submarine than drown to death. The titan crew died before they knew what happened.

[@lucasrem]

@@TheWhoda When Putin shot down Malaysian Airlines over the Ukraine, most people were alive till it hit the ground.

[@felipeball7778]

When i found out about the experiments on graf zeppelin i get the same feeling i have when i learn about the operation cross roads these old warships just looks beautiful for me but in our time aesthetics and looks needs to be sacrifice for better stats and performance of warships

[@Maulfurion]

Banger doc. 😮!

[@narimannourizadeh3693]

This is first time I’ve seen this documentary and it was amazing thank

[@benking2882]

Thank

[@OshineTheOranguTANK]

the whole "draining of the water" shtick got really old after the first 55 thousand times he said it. Its sonar, we get that, no reason to use the drain the water analogy every time

[@austinkotas2340]

Wild thing to get upset about

[@detroitrockcity8]

@@austinkotas2340 considering it’s the name of the entire series LOL

[@michaelgarza293]

I'm with orangutank. It was super annoying

[@-showbro-]

Bro watching this free and still complaining.

[@Species5008]

​@Michael Garza you and ape boy don't like it? Simple solution. DON'T WATCH IT

[@chickenprime4546]

22:31 Everyone gangsta until the merchant ship can sink you

[@darthamigartm]

great episode....

[@roberthuffer6591]

Any one of these could be at the beginning of a Clive Cussler novel.

[@Mcthindi]

Amount tech developed in between ww1 to ww1 is unbelievable . They were way ahead of time !

[@jacoblecoy3700]

?

[@AnimalLovers23]

Awesome information 🐱ℹ️

[@taddurrenberger3672]

Can we have a Nat Geo show called "Drain the Swamps?" ;-)

[@chiefracosky5372]

Lmfao

[@jacoblecoy3700]

Tad, not a bad idea. The Corps of Engineers did exactly that: Okefanokee Swamps in Georgia, USA.

[@krzykris]

What happened to the United States? How did this promising form of government fail? Let's drain the Swamp to find the answers!

[@mistermonologue2442]

You have to tip your hat to them. Taken by surprise and ripped apart with quick fire losing their main guns and comman center within a few seconds and STILL managing to take their killer with them....very respectable.

[@geoffreybennett8912]

The one thing you can count on in a crazy fire fight is that if there are Australians in the fight, you might just come back to tell the tale to your loved ones and then try your damndest to forget everything except the men and women who didn't make it. R.I.P. Sydney crew.

[@romelrecinto1460]

maybe because the sydney was designed to be a warship, thus it was able to withstand all the the fires thrown against her enough to damage her adversary

[@AndominateU]

not really that was the strongest thing Australia had at this point...

[@ryanlawrence9010]

There's good Kirk Douglas movie on heavy water mission.