Operation Bodyguard: The Absolutely Crazy (And Successful) Plan to Fool Hitler Before D-Day

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3 жыл бұрын

At the heart of every good magic trick is just a little bit of misdirection...
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@AllDayBikes
@AllDayBikes 3 жыл бұрын
The one where they left a corpse dressed as military with fake attack plans was pretty sweet too
@bryandavies6074
@bryandavies6074 3 жыл бұрын
Mincemeat
@solarnaut
@solarnaut 3 жыл бұрын
I was about to say . . . how did Simon do 15 minutes on "Operation BODYguard" deception . . . and not speak of the corpse ? "Those, too, serve, who bob and float" B-)
@bryandavies6074
@bryandavies6074 3 жыл бұрын
@@solarnaut Mincemeat was a deception designed to protect Operation Husky.
@Chris-hx3om
@Chris-hx3om 3 жыл бұрын
@@solarnaut Because Mincemeat was to deceive the Germans about the invasion of Sicily, not D-Day.
@xEddy3013x
@xEddy3013x 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed. The channel Thoughty2 did a video on that topic a few weeks ago. Coincidentally, he also did a video on Operation Bodyguard just 4 days ago.
@eyegorehertz761
@eyegorehertz761 3 жыл бұрын
very glad to see the Red Ensign as Canada's flag shown in the brief map of the landing sites, as that was the flag of Canada at that time and the flag my father fought under. it really irks me when documentaries show the modern Maple Leaf, not used until 1965, when doing WW2.
@alm5992
@alm5992 3 жыл бұрын
It is nice to see the right flag as well! I feel why other channels do that though, as most other nations would probably assume it's just the British or a small African colony of theirs.
@wombatwilly1002
@wombatwilly1002 3 жыл бұрын
OR,Canada is not even mentioned.
@paddor
@paddor 2 жыл бұрын
It seems he also used the correct US flag. It certainly looks a bit different from today’s.
@EddyA1337
@EddyA1337 2 жыл бұрын
It is nice to see historical accuracy, but unfortunately not even most Americans don't know Canada had a different flag back then. Like someone said documentarians probably use the current flag to avoid confusion.
@KneeDeepInTheDead81
@KneeDeepInTheDead81 3 жыл бұрын
My mother was a home-help for a British medic that was part of the cleanup crew after the result of Omaha Beach. He described it as a bucket and spade job. He always said afterwards that people who complain about kids being soft these days was always a good thing. Said no one should have to go through the horror of the fight or the aftermath. It's always stuck with me.
@Julianna.Domina
@Julianna.Domina Жыл бұрын
Did you swap your pronouns here?
@KneeDeepInTheDead81
@KneeDeepInTheDead81 Жыл бұрын
@@Julianna.Domina I'm not sure I follow...
@VelKozInfernal
@VelKozInfernal 11 ай бұрын
I've been a couple years in red cross and my local emergency services, I've seen some shit too, but what I've seen is nothing compared what you mother saw, and I got a little f up after that because of one time I went to help a vehicle accident. I cannot imagine how strong you mother is
@jeremiahshoemaker9512
@jeremiahshoemaker9512 3 жыл бұрын
"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." -Winston Churchill
@grizzle273463
@grizzle273463 3 жыл бұрын
WOW, that is sooo Sir Winston.
@churblefurbles
@churblefurbles 3 жыл бұрын
becomes more disturbing once you realize that guy sacrificed the british empire to win a war for Stalin.
@delanamanuel1451
@delanamanuel1451 3 жыл бұрын
Like Israel did to Gaza a few days ago. Pretty efficient.
@patrickscalia5088
@patrickscalia5088 3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone would bring that quote up. Well done.
@patrickscalia5088
@patrickscalia5088 3 жыл бұрын
@@churblefurbles The British empire was already moribund. European empires were a relic of the past that could not have survived much longer under any circumstances. One thing that a lot of people are shocked to learn the first time is that the USA was one of the entities driving the last nails in the coffin of the British empire. Part of the price of all the lend-lease aid the USA gave the British was a concrete commitment to start de-colonizing and allow those nations to choose their own leaders and government democratically. It stuck in Churchill's craw but he went along with it because he had no choice. The empire he prized so much was already a quitting concern. Without lend-lease the Germans would have eventually conquered the UK and the British empire would have become part of the Third Reich. So the choice for him was having the UK perish as an independent entity, and lose empire. Or survive, and still lose the empire. The idea that any European power would have been able to continue enslaving entire nations -- which is what empire and colonization mean -- is a non-starter. Those days were already over. With or without the USA's help.
@tonymontgomery5827
@tonymontgomery5827 3 жыл бұрын
I had to tell my 10 year old son his screen time is up. His response was "Simon has more channels than I have screen time." I immediately knew who he was talking about.
@jonathanmatthews4774
@jonathanmatthews4774 3 жыл бұрын
Getting supplies and troops onto the short after the landing was a mega-project on its own. Creating the Mulberry docks and the MASSIVE organization of supply ships was no less than an amazing feat as well.
@brittneystreeter493
@brittneystreeter493 2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Hitlers staff were arguing over who was going to wake him up. “You do it…no you do it..”
@Charlie-js8rj
@Charlie-js8rj 3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early I could count how many channels Simon had on one hand
@JesusisJesus
@JesusisJesus 3 жыл бұрын
He had hair too.
@tobyfox3305
@tobyfox3305 3 жыл бұрын
Best ‘last time ...’ yet
@archstanton6102
@archstanton6102 3 жыл бұрын
Wow 2003
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 3 жыл бұрын
You still don't win shit so who cares.
@melgross
@melgross 3 жыл бұрын
@@JesusisJesus he still has hair. It’s just on the wrong end. Gravity must be pulling it down.
@innouniversedoineedthis
@innouniversedoineedthis 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: most German soldiers had absolutely no clue who general Patton was
@tgmccoy1556
@tgmccoy1556 3 жыл бұрын
Rommel did.
@MrBlueBurd0451
@MrBlueBurd0451 3 жыл бұрын
@gillysuit2 Nope. Most commanders had never heard of the guy either. Patton's alleged reputation amongst the Axis powers was non-existent.
@JonathanH1253
@JonathanH1253 3 жыл бұрын
Patton*
@brettschmeisser2568
@brettschmeisser2568 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the car that T-boned him, had no clue who he was. At least the Germans didn't get him. Sucks that he went out that way. No way for a great leader and strategist to die
@seanbrazell6147
@seanbrazell6147 3 жыл бұрын
They weren't the ones making decisions on a strategic level, so why does that matter? His generals knew. He had already fought in Italy before he was relieved, and even if he hadn't he was known before the war too. See here what I mean: nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/hitler-was-crazy-his-fear-general-george-patton-was-totally-rational-140492?page=0%2C1
@sam1812seal
@sam1812seal 3 жыл бұрын
Following this you should definitely do an episode on Jasper Maskelyne - AKA the war magician (see book of the same name for details). As an illusionist he was involved in many of the British deception plans from the North African campaign onwards.
@billd.iniowa2263
@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын
Yup He moved an entire port several miles up the coast so it wouldnt get bombed at night, lol.
@randomdudeonyoutube.
@randomdudeonyoutube. 3 жыл бұрын
I see, you are a Man of Culture.
@billd.iniowa2263
@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын
@@randomdudeonyoutube. Who me? Nah, I'm just a hick from the sticks. But I watch ALLOT of WWII docs. lol
@Boglinification
@Boglinification 3 жыл бұрын
Didn't he hide the Suez canal too?
@sam1812seal
@sam1812seal 3 жыл бұрын
@@Boglinification sort of. He used something like a high intensity strobe light to completely disorientate pilots. After fitting the system he jumped in a plane and asked a pilot to fly him over the system to see if it worked (it did and they very nearly crashed)
@nastybedazzler
@nastybedazzler 3 жыл бұрын
World War II will always fascinate me. It boggles my mind how something this insane and terrible actually happened within the last 100 years.
@insane_troll
@insane_troll 3 жыл бұрын
In The Goon Show episode The Man who Won the War, Neddy comes up with a long series of crazy plans to convince them he's mad so they will throw him out of the army. All the crazy plans were things that actually happened.
@ragtowne
@ragtowne 3 жыл бұрын
The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi ?
@paulstewart6293
@paulstewart6293 3 жыл бұрын
I was in the pacific (apprentice merchant navy 70s) there were so many scars of that war. Every island suffered. Cartridges on every beach. And sunken boats. Terrible.
@josephwilliams7995
@josephwilliams7995 3 жыл бұрын
What's even more crazy and much scarier are the things that lead up to it. Propaganda, indoctrination, fear and hate mongering, censorship, convincing the population to despise their neighbors and view them not only as an enemy responsible for everything wrong with the state of the country, the economy and perhaps their own personal circumstances, struggles, and misfortunes, but also to see them as less than human therefore deserving of subhuman treatment including extermination. It's disturbing to see the parallels between then and now.
@a64738
@a64738 3 жыл бұрын
@@josephwilliams7995 Yes the corona hysteria is starting to become more and more damaging. If this continues it and can bring down the entire modern society if people do not come to the senses soon and stop being stupidly hysterical about a decease with according to WHO 99,97 % survivability ...
@tobin0droid
@tobin0droid 3 жыл бұрын
Can we get a megaprojects about the Venera landers? I believe there were 14 of them in total and honestly the Soviets putting a lander on Venus is such a fantastic story in itself.
@marcusjohnbondurajr
@marcusjohnbondurajr 3 жыл бұрын
When you see what came from that lander you stop caring and move back to nasa and actual successful useful missions that the Soviet’s tried and tried but never had success getting to mars.
@FrankyPi
@FrankyPi 3 жыл бұрын
@@marcusjohnbondurajr Soviet missions to Venus were successful in a number of attempts. They are still the only country that successfully landed probes on the surface of Venus and sent back data, imagery and even sound. They also sent two weather balloons which almost went around the entire planet gathering atmospheric data.
@PassiveSmoking
@PassiveSmoking 3 жыл бұрын
Operation Mincemeat was one of my favourites. It was as sneaky as it was gruesome.
@ehtuanK
@ehtuanK 3 жыл бұрын
I think the word you meant was "morbid" instead of "gruesome".
@virt1one
@virt1one 3 жыл бұрын
That may have been the nail in the coffin (ba-dum-tiss) that removed all doubt in Hitler's mind as to where the landings would actually be.
@PassiveSmoking
@PassiveSmoking 3 жыл бұрын
@@ehtuanK Decomposing corpses are pretty gruesome. But yeah, morbid also fits.
@karlstetter9512
@karlstetter9512 3 жыл бұрын
Your name... It is.. a win.
@hughbarton5743
@hughbarton5743 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely work, Simon! Historically correct, it captures the insanely vast scope of Allied efforts. Very nice work! In retrospect, Mr. Hitler never stood a rat's chance once the U.S.A. was in the fight.....companies as ridiculously diverse as Rock-Ola, Singer Sewing Machines, and International Business Machines were churning out rifles by the hundreds of thousands, and Packard was building Rolls Royce Medline in astonishing numbers.He had a bad hand of cards, and played it poorly.
@seanguffey3161
@seanguffey3161 3 жыл бұрын
Simon your great! I love learning and watch all your channels.
@joyl7842
@joyl7842 3 жыл бұрын
"How many times do you want to show the inflatable tank?" "Yes"
@glenwest1911
@glenwest1911 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video and topic.
@anthawks9374
@anthawks9374 3 жыл бұрын
SIMON. THE TERMINATOR T-800....STILL ON THE SEARCH FOR JOHN CONNER......
@holyassbutts
@holyassbutts Жыл бұрын
Da-da da da-da
@NobleRooster
@NobleRooster 3 жыл бұрын
What an awesome operation, and you detailed it awesomely - thanks!
@jetnoise4817
@jetnoise4817 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic breakdown Simon! I do hope, however, you kindly consider giving Operation Mincemeat a once over for had it not been for it, every other Allied operation would have been for naught. Greatly enjoy your fantastic content here and on your other channels. Do keep it up!! Rick-
@ComaDave
@ComaDave 3 жыл бұрын
Have a look through his "Today I Found Out" channel. You'll find one. 🙂
@theovlachotheo7814
@theovlachotheo7814 3 жыл бұрын
How about looking into the decoy mission undertook by the 617 Bomber Squadron? They flew the whole night of the 5th of June,dripping chaff and mimicking an invasion fleet heading for Holland. Basically,theirs is a story worthy of a Megaprojects,from their founding to them tanning in Cyprus right now.
@Jmanbarbarian
@Jmanbarbarian 3 жыл бұрын
Yo this is the earliest I’ve been here for a new video! Guess I’m usually working when Simon uploads
@Yo_Its_Matty_ice
@Yo_Its_Matty_ice 2 жыл бұрын
Operation Bodyguard is basically that one part of Space Jam where Bill Murray says "I'm going left I'm going left" and passes to his right
@Ozefan2580
@Ozefan2580 2 жыл бұрын
Great job, as always. 👍 Have you done one about The Man Who Never Was? I think it was known as Operation Mincemeat?
@jetsons101
@jetsons101 3 жыл бұрын
Now I want to get my DVD of the "Longest Day" and watch it tonight..... Thanks
@morrigambist
@morrigambist 3 жыл бұрын
Another choice is "Eye of the Needle", which is relevant (no spoiler here).
@dinsdalemontypiranha4349
@dinsdalemontypiranha4349 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. This is one of my favorites of your videos. I already knew that there was a disinformation program associated with D-Day, but it was really great to learn some of the details.
@keepcalmyouexist358
@keepcalmyouexist358 3 жыл бұрын
That's some coicidence, I was just watching a documentary on this! So interesting and, for change, a rather fun part of the war.
@tgdm
@tgdm 3 жыл бұрын
Can you cover Operation End Game at some point? The hypothetical invasion of the Japanese home islands had they not surrendered after the atomic bombs were dropped?
@jonathanmatthews4774
@jonathanmatthews4774 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But I wouldn't say "hypothetical". It was real.
@billd.iniowa2263
@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын
Japan needs to be looked at. Maybe it would convince some deniers that they would never have surrendered without the A-Bombs. They were teaching schoolchildren to strap explosives to themselves and crawl under Allied tanks for cryin out loud. Women were trained in the use of spears, etc...
@cattibingo
@cattibingo 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there a movie about that which came out April 2019?
@ComaDave
@ComaDave 3 жыл бұрын
Operation: Downfall. (Operations Olympic & Coronet). Once they'd secured the oil facilities on Borneo, my old man was transferred from the Australian Army's 7th Division to the newly-reconstituted 10th Division in preparation for Coronet. I'm personally grateful that it never took place. It would have been carnage unprecedented in human history, and I very likely would never have been born. As horrific as Hiroshima and Nagasaki were, they saved millions of lives on all sides of the conflict.
@ComaDave
@ComaDave 3 жыл бұрын
@@billd.iniowa2263 There was also a Japanese military directive in place that, if Japan were invaded - all allied POWs in the country were to be executed forthwith. The number was 100,000.
@billd.iniowa2263
@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын
My fave deception was the radio traffic. Any radio messages traveled first by land-line North, where they were then broadcast from towers that had been erected up there. Across from Calais. While the Allies were busy in the south, opposite of Normandy, it seemed to the Germans like they were in the North.
@doubleyousee72
@doubleyousee72 3 жыл бұрын
I actually got to meet some of the soldiers who were apart of this operation and it was really cool hearing their perspective!
@pmgn8444
@pmgn8444 3 жыл бұрын
The Atlantic Wall would make a good Mega Projects video
@andresmorales6504
@andresmorales6504 3 жыл бұрын
i wrote a research paper on this, the complexity was honestly overwhelming, i found it super awsome
@james4582
@james4582 3 жыл бұрын
Yes it was indeed. I always thought of it as very well organized confusion.
@Bdude1111
@Bdude1111 3 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine. It the largest/deepest open pit copper mine in the world! It's been in production since 1906
@coreyrokowski9706
@coreyrokowski9706 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a mega projects on Venice Italy and the cities challenge to stay “a float”
@xWYxKaRNaGex
@xWYxKaRNaGex 3 жыл бұрын
That Pawn Stars meme was just fantastic
@daltonpower3630
@daltonpower3630 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite vid on this channel.
@KhanJoltrane
@KhanJoltrane 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a mega projects about Japanese internment in the US during WWII?
@jackroyaltea5034
@jackroyaltea5034 3 жыл бұрын
If watch that.
@OverTheTop85
@OverTheTop85 3 жыл бұрын
Simon I believe we need a Part Two on this one for you to explain the other parts of Operation Fortitude... I need my fix.
@adambielen8996
@adambielen8996 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@nightruler666
@nightruler666 2 жыл бұрын
When the allies landed on Normandy, Hitler was still convinced that it was a hoax and Calais was the place the allies were going to invade
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter 3 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Simon. (I've been suggesting the subject of the Brits' control of the German spies in the UK and the importance of "Garbo." Did you know that he was a complete volunteer? He got in touch with MI5 and joined them in their efforts to bamboozle the Nazis. Good video, thanks! Stay safe, everyone.
@mustafaemad3614
@mustafaemad3614 3 жыл бұрын
Mega Project suggestions: Benban Solar Park, Aswan High Dam, Bar Lev Line and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
@metamaxis
@metamaxis 3 жыл бұрын
Do an episode of that Fortitude deception in full and all those others ones, that sounds really really just long game planning and i'd love to see that.
@skyden24195
@skyden24195 3 жыл бұрын
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em; know when to walk away, and know when to run. You never count your money when sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
@philipwebb960
@philipwebb960 2 жыл бұрын
That's great. Did you make that up yourself?
@skyden24195
@skyden24195 2 жыл бұрын
@@philipwebb960 I sure did. Original comment by Sky Den. 🤨😐
@thegunslinger1363
@thegunslinger1363 3 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on Operation Barbarossa?
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 3 жыл бұрын
1:00 - Chapter 1 - Operation bodyguard 2:10 - Chapter 2 - The atlantic wall 3:40 - Chapter 3 - Choices 6:30 - Chapter 4 - Fortitude north 8:15 - Chapter 5 - Fortitude south 11:35 - Chapter 6 - They came from above 12:35 - Chapter 7 - D Day begins 13:55 - Chapter 8 - The beginning of the end
@herbertkeithmiller
@herbertkeithmiller 3 жыл бұрын
The fictional 1st army also had a soundtrack. Recorded sounds of tanks and soldiers on training were broadcast from the training grounds to complete the illusion.
@blueberrypirate3601
@blueberrypirate3601 3 жыл бұрын
Pluskat and Goldfinger on his donkey got a nasty surprise...
@AtheistOrphan
@AtheistOrphan 3 жыл бұрын
PLUSKAT!!
@dogger729
@dogger729 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, just wish the volume was as loud as the KZbin adds.
@g_superson1c255
@g_superson1c255 2 жыл бұрын
I live for Simon’s thumbnail pictures at this point😂
@Sergiblacklist
@Sergiblacklist 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a side project on The mobile harbor they built.
@bryandavies6074
@bryandavies6074 3 жыл бұрын
Mulberry. Two were built. A colossal amount of concrete used, new technologies invented and an amazing amount of logistics required.
@adamska300
@adamska300 2 жыл бұрын
How this isnt made into a movie is baffiling to me :D. Its such an awesome setup. Operation mincemeat looks like the next best thing though
@Thomas_TdK
@Thomas_TdK 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the story of germans being scared of patton was debunked some time ago. It’s still going?
@markkarasik2211
@markkarasik2211 3 жыл бұрын
Jeez Simon is a machine....making this video while playing an online game...or is it one of his clones?😎
@joseybryant7577
@joseybryant7577 3 жыл бұрын
"It's all about the hands." Imagine having this taken out of context. I know where my mind went...
@joseybryant7577
@joseybryant7577 3 жыл бұрын
Obviously pickpocketing...geez guys.
@paulwright6450
@paulwright6450 3 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode on the thermal oxide reprocessing plant in the uk!
@MaceG2024
@MaceG2024 3 жыл бұрын
Simon you guys should do a Megaprojects video on the re-grading of Seattle in the late 1800's! It was an absolutely massive, forward thinking and fascinating project. PLEASE!!! Would love to see you make a video about this project.
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 3 жыл бұрын
Did you know they did the same thing to Chicago, to battle the vile conditions of sewage they dumped in the Chicago River? (They actually _reversed_ the flow of that stream!) Both cities had been built on low, even swampy, ground. I remember an episode of "The Night Stalker," starring Darren McGavin, who wrote for a tabloid newspaper. He kept finding various supernatural beings in various locales--including one living in the underground Seattle. My folks visited it on one of their trips out to see my brother and his family (Mom said it wasn't at all scary).
@robertwalton2535
@robertwalton2535 3 жыл бұрын
How about a video on the Nissan Deltawing please
@mols89
@mols89 3 жыл бұрын
YES! I wasn't a fan of it at first, but what a project it was!
@drpattiethomas
@drpattiethomas 3 жыл бұрын
Oh, don't lie to us Simon. We know you never rest.
@kollerbrian
@kollerbrian 3 жыл бұрын
Looking very similar to Seven Day Travel Series. Vocabulary and word power have the same kind of affect. Good for my local day in SI Illinois. Brian Koller
@Hawkeye_PC
@Hawkeye_PC 3 жыл бұрын
If their isn't a video on this channel theirs a video on THAT channel... *simon has 7+ channels* I think theirs always a new video coming out of you at least once a day my man.
@pert-smith
@pert-smith 3 жыл бұрын
Simon said “amphibious invasion” and I pictured a bunch of frogs. Ffs I’m going to bed.
@alicelorina8079
@alicelorina8079 3 жыл бұрын
found another simon channel!!! 😂😂
@gibbosgarage2613
@gibbosgarage2613 3 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on the complete space transport system (not just the shuttle) and the NERVA nuclear rocket engines that were complete and finished but never used.
@tjae1580
@tjae1580 3 жыл бұрын
Your South African accent is so easy to understand,,, love your videos🥰
@pakde8002
@pakde8002 3 жыл бұрын
???
@tjae1580
@tjae1580 3 жыл бұрын
@@pakde8002 ?
@archstanton6102
@archstanton6102 3 жыл бұрын
He's not south African, he's Czech
@jackclelland3230
@jackclelland3230 3 жыл бұрын
Hes english ya clown he lives in Prague
@AtheistOrphan
@AtheistOrphan 3 жыл бұрын
He couldn’t sound more English!🇬🇧
@TB-rh6ss
@TB-rh6ss 3 жыл бұрын
We love walls! Think it’s time for an ‘Atlantic Wall’ episode! As Simon said himself… it’s a Megaproject!
@Timmy_The_P.O.G
@Timmy_The_P.O.G 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do the "space needle" In Seattle
@21stcenturybohemian
@21stcenturybohemian 3 жыл бұрын
Wait... at 11:15... that was you! You're a time traveler!
@thelammacus
@thelammacus 3 жыл бұрын
2 Questions: 1 - I want that shirt, where can I get one? 2: Have you done/can you do a video on Charles of Norway (Carolus Rex)?
@robertgraybeard3750
@robertgraybeard3750 Жыл бұрын
at 29 seconds ". . . gaining *__* vital foothold in Europe. My brother was in the campaign up through Italy. Plus there was the Russian Front and Greece . . . and Japan in the east. WWII was definitely a world war.
@t5ruxlee210
@t5ruxlee210 3 жыл бұрын
The June weather scenario was also on the Allied side, but in a nonhelpful way. The usual storms were forecast during the month but there was to be a hoped for short break between two of them in early June that could accommodate the landing. This break on June 6 was either not known to or was disregarded by the Axis. In addition, the pre landings Allied medium bomber onslaught supposed to be specifically directed at the defensive hardpoints in Pas de Calais plus up and down the coast past Normandy were badly hampered by the foul weather. All this also fed into the mindset of the nazis that Normandy was a bluff because no major port could be quickly captured and made ready there to land and supply the masses of troops required in a real invasion.
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
@littlefluffybushbaby7256 2 жыл бұрын
The axis just didn't have the same weather data gathering facilities so their guesses (forecasts) just weren't as accurate. There's still an element of luck but your odds are better with weighted dice.
@Pile_of_carbon
@Pile_of_carbon 3 жыл бұрын
David Copperfield: I can make this airplane disappear. Churchill: Hold my bear.
@carlmorland7796
@carlmorland7796 3 жыл бұрын
Churchill had a bear?!?
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 3 жыл бұрын
@John Barber LOLIMON! (That's "Laughing Out Loud In [the] Middle Of [the] Night!") Perfect response to Carl.
@averagewikipediaenthusiast3088
@averagewikipediaenthusiast3088 3 жыл бұрын
More like brandy
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 3 жыл бұрын
@John Barber I hear you. We gotta band together to combat the nonsense of the Age! Stay safe.
@holyassbutts
@holyassbutts Жыл бұрын
​@@carlmorland7796 Oh yes. At his home, he could often be seen lying on a chez lounge next to a swimming pool surrounded by beautiful women in bikinis, whilst holding two ak-47s, and having a bear on a leash in the corner
@arthasmenethil7208
@arthasmenethil7208 3 жыл бұрын
what about a video regarding " Tessarakonteres" (forty) ,one of the biggest,if not the biggest warship in antiquity-medieval period used by the Ptolemies in hellenstic era ?
@omkaruplap144
@omkaruplap144 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon & Team I Also Watched Pawn Stars 5.05 Rick & Chumble U Can made Video On Pawn Shop Business History Of World or America System how it's help To Economy etc. Great Video , Great Information 👍👌.
@NP-zl7dz
@NP-zl7dz 3 жыл бұрын
So when's the Spielberg/Hanks film about Operation Bodyguard out??
@diogenes34
@diogenes34 3 жыл бұрын
Four men lifting up a tank turret with the barrel installed amazing.😱🤩
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
@littlefluffybushbaby7256 2 жыл бұрын
Eat your spinach!
@jsteezus
@jsteezus 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. It’s basically a video version of Wikipedia. Thats a compliment.
@markstott6689
@markstott6689 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe have a look at the German gun emplacements on the coasts of Denmark and Norway. Battleship size guns to block access to the Baltic.
@pr0xZen
@pr0xZen 3 жыл бұрын
@ 5:22 I don't know where you got that map from, but that's not where Trondheim is in Norway.
@charlesreddington6834
@charlesreddington6834 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a spot on the P-38 Lockheed Lightning. It had a very interesting history. The plane had certain problems. But one of the most interesting facts about The P-38 is that Charles Lindbergh made a very important contribution to its combat effectiveness. Just a little note the British ordered the planes but canceled the order because they didn’t like it’s performance.
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
@littlefluffybushbaby7256 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it had a troubled history. I read that the USAAF in Europe couldn't wait to switch to the Mustang, yet in the Pacific theatre they loved it. Two engines and a long range over an ocean is no doubt very re-assuring. Different horses for different courses. Not sure about the exact ratio but it was something like three or more Mustangs for every two Lightnings cost-wise. That's an edge.
@Moeren588
@Moeren588 3 жыл бұрын
just a note to the map at 5:31 : Trondheim is not that far up North
@twistedpixel756
@twistedpixel756 3 жыл бұрын
How about a video on The Spanish Armada, that's a mega project right?
@larsivsi
@larsivsi 3 жыл бұрын
Whoever drew the map for Operation Fortitude do not know where Trondheim is :P
@Roger-uw1pj
@Roger-uw1pj 3 жыл бұрын
lol was justing going to point that out :D
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
@littlefluffybushbaby7256 2 жыл бұрын
That's tectonic plate shift. It happens faster in Norway because of the ice. :D
@jeremyhubbard5069
@jeremyhubbard5069 3 жыл бұрын
Thoughty 2 just made a video about this today too... Weird 😬
@SN-oo2fq
@SN-oo2fq 3 жыл бұрын
Video on operations Babrosa largest ground invasion in history
@coastalbbq1
@coastalbbq1 3 жыл бұрын
Idea for Megaprojects : Intercoastal Canal aka Intercoastal Waterway..
@ellenbryn
@ellenbryn 2 жыл бұрын
An idea for another video, in honor of my grandfather, who was always sore that the newspapers barely mentioned the liberation of Rome from the Nazis because D-Day happened right after that - what about the Allied invasion of Italy, which occurred many months before Normandy? No one ever says much about it. And he's gone now, so I can't ask. Military history isn't really a megaproject, but you've got so many channels now I bet it'll work for one of them. (Trivia note: speaking of dummies, duplicates and double agents, my grandfather's twin brother was an aide to General Clark, the leader of the American forces in Italy... I think he was just his driver, but after he got wounded by shrapnel, my grandfather was promoted and took his brother's place. In retrospect I wonder if the general ever noticed he was being driven by a different yet identical officer with the same surname.)
@LBPhotoworks
@LBPhotoworks 3 жыл бұрын
"It's all about the hands! - Sun Tzu, The Art Of War
@maxstr
@maxstr 3 жыл бұрын
11:13 omg Simon did you just post your drivers license photo
@billylangley1462
@billylangley1462 2 жыл бұрын
The Romance Catholic Church wants people to think that Sunday is the day of rest..either way, Great Job Simon!!!
@notmaireelneim
@notmaireelneim 3 жыл бұрын
You missed the opportunity to segue to an ad for Square Space with a reference to squareheads.
@scottyford4224
@scottyford4224 3 жыл бұрын
Simon please do Mega Project on the James Webb Space Telescope.
@robertgraybeard3750
@robertgraybeard3750 Жыл бұрын
13:28 " . . . so successful . . . even as late as September" . . . TWENTY TWO DIVISIONS defending Calais wow
@DarkGlass824
@DarkGlass824 3 жыл бұрын
5:10 it's called "seeding"
@AgentBecker6980
@AgentBecker6980 3 жыл бұрын
Mall of America as an idea for a megaproject
@4thzone697
@4thzone697 3 жыл бұрын
‘In the end it was way too big to defend with conviction, it was massively long’ - Me explaining how I got my wife pregnant.
@Matt_matt1
@Matt_matt1 3 жыл бұрын
Garbo was truly a large brained crazy man, i love it.
@cruzcontrol1504
@cruzcontrol1504 3 жыл бұрын
Aerodynamically enhanced host
@guernseydonkey17
@guernseydonkey17 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on whether leaving the Channel Islands to be invaded by Germany had a positive or negative on preventing the invasion of the mainland please
@bcfairlie1
@bcfairlie1 3 жыл бұрын
Replay! Did Simon just say "Edwin" Rommel??
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