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

At the heart of every good magic trick is just a little bit of misdirection...
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[@AllDayBikes]

The one where they left a corpse dressed as military with fake attack plans was pretty sweet too

[@bryandavies6074]

Mincemeat

[@solarnaut]

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]

@@solarnaut Mincemeat was a deception designed to protect Operation Husky.

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@solarnaut Because Mincemeat was to deceive the Germans about the invasion of Sicily, not D-Day.

[@xEddy3013x]

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]

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]

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]

OR,Canada is not even mentioned.

[@paddor]

It seems he also used the correct US flag. It certainly looks a bit different from today’s.

[@EddyA1337]

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]

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]

Did you swap your pronouns here?

[@KneeDeepInTheDead81]

@@Julianna.Domina I'm not sure I follow...

[@VelKozInfernal]

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

[@tonymontgomery5827]

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]

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.

[@jeremiahshoemaker9512]

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." -Winston Churchill

[@grizzle273463]

WOW, that is sooo Sir Winston.

[@churblefurbles]

becomes more disturbing once you realize that guy sacrificed the british empire to win a war for Stalin.

[@delanamanuel1451]

Like Israel did to Gaza a few days ago. Pretty efficient.

[@patrickscalia5088]

I was hoping someone would bring that quote up. Well done.

[@patrickscalia5088]

@@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.

[@brittneystreeter493]

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]

Last time I was this early I could count how many channels Simon had on one hand

[@JesusisJesus]

He had hair too.

[@tobyfox3305]

Best ‘last time ...’ yet

[@archstanton6102]

Wow 2003

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

You still don't win shit so who cares.

[@melgross]

@@JesusisJesus he still has hair. It’s just on the wrong end. Gravity must be pulling it down.

[@sam1812seal]

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]

Yup He moved an entire port several miles up the coast so it wouldnt get bombed at night, lol.

[@randomdudeonyoutube.]

I see, you are a Man of Culture.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

@@randomdudeonyoutube. Who me? Nah, I'm just a hick from the sticks. But I watch ALLOT of WWII docs. lol

[@Boglinification]

Didn't he hide the Suez canal too?

[@sam1812seal]

@@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]

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]

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]

The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi ?

[@paulstewart6293]

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]

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]

@@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 ...

[@innouniversedoineedthis]

Fun fact: most German soldiers had absolutely no clue who general Patton was

[@tgmccoy1556]

Rommel did.

[@MrBlueBurd0451]

@gillysuit2 Nope. Most commanders had never heard of the guy either. Patton's alleged reputation amongst the Axis powers was non-existent.

[@JonathanH1253]

Patton*

[@brettschmeisser2568]

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]

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

[@tobin0droid]

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]

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]

@@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]

Operation Mincemeat was one of my favourites. It was as sneaky as it was gruesome.

[@ehtuanK]

I think the word you meant was "morbid" instead of "gruesome".

[@virt1one]

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]

@@ehtuanK Decomposing corpses are pretty gruesome. But yeah, morbid also fits.

[@karlstetter9512]

Your name... It is.. a win.

[@joyl7842]

"How many times do you want to show the inflatable tank?" "Yes"

[@hughbarton5743]

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.

[@anthawks9374]

SIMON. THE TERMINATOR T-800....STILL ON THE SEARCH FOR JOHN CONNER......

[@holyassbutts]

Da-da da da-da

[@tgdm]

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]

Agreed. But I wouldn't say "hypothetical". It was real.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

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]

Wasn't there a movie about that which came out April 2019?

[@ComaDave]

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]

@@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.

[@theovlachotheo7814]

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.

[@seanguffey3161]

Simon your great! I love learning and watch all your channels.

[@jetnoise4817]

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]

Have a look through his "Today I Found Out" channel. You'll find one. 🙂

[@Yo_Its_Matty_ice]

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

[@Jmanbarbarian]

Yo this is the earliest I’ve been here for a new video! Guess I’m usually working when Simon uploads

[@NobleRooster]

What an awesome operation, and you detailed it awesomely - thanks!

[@jetsons101]

Now I want to get my DVD of the "Longest Day" and watch it tonight..... Thanks

[@morrigambist]

Another choice is "Eye of the Needle", which is relevant (no spoiler here).

[@doubleyousee72]

I actually got to meet some of the soldiers who were apart of this operation and it was really cool hearing their perspective!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

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.

[@OverTheTop85]

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]

Indeed

[@skyden24195]

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]

That's great. Did you make that up yourself?

[@skyden24195]

@@philipwebb960 I sure did. Original comment by Sky Den. 🤨😐

[@keepcalmyouexist358]

That's some coicidence, I was just watching a documentary on this! So interesting and, for change, a rather fun part of the war.

[@glenwest1911]

Brilliant video and topic.

[@Bdude1111]

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]

You should do a mega projects on Venice Italy and the cities challenge to stay “a float”

[@herbertkeithmiller]

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.

[@KhanJoltrane]

Can you do a mega projects about Japanese internment in the US during WWII?

[@jackroyaltea5034]

If watch that.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

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.

[@andresmorales6504]

i wrote a research paper on this, the complexity was honestly overwhelming, i found it super awsome

[@james4582]

Yes it was indeed. I always thought of it as very well organized confusion.

[@pmgn8444]

The Atlantic Wall would make a good Mega Projects video

[@markkarasik2211]

Jeez Simon is a machine....making this video while playing an online game...or is it one of his clones?😎

[@Sergiblacklist]

You should do a side project on The mobile harbor they built.

[@bryandavies6074]

Mulberry. Two were built. A colossal amount of concrete used, new technologies invented and an amazing amount of logistics required.

[@joseybryant7577]

"It's all about the hands." Imagine having this taken out of context. I know where my mind went...

[@joseybryant7577]

Obviously pickpocketing...geez guys.

[@mustafaemad3614]

Mega Project suggestions: Benban Solar Park, Aswan High Dam, Bar Lev Line and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

[@nightruler666]

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

[@metamaxis]

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.

[@xWYxKaRNaGex]

That Pawn Stars meme was just fantastic

[@Ozefan2580]

Great job, as always. 👍 Have you done one about The Man Who Never Was? I think it was known as Operation Mincemeat?

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@Thomas_TdK]

I thought the story of germans being scared of patton was debunked some time ago. It’s still going?

[@daltonpower3630]

My favorite vid on this channel.

[@adamska300]

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

[@oldenweery7510]

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.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Pluskat and Goldfinger on his donkey got a nasty surprise...

[@AtheistOrphan]

PLUSKAT!!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

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

[@pert-smith]

Simon said “amphibious invasion” and I pictured a bunch of frogs. Ffs I’m going to bed.

[@larsivsi]

Whoever drew the map for Operation Fortitude do not know where Trondheim is :P

[@Roger-uw1pj]

lol was justing going to point that out :D

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

That's tectonic plate shift. It happens faster in Norway because of the ice. :D

[@thegunslinger1363]

Could you do a video on Operation Barbarossa?

[@robertwalton2535]

How about a video on the Nissan Deltawing please

[@mols89]

YES! I wasn't a fan of it at first, but what a project it was!

[@dogger729]

Great video, just wish the volume was as loud as the KZbin adds.

[@charlesreddington6834]

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]

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.

[@Pile_of_carbon]

David Copperfield: I can make this airplane disappear. Churchill: Hold my bear.

[@carlmorland7796]

Churchill had a bear?!?

[@oldenweery7510]

@John Barber LOLIMON! (That's "Laughing Out Loud In [the] Middle Of [the] Night!") Perfect response to Carl.

[@averagewikipediaenthusiast3088]

More like brandy

[@oldenweery7510]

@John Barber I hear you. We gotta band together to combat the nonsense of the Age! Stay safe.

[@holyassbutts]

​@@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

[@paulwright6450]

You should do an episode on the thermal oxide reprocessing plant in the uk!

[@MaceG2024]

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]

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).

[@tjae1580]

Your South African accent is so easy to understand,,, love your videos🥰

[@pakde8002]

???

[@tjae1580]

@@pakde8002 ?

[@archstanton6102]

He's not south African, he's Czech

[@jackclelland3230]

Hes english ya clown he lives in Prague

[@AtheistOrphan]

He couldn’t sound more English!🇬🇧

[@kollerbrian]

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]

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.

[@gibbosgarage2613]

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.

[@alicelorina8079]

found another simon channel!!! 😂😂

[@g_superson1c255]

I live for Simon’s thumbnail pictures at this point😂

[@seanbrazell6147]

What I REALLY want to know is who was the poor bastard who had to tell Patton his new command was literally full of hot air?!

[@GorgeDawes]

It was probably Bradley or Eisenhower and I expect they were delighted to do so.

[@niektenseldam22]

Since Patton was expected to be sent back to the states in disgrace, he was actually well happy is too strong a word, but relieved for sure

[@ellenbryn]

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.)

[@arthasmenethil7208]

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 ?

[@jeremyhubbard5069]

Thoughty 2 just made a video about this today too... Weird 😬

[@twistedpixel756]

How about a video on The Spanish Armada, that's a mega project right?

[@NP-zl7dz]

So when's the Spielberg/Hanks film about Operation Bodyguard out??

[@diogenes34]

Four men lifting up a tank turret with the barrel installed amazing.😱🤩

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Eat your spinach!

[@thelammacus]

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)?

[@t5ruxlee210]

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]

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.

[@Timmy_The_P.O.G]

Can you do the "space needle" In Seattle

[@SN-oo2fq]

Video on operations Babrosa largest ground invasion in history

[@TB-rh6ss]

We love walls! Think it’s time for an ‘Atlantic Wall’ episode! As Simon said himself… it’s a Megaproject!

[@martindice5424]

I was just going to point that out Callun. Also, when Patton’s referred to as ‘Blood n’ Guts’ we should remember it was HIS men that gave him this epithet - unlike most other Allied commanders who valued the lives of their citizen armies he didn’t give a damn as long he looked good on the battle reports.

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Strictly speaking, it wasn't his men that gave him that name, but a reporter. His men picked up on it though and said "Our Blood, His Guts". To be honest I have read that but have no original source on either, so both may be myths.

[@notmaireelneim]

You missed the opportunity to segue to an ad for Square Space with a reference to squareheads.

[@pr0xZen]

@ 5:22 I don't know where you got that map from, but that's not where Trondheim is in Norway.

[@markstott6689]

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.

[@drpattiethomas]

Oh, don't lie to us Simon. We know you never rest.

[@omkaruplap144]

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 👍👌.

[@Moeren588]

just a note to the map at 5:31 : Trondheim is not that far up North

[@iHolly80]

I don’t feel I should “enjoy” learning about WWII. I always try and remember the sacrifice so many people made. The lives lost and ruined. But this part I feel I can enjoy! This was pure genius!

[@kkpenney444]

I feel the same. Almost have to check my interest sometimes and not become inured to all the tragedy because the subject is inescapably fascinating.

[@21stcenturybohemian]

Wait... at 11:15... that was you! You're a time traveler!

[@maxstr]

11:13 omg Simon did you just post your drivers license photo

[@4thzone697]

‘In the end it was way too big to defend with conviction, it was massively long’ - Me explaining how I got my wife pregnant.

[@guernseydonkey17]

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

[@LBPhotoworks]

"It's all about the hands! - Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

[@WasabiSniffer]

Ahhh see I never knew Quicksilver was a component of Bodyguard as part of many others. I’ve only ever been aware of the Calais deception and not the entirety of the theater

[@michaelhowell2326]

What are those guns at 3:03 with the beveled barrels?

[@steveclarke6257]

There not guns, there torpedo tubes.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@steveclarke6257 ok. Cool. Thanks for the response.

[@jsteezus]

Great video. It’s basically a video version of Wikipedia. Thats a compliment.

[@scottyford4224]

Simon please do Mega Project on the James Webb Space Telescope.

[@wombatwilly1002]

The Canadian landing beach was originally called "Jelly" and a sixth landing beach was also on the original plans..:)

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

OMG. How embarrassing that would have been. I bet the Canadians said "Change that name or we're oot". I think Mark Felton did something on the 6th beach. I mean a video, not a toiletry deposit. :D I read they called it Pink Beach and no-one wanted to land on Pink Beach so they dropped it. Or am I getting confused with Resevoir Dogs?

[@coastalbbq1]

Idea for Megaprojects : Intercoastal Canal aka Intercoastal Waterway..

[@laststand6420]

He may tell this story, but I'll tell it anyway. I heard that one time there was a group of four soldiers carrying an (inflatable)tank. A sergeant noticed that a local man was standing nearby, clearly in awe. The local looked to the sergeant for an explanation, he shrugged and "Yankees are strong". (Details may vary slightly)

[@Jason.W.]

The biggest poker face ever pulled off.