Operation Source, 1943: The Hunt for Battleship Tirpitz (Part 1)

In 1943, Operation Source unfolded off Norway's coast. In a secret mission, the British Navy deployed X-class midget submarines to strike the anchored Battleship Tirpitz...
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[@doncao6838]

hi.

[@alexanderleach3365]

This was a bold raid by the Royal Navy with their legendary X-Craft subs. My hat's off to the brave a courageous British crewmen of the X-Craft.

[@notthefbi7932]

Combined with Bluecher, Norway was a graveyard to some big warships that never saw ship to ship action

[@cjclark1208]

Schnapps 12:20 The highest ranking British officer: a farewell drink you say?

[@alpha3in1]

I love war history, please can you do more to outline allied navy missions and their working relationships to include who was senior leader over multinational forces in different ops.

[@kevinjacobs2730]

An Uncle of mine .Albert Brooks was a member of X10’s passage crew he was the electrician on board. X10 was detailed to go after the Scharnhorst, but it had sailed.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

These naval battles are awesome! Thanks For this

[@harryshriver6223]

I am impressed, such intricate and revealing details of the infamous German battleship. Bravo and kudos to you, amigo.😊

[@Whitpusmc]

Stunned by the bravery of those X craft crews. Even the passage crews were some hardy and brave men.

[@088929k]

Joined the R.N. in 1965 at H.M.S. Ganges and captain Geoffrey Place V.C. was my captain there, very well liked although not by me, but that's another story.... keep up the good work.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another wonderful historical coverage video about disabled Tirpitz German battleship during WW2 by majestic x5,x6,x7 British submarines... Thank you for an amazing( house of history) channel for sharing this wonderful video

[@johnathonlilla7634]

God bless you guys for this amazing project 15:38

[@christopherhanton6611]

very good video, next parts 2 and 3 are going to be good too.

[@KHK001]

Amazing video as always!

[@jasonthompson6594]

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Especially hearing about her long list of injuries.

[@johnpauljones4190]

Perfect video! Keep up!

[@DeaconBlu]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@scottsevers6194]

Thanks again for your video 😊😊.

[@pomicultorul]

Thank you for your work!

[@jamieevans6395]

I've just read the book the tirpitz, good book 👍

[@julio5prado]

Fascinating story

[@Red-rl1xx]

I've got a nice model of the Tirpitz.

[@nomooon]

At this point should just admit that ships are just sitting ducks for airplanes or submarines...Bigger the battleship, bigger the disappointment.

[@user-nj8tg7nt1c]

Great video 👍 Can you make one for naval battle of Elli?

[@daniellucas1494]

Very nicely done. I await the next posting. You may consider the last mission of the USS Tang - a true hero of a submarine.

[@HoH]

Great suggestion, I will make note of it. Thanks!

[@richardstone5552]

It is a great movie

[@brokenbridge6316]

Imagine what would've happened had more bombs been attached to the Tirpitz during this mission. It probably would've sunk.

[@FatFluffyPenguin]

Finally someone animated the X-Craft middion

[@danialzidaneamarty8493]

This really a big project

[@spencerhoyte9638]

Awesome video , any future videos involving New Zealand's efforts during WW2? Cheers!

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@RoboticDragon]

Interesting about X-5.

[@WW...allies]

This is a bold raid but must of gave many recourses for the ussr

[@jimtalbott9535]

3:25 - Drachinifel fan here. When I heard “added torpedo tubes”, I can’t help but recall his many diatribes on the size of the “flat” needed as a torpedo room. But I’m guessing these were deck-mounted torpedoes? That or someone lost their yoga studio in early 1942, inside the hull of Tirpitz.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

There were salvaged from the wrecks of the German destroyers sunk at Narvik in 1940. They were deck-mounted.

[@gbagaskoro2]

I wonder if you can do video on the Battle of Surabaya, Indonesia in November 1945, in which Brigadier General Mallaby was killed

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

When u estimated cost of battle in the end please make a seperate table of how many men participateed in the battles and then comparing the total loss in the battle Eg a table must contain total men total ships planes, submarines etc And in another columns total destroyed, total damaged In order to understand easily Thank you

[@AnvilMAn603]

i guess some facts were edited out, the subtitles show stuff unsaid

[@wolf2912]

When will part 2 release ?

[@EliteFuller]

Dambusters vs Tirpitz part 2

[@clarkstartrek]

Submarine X-1 This class of submarine was later featured in the 1968 movie Submarine X-1 starring James Caan as a Canadian Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer who after losing his submarine and fifty crew members in a battle with a German ship during World War II, gets a second chance training crews to take part in a raid using THESE MIDGET SUBS.

[@steveclarke6257]

The 1955 film "Above us the Waves" is a far more accurate film, as it had Donald Cameron as a "technical" advisor - so I would recommend this film over your suggestion.

[@marksimpson8577]

Did I hear mistaken for porpoises? Please excuse my ignorance, but do porpoises visit Norway?

[@HoH]

My thoughts exactly

[@xwrn]

Yes! Harbor Porpoises regularly visit that area.

[@wolf2912]

So all of the british raiders were either killed or captured

[@3idraven714]

How many U-boats could they have built instead of this Reef. Thank God they were stupid.

[@xwrn]

Tirpitz the sole battleship? Poor Scharnhorst and Gneissenau get no respect! 😅 (I agree tho, they're battlecruisers)

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

No. They were well armoured, but weakly armed, battleships. Their belt armour was actually stronger than that of the Bismarcks.

[@Russia-bullies]

The pic at 1:22 should have “MILITARY”,instead of “ARMY”.The pic at 2:19 should have “SUBS”,instead of “U-BOATS”.FYI.”u-boat”=short form “unterseeboot”(German for “sub”).

[@HoH]

Why should it have subs then? They're U-boats (Unterseebooten).

[@isaacsilvas2285]

Isn’t the Bismarck male

[@epickzalpha8273]

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[@chrisstrand500]

Silly Nazis