Using Planes to Break Out of Prison (Operation Jericho)

Ever heard the story about how a bunch of ANZAC's busted a bunch of French Resistance fighters out of prison? And even better, they did it with an airstrike.
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[@trischas.2809]

Now that you covered the best, you need to do the 2nd best prison break: Castle Itter. Or rather: the only battle of WW2 in which French Prisoners of War, the Austrian resistance, and US soldiers went on to liberate a prison with a single tank. They *also* allied with Wehrmacht prison guards and their command to fight an approaching SS regiment.

[@YeahItsYourBoyG]

oh yeah... we NEED a video on this haha

[@cheeseninja1115]

That is such a good story, it plays out like what you think an old ww2 movie would be. A castle in the Austrian alps needs to be protected so that the SS don't liquidate the prisoners inside after the suicide of Hitler. The disenfranchised Wehrmacht solders team up with the Americans, that only have one tank, in this attempt to hold onto their honor as soldiers not killers. I am always surprised that there hasn't been more movies of it besides"The Last Battle", its perfect for film!

[@shinjiikari1021]

The last battle?

[@hammer1349]

Sadly as far as I know, the only fatality suffered by the allies in the battle was the allied German commander.

[@jozefpopa9953]

I never expected to see Detroit on a disaster scale.

[@Ineptias_]

We all knew it was gonna happen sooner or later.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Should have used Flint, but definitely valid. lol

[@robert506007]

Ya it tracks all too well

[@theonethatdoesnotknow9014]

Detroit isn't on the scale Detroit is the scale

[@drewjohnson-85]

Watch the Grand Tour episode where they went to Detroit it makes sense if you see the places they go in that episode

[@wifi_soldier5076]

Wow French content from both you and Lazerpig within a 24 hour period. What a day 😄

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I know right. Blew my mind.

[@TheEdibleDonut]

Can we just take a second to appreciate this man's French singing? I'm not saying it was *good*, but you have to appreciate the effort, right? ...right?

[@TheEDFLegacy]

I definitely appreciate the effort. But does that warrant breaking the Geneva Convention for his crimes against France? :P

[@jizburg]

@@TheEDFLegacy nah. We all know that france is not real.

[@351xb1973]

Lucky I’m reading this because my ears are still bleeding. I thought he was being tortured by the Gestapo

[@stickiedmin6508]

Huh? In my opinion he absolutely nailed it, 100% accurate and authentic. To my ears, that's *_exactly_* what it sounds like when French people sing. 🙃

[@steffent.6477]

No. If you can't do it don't try it^^

[@liladoodle]

Megatron: "Soundwave! Bust those French Resistance members out." Soundwave: "Rumble, eject. Operation: Jericho!".

[@CVwritinganovel]

animarchy: tries to sing in french my brain: wtf me: laughing non-stop (because iknow the feeling trying to sing a french song)

[@tk5800thesecond]

Sacreblue, non regretorien Bagguette le eiffel tower

[@PfalzD3]

I just love that you dubbed in "Land Down Under" in it's classical music form. Colin Hay would be proud.

[@shoominati23]

It's infuriating that KZbin hasn't worked to any end towards some sort of agreement for creators to use Copyrighted music in a user pays / ad hoc basis. Maybe each creator could buy a yearly license for something like $250 USD to be able to use a copyrighted music , and the royalties from which , identified and paid out preportionate to the amount of views. I think the uptake rate would be worth it and lucrative for the artists and record labels alike. But again , KZbin - typical minimal effort from monopolistic crony capitalist woke outfits that only place effort in ensuring their monopoly holds tight.

[@BritneySongbird04]

I just want to say how much I love how you do your videos, the incredible almost documentary style you have along with a witty sense of humor is something I never though I'd want but something I absolutely adore

[@thomascooley2749]

Bob Hoover story is probably my favorite pow story Tho when he tells it he makes it seem like it was no big deal until he realized he was flying an enemy plane about to be shot down by his friends

[@willrogers3793]

I love the fact that the Royal New Zealand Air Force roundel prominently features a kiwi bird in the same way that I love how the American libertarian party adopted a porcupine as its mascot. It’s a simple declaration of “Yes, this is who we are, and we don’t give a fuck if any of you think it’s silly.” 👌 Also, after watching this one, I’m kinda dying to see you regale us with the tale of the siege of Castle Itter. And by dying, I mean, where is the place I can throw money at you to achieve this goal?

[@jamesharding3459]

Well, it’s appropriate on the case of New Zealanders but absurd in the case of the libertards.

[@charlesparr1611]

@@jamesharding3459 Porcupines are prickly and quick to take offense, deeply stupid*, rotund and cowardly. Seems about right to me, but i suspect the randites never actually met any porcupines...🦏 *Where i live Porcupines are a pest, although interestingly they taste extremely good. They are also the only wild animal I know of that can be successfully hunted with a baseball bat, because they are so stupid they don't even run away and seem unable to do what all other animals in Canada have managed, which is learn to fear humans. Also, do NOT attempt to eat a porcupine living in an evergreen forest, as it will taste like turpentine. In jmy opinion, the best tasting pricklepigs come from birch groves.

[@jamesharding3459]

@@charlesparr1611 If that's the case, I suppose that's highly appropriate!

[@thepolishnz]

at least our emblem is a bird, unlike Australia

[@topiasr628]

Love this new direction for the channel with updates from Ukraine and historical topics! I wish you - like Perun - would spin off your video game content to a secondary channel. The vast majority of your subscribers found you channel from your absolutely excellent Ukraine content. I would assert content on Ukraine and historical topics is why those new followers are here

[@AnimarchyHistory]

The historical breakdowns are staying here because they do well in the algorithm. And both the gaming and anime crowd like it. But actual gameplay like the ace combat and bombing the reich stuff. Will be going to a secondary channel or going on twitch. If there is a channel I have the most in common with that you’d know of. It would be Lazerpig I suppose. But yeah your concerns are noted loud and clear.

[@Giganfan2k1]

@@AnimarchyHistory You Perun, Jake Broe should do something together. Thanks for everything you do! Been enjoying Azure Lane histories.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@AnimarchyHistory Personally I think your game reactions should also stay here, as it's very much a history lesson as much as it is berating some of the more bizarre (and in some cases, _offensive_ ) uses of history in video games. Case in point: Battlefield V and Call of Duty: Vanguard.

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@TheEDFLegacy Agreed. The main problem is the youtube algorithm being a piece of crap.

[@ag7898]

@@Destroyer_V0 ditto. Absolutely love him dunking on the, shall we say, less accurate parts of some so-called historical games.

[@mikedrop4421]

Could you imagine being in 21 Squadron that day. Those dudes we probably sitting there puking for hours waiting on news about the escape. Jeez Edit: Also I had no idea anything besides explody stuff from WWII was still classified on the allied side. Well I guess since it could give away strategy that we still use in some way it might be too soon to declassify some of the information. Still though, I thought the only thing that we still kept secret was weapon or spy/defectors like operation paperclip and such.

[@taccovert4]

A lot of British stuff gets classified with a 99 year seal. So WW1 is now fully declassified (for the most part), and WW2 will probably get declassified in the 2040s. Logic is that anyone alive when the classified things were done would be dead before they were declassified.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Huh, and here I was thinking that Castle Itter was the craziest jailbreak in history

[@maskedgaming2798]

Well it was the end of the line

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Indeed! Tough to say which is more awesome, though. But I'm glad to have watched this! Never heard of it until just the other day.

[@Lazy_coma]

You've now become the aussie Lazerpig, starting with the Pentagon wars theme, the singing and then the funny accents. Excellent video!

[@cristiansotelo]

The only thing missing in this video is Bon Scott and AC/DC singing "Jaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllbreak" ( the guitar riff sounds in my head ). Other thing is your intent to sing in french ( you owe me a coffee cup because when i hear you sing in French that thing flew across the room jajajajajaa). Amazing video and your work is simply fantastic. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile.

[@sircommander27]

Arthur "sink the Tirpitz" Harris on a thumbnail about jailbreak is a suprise to be sure, but I like it

[@mikedrop4421]

"Hullo, vhat iz up mine fellow French komraden? Have you heard aboutz zis Hitler guy? Achhh Vhat a loozer! Yahhh! You fine gentlemen have a plan to somezhing about zis Hitler guy right yah?" Haha. That was a beautiful meme routine. It was well written and properly exicuted. You definitely stuck the landing without any splash. I give it a solid 10 /10!

[@MrRisenKill]

As always, I do love the way you make your videos. Now if you ever want to make a Video about a more wholesome and less heard of story involving military Aviation, you might want to look into something that German Aviators call "Der Fall Jessica" (Case Jessica). Its a story from January 22nd 1982 about a German fighter pilot flying his F 104 Starfighter (aka "The widow maker") through a snowstorm to save the life of a 3 year old girl. Sadly all the articles about it are in German but i am sure you can get Military Aviation History to help you with that.

[@kazzipolbus4788]

Really big fan of content like this! Consider maybe doing a video on the Gran Sasso raid?

[@kribiscus8052]

Im sorry at 3:59 i just cant with how hes holding the sten dude come on

[@goldenguardian8753]

This sounds like it’s going to be a blast of a video

[@ZaggySwaggy]

Even tho this f*cked us it was hella clean almost as clean as our Mussolini one but hey still good tho

[@Foreign0817]

0:53 I texted that recruiter back, and now I'm going to Eastern Europe. You know why. 🇺🇦 Putin bots in the comments keep going on about- "wInTeR iS cOmInG." Personally, I think Christmas in Europe should be something to experience at least once. And the best part: I'm getting paid for it. 🇺🇸

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Which branch my guy?

[@Foreign0817]

@@AnimarchyHistory Army. Adjutant General's Corps. HR specialists amongst soldiers. "Defend and serve." 🛡

[@AnimarchyHistory]

@@Foreign0817 gonna dock you points for not joining the superior branch. Though perhaps my blue jacketed friends may take pity on you and ALLOW you peasants to eat in their DFAC. But they have to share with Space Force now so it may be a squeeze ;) On the real though, outstanding!

[@Foreign0817]

@@AnimarchyHistory Went to Basic on August 2019. Space Force wasn't a thing yet. 😅

[@AnimarchyHistory]

@@Foreign0817 ehhh dw about Space Force they have 12 jobs and are mostly officers.

[@tonilogar5822]

Pentagon wars theme, singing ... someone was watching Lazerpig videos.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I mean Lazerpig and I have a very similar style and sense of humour anyway. What his video did show me is that the Pentagon Wars theme wasn’t copyrighted. Which is useful because I can’t keep using Prinz Eugens theme.

[@tonilogar5822]

@@AnimarchyHistory That you do. Which is why I am subscribed to both and love watching both. It was not criticism, just an observation.

[@Alphaisnothere]

Damn Prinz Eugens Theme really fit into this perfectly

[@GODofEverythin9_]

0:36 Hehehe well in germany you basically have a small flat with another guy, with a TV, wifi and a bunch of possible activities. Behold, the superior german tech!

[@Michael_OBrian]

Animarchy History, I love your videos and am a relatively new subscriber. Would you be willing to make a video on the Battle of Samar? Keep up the excellent work regardless!

[@dmtribaltyphoon5001]

I remember this being a mission on the ps3 game heros over Europe

[@theliteralicecreamman]

My lad singing La Marseillaise was beautiful, and trust me when I say I can't do any better.

[@fightertales]

Jesus christ, how does this only have 20k views? The thumbnail killed me.

[@pbyn153]

This should be a movie to be honest

[@terminusest5902]

How about the Cowra, 1944, escape. Australia's largest? Attempted by 1000 prisoners. All surviving escapees, 359, were recaptured. 4 Australians killed.

[@dmytronovosad3035]

Why are literally all Australians so cool? I just love em. Wish I could visit😢

[@Chockination]

Lake Michigan is on the other side of Michigan from Detroit.

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Great video!

[@ericjones9487]

The Germans needed Emus in their Air Defence

[@davidty2006]

Emu's are thankfully flightless birds...

[@itsyvonblitz6819]

@@davidty2006 they'll find a way, the emus always find a way

[@ussenterprisecv6805]

@@itsyvonblitz6819 we need to make jetpacks for emus

[@garybobst9107]

Mosquitos got a nasty sting....

[@padascos]

I hear Mosquitoes and the Hamburg historian in me flinches. Those things are so utterly annoying it is hard to believe. For people wondering, Mosquitoes were very, very, very often used for raids on Hamburg. They actually did nearly all of them, unlike most probably would guess, given the set in picture of raids being done by Wellingtons or Flying fortresses, as that is the simple picture of a bombing raid. Back to it, given they basically are the reason a decent chunk of the raids on my city doing the war are listed as nuisance raids should tell the whole story. So, in the end, while bombers did the most overall damage, the freaking Mosquitoes were by far the most annoying part of it, and makes me appreciate the name of the aircraft cause it fucking deserves it. Just to quick add, many of those Mosquitoe attacks were carried out by a small group of them, and when I say small, I mean 4 or less. You telling me the Germans were crazy doing the war, think on that.

[@michaellewis1545]

I do like these relatively shot videos on topics that get a lot of press here in the States. Slight tangent speaking from experience if you do call or text the recruiter back you will learn how to deal with Biblical levels of bovine excrement. Dealing with bovine excrement at least 50% of any job.

[@milleniumsword1558]

So Many Dominos leading up to Overlord that could have fallen the wrong way.

[@Smytjf11]

No worries, it's been over 200 years and the US is still salty about them taxing our tea. We don't even drink tea.

[@dhss333]

Excessive manic digression, zigzagging.

[@millistiah874]

Striker no hisou, nice

[@raymondrenick4828]

So from all I've learned, Australia and New Zealand are the British Commonwealths version of Florida. Neither of us give any fucks.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I’m just saying. There is a reason all my best friends are Texans.

[@kyleclark4449]

Witold Pilecki has entered the chat, multiple times

[@akramgimmini8165]

If it would've been a Swedish Prison they would've break in

[@FLJBeliever1776]

Holy crap! Where did the French Resistance get a French Tank from!? 5:26

[@joshuawilliams2643]

I live there man. Come-on.

[@joshuawilliams2643]

Great story otherwise. (Detroit area)

[@eli8922]

@@joshuawilliams2643 eww Detroit you live with a bunch of robots

[@gregbarnes4083]

You need to cover Castle Itter too!

[@mikedrop4421]

OK it's not the next Azur Lane video (which ship is upcoming btw?) but I'll gladly take it none the less.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Engage..

[@mikedrop4421]

@@AnimarchyHistory the next episode on Big E? Hells yeah!

[@Knight6831]

14:17 yeah I suspect that whole 'send in the colonials first' attitude would change after WW2 but I cannot help but feel if the British don't decline as they did, i can see Aussies and Kiwis involved in the Black Buck raids because if the British don't decline, the Elderly Avro Vulcan B.2s will have been withdrawn in place of the longer range Avro Vulcan Phase 6s which could carry with a conventional conversion kit a total of 48,000ibs of bombs which is equal to 12 De-Havilland Mosquito Yeah I could see a British, Aussie and Kiwi crew flying Black Buck 1 with up to full bomb load, better tankers and Port Stanley Airport being levelled to the ground

[@thefisherking78]

Goddamn badass thxxxxzx

[@foldervtolvr]

It’s crazy how well the British completely hid Operation Overlord from the Germans. No wonder they had less defenses at Normandy, I would’ve been fooled and I’m pretty good at reversing deception. The British were masterminds and they deserve way more credit

[@audman4788]

what is the background music in the first few minutes? I know its from AL but I cant find it. (edit: I remembered, its Eugen's theme from the anime for those who are wondering)

[@MaticTheProto]

Awesome video! And yeah, they definitely meant to kill them

[@donnym3415]

As someone who lives in Michigan The oh sh*t meter us accurate

[@Samcf9]

Note to self: buy an air force... Just in case.

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

Fr though. Who tf is the tate guy? I'd never heard of him until this Monday

[@3tacoman]

Milk ! milk ! milk !

[@miloszlatala6315]

Can we get a whole rendition of the French Anthem ? XD

[@nomcarver4436]

The amount of adds I get makes me want to stop using KZbin altogether. It’s a dam shame I don’t have an add blocker on mobile.

[@StrikertheEchidna]

Wow Half German half british. If you have ancestors on both sides of world war 2 dinner time talks would be… interesting to say the least

[@darrenbolam]

🇳🇿👍

[@eli-mi3mh]

0:59 as some from America who has had family who was hounded by general dynamics so they can make a paking lot i hate general dynamics i remember a time the harbor was see able and was wonderful but then they needed to build more submarine and helicopters so they fucked the already existing roads even more and built this ugly ass building and our senator bluementhall has a record of stolen valor so we are fucked

[@dhss333]

This is all rambling all over the place: I know the story so I left at 5.06., switching off the (dim) light.

[@hairy-dairyman]

There are certain things that give Germans intergenerational anxiety. Mass pipes and drums on a foggy morning, the orgasmic thrum of a merlin (or two, or 4) under load and the rumour that it will be the colonials. Others include the smell of maple syrup on the wind. The thud thud thud of an m2 and probably as much as the rest, HO RA HO RA HO RA HHHHOOOORRRRAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

[@breadman32398]

The mountjoy IRA prison break with a helicopter is pretty cool too.

[@ignaspagonis5963]

Gg

[@Knight6831]

Animarchy this whole thing hating the British over Gallipoli in WW1 is just ridiculous it was over a century ago, it is not heality to hold a grudge against a country over something that happened a century ago, did the British Empire make mistakes at Gallipoli, yes but it is time to move on and let the past be the past

[@dhss333]

"Based"? You mean base.

[@greghuey6639]

I seem to recall there was another controversy - not covered here - associated with this mission. Didn't some of the bombers get disoriented and end up bombing a school? or some other civilian target?

[@terminusest5902]

Those Sherman's were very flimsy.

[@jizburg]

14:22 i am sooooo uncomfortable seeing people handling explosives like this XD I get that its probably not armed at the moment but... still.

[@Eminentharp]

*IRS Armed Tactical Teams Intensify*

[@AnimarchyHistory]

*panik*

[@severren1095]

I really enjoyed this sort of video And it further emphasized the importance of Operation Overlord. They could NOT risk the Germans getting wind of what is going on. Once operation overlord succeeded and also the battle of Kursk the Germans were going to Lose in an absolute certainly

[@adder3597]

With regard to your theory, Pac- as far as I know, that's precisely what happened. To my awareness, the Resistance agreed that those individuals would have to be sacrificed, and that hit afaik also killed a large contingent of Gestapo interrogation staff and destroyed their intelligence.

[@MisterW0lfe]

Operation Jericho? should've played Chris Jericho's intro music from the WWE, after all, they were bringing the walls down

[@benjo_pharmer]

Great video! Loved that. Heard some accounts of it before but I'd never heard or seen what happened to the HVT prison area and that's very enlightening. Thanks!

[@pavelslama5543]

Germans were like: hey, brits, look at those cool super spies. We´ve just captured them! And British reacted like they always did: No you fckin didnt!

[@spitfire1358]

As a new Zealander agree with the gallipoli thing, GODDAMMIT CHURCHILL!

[@liamkurtyhnigov4064]

"prison is not a nice place to be no matter where you end up" Norwegian prison's:Am I a joke to you

[@themusicmaker13]

MI6: oh? A letter from the resistance in northern France? Wonder what they've got for us. Letter: shits fucked royally, your spies and our top guy got arrested by the Gestapo. MI6: hm... Wait a minute... oh... OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Meanwhile, us ANZAC boys: mates I think there's a disturbance in the force.

[@leprianto4930]

pretty damn good video ngl also good to see that you are a man of culture who watched the 4th anniverary of Azur Lane

[@erikfrey582]

As a Detroit resident I will humbly decline on behalf of my city to be on the disaster meter. I would like to extent an invitation over to our colleges over in Chicago to take place our place on the disaster meter

[@earnestbrown6524]

I just watched Operations Room's video on this the other day. Great video.

[@jizburg]

Just realized that you are playing Men at work "Down under" in the background XD

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

Great video, new to channel (thank Lazerpig), the same three units are at the center of Rowland White’s new book, Mosquito, about a similar operation in Copenhagen in 1945.

[@RM61827]

The fact that you, an Australian, did not take the opportunity to use the AC/DC song “Jailbreak” for this video borders on criminal

[@Unyieldi]

Haylo

[@DaHitch]

That intro was perfect. 👏

[@JDBlack3347]

Honestly, your pet theory of targeting that clean hit to deal with the HVTs seems totally viable, and that bomb hit taking out the HVTs seems very likely. But it is also of about equal likelihood that (goal of the planners or not) the bomb hit where it hit by chance. Good as the pilots were, the equipment they had to work with would have had a hard time guaranteeing that the right section of wall was hit. That further said though, if the commander knew which section the HVTs were in seeing that bomb hit would be a logical reason for sending off the bombers, regardless of malice in planning.

[@MelleLaCruze]

the German chief of counter intelligence is basically Hans Landa in real life.

[@deforged]

great informative content, but the delivery is a little bit dry. sprinkling a pun or a meme or a cutaway gag here and there could go a long way.

[@flabby2142]

As an Aussie I love this channel

[@Fox2Productions]

Really good video bud, thoroughly enjoyed it

[@donovanporter4545]

The British air commander that did up the dresden burning

[@cal-efc8062]

Don’t see this in the American made Masters of the air

[@rustyshank912]

Hey I was on the S.S. Badger last week. Anyway good joke.

[@optimusender9774]

TTS 😞

[@timaldridge6505]

Really talk though, how as an Australian did you not add tassie as a maximum security block to your map of our great prison colony?