The Berlin Trolls | When the RAF Ruined Goering's Parade!

[@bowser515]

Imagine that. The Nazis accidentally broadcasting the sound of 12 roaring Merlin engines to the entire nation. A sound which couldn't be any more British if it tried. What a day that must have been. Sad loss of one of the crew however, at least they went out with two fingers raised.

[@chriskappert1365]

You are to modest , twelve Merlins roaring ! 😂😂😂

[@bowser515]

​@@chriskappert1365Doh, you're right! Not sure how I made that mistake lol. I'll edit my comment..

[@cabletie69]

​@@chriskappert1365"too "😅

[@clementpoon120]

“no enemy aircraft will fly over berlin” *enemy aircraft flies over berlin*

[@LAVATORR]

The abrupt cut to classical music makes this so much funnier. Imagine being a German civilian listening to Goering's speech on the radio, bragging about how untouchable he is, only to hear explosions and gun for five seconds before classical music starts playing for no reason

[@briansanderson5084]

This was probably the greatest act of trolling there has ever been.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

🙂👍Yeah, but now western society is in great need of even bigger acts of trolling to defeat the new/old evil we are ALL faced with, which is Marxism("progressivism"). In other words, over 75 years after the Nazis were defeated, and over 30 years after the end of the communist Soviet Union, we are threatened by the SAME basic ideology that inspired BOTH of those evil ideologies! 😥 😠👍Let the TROLLING begin, before its too late! Our freedom literally depends on it!

[@briansanderson5084]

@@HighlanderNorth1 I am curious as to where you see the resurgence of Marxism in the west. Marx was pretty much wrong about everything most importantly about the key feature in Marxism namely that all things stem from industrial proletarian revolution. Following that then the following ten points could be achieved : ● Abolition of private property. ● Heavy and progressive system of income tax. ● Abolition of the rights of inheritance. ● Confiscation of the property of emigrants and rebels. ● Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state. ● Centralisation of the means of communication and transport. ● Extension of factories and the instruments of production. ● Equal liability of all work. ● Combination of agriculture and manufacturing. ● Abolition of child labour and free education in public schools. Some of these platforms have been established by governments in the west. For example the abolition of child labour and universal free education. However that does not make these governments Marxist. In any case all this was to happen following industrial proletarian revolution. Without this phase it is not Marxism. In the west there is hardly anything that can be described as an industrial proletariat left. Definitions are important both for the left and the right. We live in a world where corporations and governments are hand in glove. If you are looking for historical similarities the fascism might be closer on that score. All the people I know who describe themselves as socialists clearly are not and the same with Marxists. I know no one who has read Das Capital.

[@davidhollins870]

You would be a bit annoyed if your big speech got trashed.

[@poruatokin]

@@HighlanderNorth1 Actually, the greatest danger come from capitalist corporations that run governments....looking at you USA.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@poruatokin 🚫Under the Biden administration, we have govt directly colluding with, and weaponizing corporations to intimidate Biden's political enemies into silence(ie. big tech/social media oligarchies),, and into allowing them to completely undermine election and ballot security(ie. Major League baseball, United Airlines, etc), while the radical Marxists behind the scenes who run the Biden administration are FORCING their racist, anti-Caucasian, anti-liberty, anti-democracy agenda and propaganda into our educational system, govt offices, and even into corporate human resources departments, in the form of "critical race theory", "white fragility" and other intentionally DIVISIVE Marxist doctrine. Their end game is an END to sovereign western democracies, to be replaced by a George Soros/Klaus Schwab style communist super-state. It's why BLM(an admitted Marxist organization) and Antifa(anarcho-communist group) are literally ALLOWED to destroy literal BILLIONS of dollars in private and public property, in the midst of a PANDEMIC, assaulting hundreds of police officers and hundreds more random civilians, and even murdering dozens of people! The whole while, the "news" media keep telling us they are "mostly peaceful", ignoring the devastation!

[@robgraham5697]

The Mosquito is one of the greatest, and most beautiful, of all time.

[@MrDaiseymay]

NAME ONE, MORESO

[@DidMyGrandfatherMakeThis]

You put two fighter engines on a bomber that can outfly and outperform most fighters of the time. And then they build the Tetse... You stick a naval cannon on a bloody plane and it just beggars belief.

[@aeoe665]

Yeah my biggest enemy who keeps biting me

[@hirameberhardt8643]

ABSOLUTELY one of the best planes that came out of England 🇬🇧

[@edstoutenburg3990]

Although-Imho,yhe Westland Whirlwind comes very close...

[@CazBarry]

I get the impression that, in order to be a legendary fighter plane, it is important that the plane's design and proposition be first rejected by the Ministry of Defence or War Department...

[@MrDaiseymay]

There is a history of top brass idiocy in Britain.. The Merlin engine, as it became, nearly didn't happen. The War office denied Rolls Royce and further financial support, to develop and improve the Merlin's power, about 1936. Rolls dug deep into their coffer's , and History tells the rest. Then there was the dismissive treatment of Frank Whittle, and his world changing Jet engine. The Brass, who knew bugger -all about it, weren't convinced of it's future. Makes you weep.

[@Harldin]

@@MrDaiseymay yea the Merlin Engine didn’t do much in WW2 only 150,000 built, fitted to 43 different Aircraft types including 1 in each of the Spitfire, Hurricane and Mustang, 2 in the Mosquito, Wellington and Beaufighter and 4 in the Lancaster and Halifax. When people talk about the equipment that won WW2 the Merlin should be at the very top of any list.

[@L0stJ0hnny]

@@Harldin Although Merlins were fitted to some variants, most Wellingtons used Bristol Pegasus radial engines. Likewise, most Beaufighters used the Bristol Hercules engine and only had Merlins fitted when supply of Hercules engines was prioritised for the Short Stirling.

[@Harldin]

@MrLewisbate please show where i disagreed with Philips comment Moron

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

I don't think it's just an air ministry thing. Look at the greatest bomber of the war. The Avro Lancaster was accepted into service as the twin engined Manchester. However it's Vulture engines proved so unreliable that Roy Chadwick at Avros decided to try 4 Merlins instead. Called it the Manchester III and see what happened. A few tweaks and a name change later and the rest is history!

[@NVRAMboi]

I never tire of this true story. As an American, my respect and admiration for the RAF, the RCAF, the RAAF and the RNZAF is unending. Certainly all of our guys and gals who served the in Allied forces were built differently back then. I must also add the Polish squadrons of the RAF. Bravery, determination and purpose were overflowing.

[@bq1000bq]

Well said!👍

[@28pbtkh23]

Thanks mate 👍

[@entropybentwhistle]

Thanks for mentioning the other commonwealth and allied AFs under the RAF umbrella. Every person in that organization is owed so much.

[@armandbourque2468]

Oh, yes. The polish fliers had a bone to pick with the nazis.

[@PortmanRd]

R.A.F crews must've made of so many different nationalities during WW2, and probably more than a few countries who joined the R.A.F to vent their anger at the Nazis.

[@itsrockyiv8209]

RAF: Flies Mosquitoes above Berlin creating chaos. Göring: *MAD* RAF: Wanna see me do it again?

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Goering ordered a German copy of the Mosquito. The Brits bombed the glue factory, so they couldn't build it.

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

RAF: Now that's a lotta damage (to the Nazis' image)! Also RAF: How about a little more?!

[@TFuzz58]

My father was a radar tech with the RCAF 418 Mosquito Squadron and this raid was a favourite topic when he would talk about the marvel the Mosquito was and it would bring a sly smile to his face. To us the Mosquito will always be the best aircraft of WWII. Cheers

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

I was a radar tech, in different times, on Tornado F3s of 43 sqn in the 1990s. Your father was right about the mosquito, brilliant aircraft.

[@David-wk6md]

USUALLY I HATE MOSQUITOES 😊

[@octopus1066]

@@TheNorthernHistorian i hear the mockery in this comment, typically british people. tell the stories of there vets, and then doubt others who also want to tell the stories of there family who fought in the war. How you dipshit won WW2 is an amazement to be seen still to this day

[@thomasgatley624]

My grandad flew the mosquito during the war!

[@mikebacherl2490]

And can you believe that it's fuselage was made of wood and a special glue!

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

"No British bomber can reach Berlin! If one does, my name is not Göring! It is Meyer!" - Herman Meyer

[@dannywlm63]

😆

[@raypitts4880]

did he say give us spit fires was that before or after the raid.

[@islandblind]

Amongst the German public, the air raid siren became subversively known as "Meyer's bugle horn."

[@taproom113]

@@raypitts4880 In September of 1940, Goering asked Fighter Ace, General Adolf Galland (head of Luftwaffe Fighter Command), what he needed to finally win the Battle of Britain and Galland replied, "Give me a squadron of Spitfires." Epic! ^v^

[@jsl151850b]

Thanks!

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

The Merlin is a piece of music that has never been matched.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

There's only one thing that sounds better than a merlin. More merlins!

[@maj0072]

The merlin doesn't roar she sings.

[@djtaylorutube]

Griffon would like you to hold its beer...

[@Sharps.50]

Should be a part of our National Anthem 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robertneven7563]

never and never and never and never

[@aldoso2]

“No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr,” he assured them. “If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You can call me Meyer.”

[@sd906238]

That quote was so good that it was put on the nose of an RAF Lancaster bomber.

[@bluemarshall6180]

Hey klink.

[@country_flyboy]

"No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr." -Hermann Meyer

[@blue2sco]

@@sd906238 best bit of trolling by Lancaster R5868 in the R.A.F Museum Hendon with over 100 missions.

[@owenmckernon9513]

I think that’s not quite accurate Re the Ruhr Goering actually said that to Hitler re the planned Luftwaffe defeat of the RAF so as to win the Air War before the planned invasion of Britain was to happen. I don’t think Goering did change his name to Meyer !

[@tiggersboy]

This sounds similar to the Doolittle Raid on Japan. Didn’t do much physical damage but raised fear and doubt in the civilian population about their leaders boasting that enemy bombs will never touch us.

[@robertgiles9124]

Yeah but the problem is some brave men died in these "show" raids. Americans that Japan caught were tortured or murdered and Many many Chinese were killed in revenge.

[@Dadum-bass]

​@robertgiles9124 thats war. Officers require the trust of those under them, because the soldiers know the officers need to spend soldiers lives to achieve military objectives. . . So it better damn well be worth it. and moral/demoralizing people can win or lose a war as easily as an A-bomb

[@mikecimerian6913]

Much credit to British sense of humor. The best humorists have always been Brits.

[@denisrose9207]

Alot of respect to the Brits. true allies!!

[@uncle7162]

No never, who could of thought that John Cleese Roman Atkinson Steven fry and many others could be the best. Mind you the best things were British. Comedy colonisation technology governments and many others

[@frostyfrost4094]

With a lot of help from our friends

[@ianmangham4570]

@@uncle7162 Rowen

[@ianmangham4570]

@@frostyfrost4094 Enough about the Russians! , America also helped.😄

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Goering was so pissed off he curdled every vat of whipped cream in the room!

[@davey7452]

Goering was so envious of the mosquito had wanted a German high speed bomber built from wood but his designer failed because they couldn't duplicate the special glue to keep the wooden air frame together.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Yes.... my father, who was foreman on the job building the very first one, and who was involved in later ones too confirmed this. De Havilland's themselves had glue issues, especially with ply separation at the forward edges of the bomb doors. Dad said some early ones came in for repair with the bomb doors about 4" thick where they laminations had separated. Once they perfected the urea/formaldehyde glue (the men called it "beetles' blood" as it was a murky dark red colour) the problem was solved. After the war it was available commercially and my father used it in his own business when super durable join was needed. I think it is still in use in marine plywood of various sorts..... It was a 'two part' glue with a separate hardener... I think a clear derivative was developed in the 50s called "Aerolite". That glue was a sort of milky colour (a bit like paper paste) and the hardener, which was applied to one of the surfaces to be joined, was acetic acid. It set clear and hard, and was stronger than any wood.... Whether these adhesives are still available I am not sure, but they were truly excellent products. In this times of "everything has to be idiot-proof" perhaps the toxic nature of the hardeners would disqualify them from retail sale now that we live in the age of the idiot.

[@jamesblonde2271]

All the German planes, or a vast proportion of the Air Force were "mosquitoesque" fighter bombers, unfortunately these turned out to be bad bombers and worse fighters, if they had concentrated on producing 109's and 190's they might have done better but Georing was convinced he'd cracked the secret of a modern intergrated multi purpose air force, fat twat. A similar attitude saw resources diverted to the wonderful but unreliable 70 ton Tiger behemouth instead of concentrating on the effective evolved Panzer 4...

[@murraystewartj]

I believe what killed the German Moskito (yes, they even named theirs after the Mossie) in the end was that the factory they had set up to create the glues they needed was bombed by the allies. I'm sure the Germans who were skilled chemists could have come up with as fine a glue as the Brits did, but that's hard to do when your R&D and production facility is a smoking ruin.

[@matzelampe7898]

Actualy the Germans did build their version of the Mosquito, it was the beautyfull Focke Wulf Ta 154, unbeknownst to the British they bombed the only Factory that was capable of producing the Glue that was needed to built it and so the Ta 154 never made it to Service.

[@jamesblonde2271]

@@matzelampe7898 Great stuff, thanks for the info guys...

[@waynesimpson2074]

One of my favourite war stories, I never tire of hearing any version of it. This rendering was expertly finished off with the sight of a Mossie in flight and the roar of Merlins. Great video, thanks for the upload.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks Wayne, appreciate the comments

[@justunicorn001]

A spitfire ace once said that there was nothing like the sound of a Merlin rumbling away under your feet. A Mosquito pilot was heard to question it by saying it was better in stereo, to which a Lancaster Bomber pilot replied. *Unless you have quadraphonic*

[@David-wk6md]

🇺🇲😎😐🇬🇧

[@SK-lt1so]

England fought an "intelligent war"-they maximized intelligence collection, utilized technology, and fielded small but well trained and supplied ground forces. The British deserve more credit than they get historically for "outsmarting" the Nazis.

[@feliscorax]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England is just the largest constituent kingdom (Scotland being the other kingdom in the united realm; Wales is a principality of England; and Northern Ireland is an exclave province).

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@feliscorax AND---many great free people, of occupied countries, and our family of the Empire, who made their way to Britain

[@MrDaiseymay]

@Digger Gardi VERY TRUE, a great example, used in a comedy film, was German actor Gert Frobe, in 'Those magnificent men in their flying machines'. reading out loud, from the instruction manuel, 'How to fly a Aeroplane', There is nothing a German officer, cannot do. No 1. 'sit down'.

[@feliscorax]

@@MrDaiseymay Absolutely spot-on. Not to mention the courage of exiled French, Poles, Czechs, and sundry others from occupied Europe.

[@marypatperego4147]

​@Digger Gardi Example 2 was the fake officer's body washed up in Spain with secret plans for the invasion of Greece. The Germans bought it and weren't as well prepared when the Allies landed in Sicily. Example 3 was the accumulation of fake divisions in Southern England ostensibly for the Calais invasion. Again, the Germans bought it, and were so unprepared for Normandy that they held their reserve Panzers back until it was too late.

[@thomasaquinas2600]

This was not the 1st time that the RAF made its presence felt for diplomatic purposes. When Molotov went to Germany, the Nazis insisted that England was as good as defeated. The RAF showed up on time, making the sirens go off and people go to shelter. Molotov said, 'if they are so defeated, then why are we down here (in a shelter)". Later Churchill joked with Stalin that they(UK) felt they had to include themselves in the negotiations.

[@water5349]

It just shows that if you want to call your self an empire or something similar you have to beat the brits to earn that title

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@water5349 absolutely

[@largol33t1]

Fun fact: this is the SAME man that the molotov cocktail was named after.

[@brucebeauvais1324]

@@largol33t1That’s correct. Except it was the Finns who created and named it.

[@CanadairCL44]

The Mosquito has always been my favourite aircraft. I never heard this story before and I think it's just brilliant I'm still laughing! This is the sort of thing the Royal Air Force are really good at! Great stuff, you have a new subscriber!

[@Dafmeister1978]

If you look closely at the history of the Second World War, intertwined with the streams of blood, horror and death, there are numerous cases of people on the Allied side (often but not always British) basically dicking the Germans around. I'd heartily recommend looking into the case of RV Jones and the Battle of the Beams (especially the way the Wotan system was broken before it even became operational), and the long, ridiculous story of Juan Pujol Garcia, who was awarded an Iron Cross (which required the personal approval of Hitler) while dealing immense damage to the German war effort.

[@josephlongbone4255]

One of my favourites was from occupied Norway, the fishermen were forced to can their catches for use by Uboats, but the Britishsent the Norwegian resistance large stocks of laxatives which they been laced the cans with laxatives. The result being several Uboats. that were forced to surface, and were then sunk or surrendered, because every single person aboard would simultaneously get violent diarrhoea after a meal.

[@paul-ig8hw]

You need to look at when Britain nucked America Twice

[@jameshall1347]

@@Dafmeister1978 9⁹

[@jameshall1347]

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[@kieronwhite5191]

I actually heard the recording of the raid one time, you can clearly hear the bombs exploding, shouting and screaming and then they played the music, these guys were so brave, great video, I didn't know there was a second raid, thank you so much really enjoyed it 😃

[@benpeters5851]

Do you know where I can find the recording?

[@markpaulo269]

​@@benpeters5851 there Is a recording of Goering's speech somewhere on KZbin.

[@aaronmatthews4612]

RIP brave airman that took bottle attacking in flights of 3 in broad daylight in Berlin especially the second flight as they were waiting.

[@brucelamberton8819]

In one of the Mosquito's early (test) flights it was shadowed by a Spitfire; the Mossie pilot opened up the throttles and pulled away from the shocked Spitfire pilot, who was unable to keep up with it.

[@MrDaiseymay]

As with ALL planes that lasted throughought the war, there were many variation changes, , due to the increasing number of roles they had to play, and the more armaments added, therefore, making them slower. But they countered this by the increase in engine power; and so on. That's how it was. BUT, what a testerment to great design and quality build, to be able to cope with all that they did, and with great crew of course.

[@hoilst]

If you ever get the chance, read Alexander McKee's "The Mosquito Log". Features a lot of testimony from the pilots - as well as guys like the Kiwi timber-getters they brought over to England to harvest the wood for it! There's a great example of one of the Kiwi foreman (who was, tokenistically, put in the NZ Army and given a rank and a few weeks training), storming into the office of a colonel who'd chosen a rather poor site for their sawmill and giving the colonel an earful.

[@raypurchase801]

If you think the Mosquito was great, look up the story of the Hornet.

[@MrBabylon]

I believe that was the 3rd test flight in a prototype, it was this specific demo that convinced the MOD to put the Mossie into production.

[@KathrynLiz1]

@@raypurchase801 Yes.. the Hornet was just too late,,, eclipsed by the new jets... it did see service in Aden thoughj

[@williamkennedy5492]

Excellent presentation and a big thank you, i am now 70 and remember my father telling me of this raid, i didnt know there were two missions, it makes one feel proud to know how great our country can be, Its out history and heritage and no one should be allowed to attempt to take it from us or alter the facts.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for your comment.

[@MrDaiseymay]

make sure all younger member's of the family, receive that knowledge. We can no longer trust our ''EDUCATION'' system , or media, to be patriotic, and truthful anymore.

[@c123bthunderpig]

God bless all the crews, especially the two that did not return. What a magnificent raid what an incredible aircraft, it must have been a dream to fly.

[@MrDaiseymay]

ALL Pilots wanted to fly them. The power and responses, were like a fighter, and the range of missions, unequalled. The few remaining Hero's , who flew them, still speak in awe.

[@tinkmarshino]

Damn nice of you Brits to think of old Herman that way.. what a pleasant thing to do for his party.. and of course our enlightened gobels

[@feliscorax]

Everyone’s party should begin and end with a bang! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎂🎇

[@tinkmarshino]

@@feliscorax especially those guys! Well said!

[@edthesecond]

My other favorite 'spoiler' was when Admiral Yamamoto was touring the Japanese held islands and thirteen P-38 Lightnings showed up.

[@tinkmarshino]

@@edthesecond Yeah that was nice of us to give him that escort.. We are such nice guys!

[@Dafmeister1978]

It's not a proper party if you don't have fireworks.

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

I know this story, but I like your narration and the facts you presented. Well done.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks very much!

[@geordiedog1749]

Wonderful as this is it’s actually not my favourite piece of RAF trolling of the Second World War. The Nazis built a dummy air base in Holland to fool the Allies and, being good Germans, they took a long time making precise wooden replicas of structures and planes. When it was finally finished a lone RAF plane flew over and dropped a solitary wooden bomb on it. Another great vid by the way. Keep ‘em coming. They get better each time IMO.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

That's a brilliant! I'm ex RAF and can totally get the humour in that

[@admDanRyan]

That had to hurt them

[@geordiedog1749]

@@TheNorthernHistorian Crab!

[@geordiedog1749]

@@admDanRyan Yeah. Can you imagine the reaction! “What? Wooden bomb!! Oh for Gotts sake!”

[@geordiedog1749]

@@TheNorthernHistorian It must have been totally demoralising for the people who constructed the fake air field. Probably a lot easier for the RAF than bombing Berlin, mind!

[@keithrn9447]

My Dad was a navigator in RAF 85 & RCAF 410 squadrons in Mosquitos during WW2 , my brother and I were raised on the stories of the wooden wonder , the Mossie. The closing moments of this video with the sound of the twin Rolls Royce Merlin engines is a magnificent sound to my ears.

[@KrautGoesWild]

My maternal grandpa was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot, my paternal grandpa flew for the RAF and _both_ wanted to fly a Mosquito at least once! That's got to answer any question about that plane being good 😁 (and it looks like I found myself another channel to watch on a regular basis 👍)

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

I'll try to keep uploading regularly, glad you're enjoying the content.

[@kevelliott]

That's quite the pedigree!

[@KrautGoesWild]

@@kevelliott Imagine life as a kid when the two old hawks met during family celebrations and told of their adventures. It was a feeling as if we were sitting in the cockpit with them 😎.

[@carolinewynton-rhodes3810]

My god. What a coincidence. My maternal GF also flew with the German Air force during WW1and the Luftwaffe, flying 109s during WW2. My dad was in the RAF flying Sunderlands. Fortunately they never met on combat.

[@KrautGoesWild]

@@carolinewynton-rhodes3810 Same here. If the old hawks would have ever met in their prime... well, I wouldn't be here 😅. At least they both got me and my brother into flight sims - and they even (much to our mother's and grandmothers' chagrin) sponsored a new PC for that 😁😁.

[@thevelointhevale1132]

If the Americans had done this mission Hollywood would have made a multi million dollar film about it by now ... so goes just one of another 3000 amazing British Wartime stories you never knew about, and that the British people don't crow about.

[@smoketinytom]

@@geobloxmodels1186 Bloody did it with the Enigma machine boarding.

[@davidmorse2972]

Hollywood doesn't speak for Americans but since you want to talk crap, if it wasn't for the U.S. coming to the wartime aid of Europe you would all be speaking German with a Russian accent right now. We not only saved Europe militarily we paid for its economic recovery too, through the Marshall plan and Finland was the only country, with the honor, to repay its debt. Russia is starting to get itchy fingers and next time we might just stay home and let you "NOSE UP" Brits handle them. Well you know, you, the trusty Germans and the ever reliable French. Good Luck!!

[@smoketinytom]

@@davidmorse2972 No one is throwing shade. So why don't you up and piss off with your "Oh, you'd be speaking German". We'd all be dead if James Blunt didn't question an American General's orders in Kosovo, because of his "Overwhelm and Overpower". So again, bugger off with your "America is much better". Riiiight.

[@mooneyes2k478]

@@davidmorse2972 " if it wasn't for the U.S. coming to the wartime aid of Europe you would all be speaking German with a Russian accent right now" Meanwhile, here in the REAL world, things didn't actually go that way. But I'm sure that your mighty gun-penis gives you comfort at night, living in the worlds richest Third World country.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@mooneyes2k478 content-free deranged anti-American lefty trolling. In fact, it took all the Allied powers to win. Churchill called it “The Grand Alliance” And I have seen enough UK movie celebrations of the UK part in victory. More than Hollywood made for the US, I think. Well, why not? It was a famous victory. On the form book, the Germans should have won it.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

My brother's, father in law, was a pilot during WW2. He loved flying the stripped down, air reconnaissance version of The Mosquito. Up until the Me262, it was the fastest plane in the sky.

[@markneedham752]

Grab Sidney Cottons book. A marvellous read, a must read I recommend thoroughly.

[@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate]

@@markneedham752I’ve been on a searching spree and quest but can’t find the book you mentioned. Do you happen to know the title or where it can be obtained? My father was with the RAF Bomber Command as a pilot. He flew all sorts from Mosquito, Halifax, Wellington, and rounded it off with Lancasters, though he always liked the Lancasters his heart was forever attached to the Mosquitoes. As a child he’d tell me of the aircraft he’d flown, but rarely described the operations. It wouldn’t change much even after I’d been an officer in the Royal Marines Commando and the Shaky Boats (‘78-‘07), but after I’d been telling him a couple of tales about ops a few of us (the SBS wasn’t/isn’t so well known as the SAS and it’s how we preferred it) had been on he suddenly opened up. It was akin to a dam breaking, with all the stuff he’d seen and the friends that never returned. He’d been carrying that like a huge weight of sorrow mixed with pride and guilt - the guilt being due to him managing to keep his crew safe but feeling guilty because he survived whilst over 55,000 didn’t. Of all places to end up though was being sent out to India just as the European war was looking to end. So he was in India in the run up to India and Pakistan independence. He was involved in the RAF mutiny as they’d been told they’d be headed for home once the war (in both theatres Europe and Japanese) but they didn’t return until mid-1947. He married my mother just before Christmas 1947, almost 2 and a half years later than they’d intended. They had a long and happy marriage, but with dad having flare ups of malaria and nightmares (which we call PTSD), something that we shared, just like terminal cancer but mines on the home stretch. Sorry for bending your ear so much but it’s quite nice being able to share some memories of those that flew Mosquitoes and those of us that share an interest.

[@markneedham752]

@@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate "The Last Plane to leave Berlin". I bought mine on Ebay. Your story, Y'self and Father...Great stuff.

[@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate]

@@markneedham752 thank you for everything. Hope I’ll find a copy in time as the health issue results in more time at the hospice than at home, yet it doesn’t seem too long ago that I was still fairly fit and all that stuff and as most veterans can confirm, “any illnesses, complications or injuries are not service related”. Anyway thanks for the info and if lucid enough I’ll try to let you know if I was successful. All the best to you and yours mate, have a good one

[@alessandromazzini7026]

Doubt It was the fastest up until the me262, was fast enough to not get intercepted before leaving

[@edwinhidalgo1242]

Did you know that my country, ECUADOR, supplied the balsa wood that made the Mosquitos so light?

[@MrDaiseymay]

WE THANK YOU !

[@InspectorKnacker]

My old man was a 139 (Jamaica) Squadron Mosquito pilot who survived two entire tours of duty in Bomber Command. One of a very small number to do so. He flew an enormous number of aircraft types but his favourite, without a shadow of a doubt, was the Mossy. He always held the view that the RAF would have sustained far, far fewer casualties in Bomber Command if they had used the Mossy with its ability to deliver its ordnance with greater precision.

[@SierraThunder]

This is the best example of the British giving the Germans a good old fashioned, and well deserved 'Razzberry'. Great story, and excellent video in the retelling of this story of the RAF once again flipping the bird at the Luftwaffe !

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cycleSCUBA]

Brilliant piece of R.A.F. planning, daring, and it must be said high spirits! Sad to learnt that 1 crew didn't make it back though. We Will Remember Them. 🇬🇧

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

That would of been hilarious to see Goerings reaction to the first raid 🤣

[@grahamwilkes4062]

i think he spit out his dummy

[@fishofgold6553]

@@grahamwilkes4062 It could have been the biggest gamer rage moment in history.

[@allenjenkins7947]

It is not always good for one's health to witness the humiliation of senior government members, especially of a dictatorship.

[@keithlemon457]

To those in occupied Europe, the Merlin was known as 'the sound of freedom'. That short clip at the end of the video of the Mosquito flypast was simply 'poetry in motion'..........

[@rtwfreak]

German officials: "Nobody will be able to disturb our magnificent speeches, not even an airplane can get through" RAF planning: "Hold my pint of beer"

[@fishofgold6553]

+rtwfreak Or pint of tea.

[@sallbadguy6672]

Probably more likely to be a pint of mild or bitter.

[@daniellastuart3145]

@@fishofgold6553 RAF so it is Whiskey and soda

[@mickd6942]

The mosquito wasn’t just an airplane it was the wooden wonder

[@jacobduggan8008]

"...That's what she said"

[@TheMelbournelad]

And a wooden up yours to the nazis lol

[@zopEnglandzip]

Geoffrey dehavilland and his company broke more records than you can shake a piece of wood at.

[@dustylover100]

How well did these planes fare against radar?

[@mickd6942]

@@dustylover100 they usually flew just above the tree tops or just above the waves when crossing the sea, flying below radar to escape detection and used their speed to out run enemy fighters , google operation Jericho the raid on Amiens prison by mosquitoes

[@mkvv5687]

We need someone to make a new movie, "Thirty Seconds Over Berlin".

[@MrDaiseymay]

IS THAT THE LENGTH OF THE FILM ?

[@bobmalack481]

Staring Clark Gable or William Holden?!..

[@mkvv5687]

@@bobmalack481 Neither, we'll go with the man with experience: Jimmy Stewart!

[@bobmalack481]

Ya, but nobody looks better in a bomber jacket than Clark Gable..LOL!!

[@mkvv5687]

@@bobmalack481 Can't argue with that!

[@richarddavidthomas]

Excellent, both the operation and your presentation. Many thanks.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewhughes7092]

Brilliant story. I thought that I'd heard every story from WW2. Keep up the good work. :-)

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you

[@zanegracie39]

Brilliant narration, i do know the story, but your narration nailed it, had me chuckling away.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@701duran]

Gentlemen great job as always

[@jayurban4313]

Thank you Northern historian for this very well put together documentary!

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@samrodian919]

I just love that comment by Goering lol incidentally I was apprenticed in 1970 as a church organ builder, and three of my colleagues were involved in working on making Mosquitos during the war, as highly skilled woodworkers, organ builders as well as skilled piano makers were used for their skills in the construction of the wooden parts for the Mosquito.

[@raypitts4880]

they wanted some thing to sing with a piano no make a mossie she will sing as well

[@kerrygibbs8198]

You told a great history story and you did a perfect job! Thank you

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks very much!

[@sextonblake4258]

That sound. It made my spine tingle the first time I heard it and it just did it again. It was a good plan. Angry people make errors.

[@StuPony111]

Fantastic. I’ve heard many accounts of this raid of British daring,impudence but this was fresh and captured some of the original raids spirit

[@paullacey2999]

Dont you just hate gatecrashers at a party?🤣 What a brilliant story👏👏👏

[@-JustHuman-]

This was a excellent idea, as they hurt the Nazis where it did the most damage, their pride and superiority. Well done by the pilots too.

[@oceanhome2023]

I have this vision of cheerleading of groups of “Wooden Planes Are BEST” and “Wooden Planes are Better than Metal “ and perhaps “Piano Makers Make better Planes”

[@MrDaiseymay]

Absolutely, I think you struck the right CORD And on a higher NOTE, when all planes left the factory, they were highly TUNED. Obviously, a KEY point. and so, that put the LID on it.

[@OpieDogie]

Gotta hand it to the Brits, this was ingenious. LOL

[@dotdashdotdash]

Britons.

[@maconescotland8996]

Fascinating - I'd never heard of this operation before. A few years ago I discovered that Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (of Mosquito fame) was a cousin to two famous American actresses, both Oscar winners.

[@adventussaxonum448]

If you're referring to Olivia and Joan, they were English, although born in Tokyo.

[@maconescotland8996]

@@adventussaxonum448 Yes, both born in Japan and moved to the US as infants with their mother. Presumably they would have had American citizenship from an early age, despite their parents' nationality.

[@Duececoupe]

The channel popped up on my feed yesterday, obviously I subscribed....loved history and geography since school (I'm 53 this month) and still do, excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Goring: I am furious! Mossie: Yes.

[@richardcleveland8549]

LoveloveLOVE Goering's comment about what he was going to do AFTER the War. Wonder if the Brits obliged him with a radio in his jail cell waiting to be hanged . . . now, THAT would be true poetic justice! Oh, yes . . . and a shout-out for that famous British sense of humor (or humour, if you prefer)! A great episode!

[@PedroConejo1939]

I got referred here from a Mosquito Facebook group. An interesting and straightforward presentation of the raid and good to mention the men involved by name. The modern fly-by at the end is a great climax. The Merlin is the best sounding piston engine bar none.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks for your comment. Where possible I do like to mention individuals names as a way to remember their service and sacrifice. I get a lot of detail from actual squadron records held at the National Archives.

[@waskawiiwabbit4465]

Ahh, the beautiful noise of twin Merlins snarling past.....perfect outro music!!

[@danielgreen3715]

Brilliant bit of British propaganda!! And one in their eye!!

[@samtapia5616]

Those twin RR merlin engines are a delight to the ears.

[@alexanderball923]

The Merlin engine was named after King Arthur's magician who would always return when Britain was in danger. I can't think of a more appropriate name.

[@Backwardlooking]

Thank you for your video. Nice to learn of Goring’s regard for British manufacturing. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ootpik2440]

Goring also Awarded a Double Kill to any of his pilot's who shot down 1 Mosquito.

[@No.Handle31]

I love the wooden wonder. Shows what a country can do when it's back is up against the wall.

[@DidMyGrandfatherMakeThis]

We didn't build the Mossie because our backs were against the wall, we built the plane because we had some foresight. She began life in concept in 1937 before the war, and came into service once we'd won ourselves some breathing space.

[@No.Handle31]

@@DidMyGrandfatherMakeThis Thanks for the knowledge. I like to learn more about this aircraft.

[@trevorn9381]

Britain's back was never against the wall during WWII. Britain and France started the war with Germany over Poland and the Brits declined numerous generous offers of peace from Hitler who never wanted a war with Britain to begin with. Sadly for the Brits, Winston Churchill's hatred of the Germans got the best of him and he was too stupid to realize that FDR was the real enemy of the British Empire not Hitler (who was an admirer of the British empire) and wanted to emulate it. Roosevelt saw the empire as a threat to the US and saw the opportunity to bleed it to death. The Brits finally finished paying back the massive war debt to the US that Winston Churchill ran up in December of 2006. By that time the global empire that Edward VII had reined over a century earlier was completely gone.

[@ianlowery6014]

That is not what the Germans called it. They called it the equivalent of the "Timber Terror".

[@ezpz3784]

hello sir, I found your channel as I was recommended the video on HMS Barham (Another amazing video). Since then, I have spent the last hour watching your videos, and its safe to say I have found a new favourite history channel! Keep up the amazing work and I am sure you will explode in subscribers!

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you very much for such a kind comment, it's greatly appreciated.

[@highpath4776]

@@TheNorthernHistorian How did Goering know it was Wooden craft - intelligence or the crashed plane?

[@neilclements3929]

A fantastically researched and produced piece. Very impressive !

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks

[@AbramSari]

Great story! The flyover at the end was a master stroke! Nice video!👍👍👍

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you very much!

[@Frserthegreenengine]

Goering: "We are unstoppable!" 6 RAF Mosquitos: "Hello there!"

[@julianmitchell9788]

very well produced, well done, this is of particular interest to me as i have Squadron Leader Darling's RAF Uniform, cap & Log Book, he flew Hurricanes and Defiants earlier in the war. thank you.

[@alfnoakes392]

Was lucky enough to see the first Mosquito built by Avspecs here in NZ, both part-made and then flying in 2012, before she went to the US. Wonderful aeroplane.

[@MrDaiseymay]

EXCELLENT

[@collieclone]

Fascinating video and narration, and the last clip of the Mossie was absolutely uplifting...perfect.

[@tomjustis7237]

As a history buff, I watch several history channels on KZbin, but this was the first time I stumbled over your channel, so I gave it a try. (I've also stumbled over several other so-called history channels which, after one viewing, I never wanted to waste my time on again.) After watching this one presentation, however, I immediately subscribed. Excellent work, well presented and historically accurate! I look forward to more of the same.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. My channel is still quite new and I'm continually looking to develop it. Comments such as yours gives me huge confidence that I'm on the right lines. My aim is to entertain, educate, remember and honour those who took part in these stories but also be as accurate as possible. I'm sure I won't always get it right but I do try. Thanks again Tom.

[@tomjustis7237]

@@TheNorthernHistorian If any thanks are required, it should me be thanking you for the time and effort you put into producing informative and entertaining videos. As to not always "getting it right", well, none of us are perfect, are we? We all make mistakes from time to time. Lord knows I've made more than my fair share!

[@MrDaiseymay]

BEST YOU LOOKED WHERE YOU WERE GOING TOM, WITH ALL THIS STUMBLING, COULD BE FATAL.

[@tomjustis7237]

@@MrDaiseymay LOL!!! You're absolutely right. I guess I'm just a clumsy bastard! Have a great day!

[@sgt.tuborg6556]

Thanks for this great history lesson...and greetings from Germany.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you too!

[@dotdashdotdash]

Tuborg? A Danish lager?

[@sgt.tuborg6556]

@@dotdashdotdash Of course...one of the finest lager beers in the world

[@Robert-ff9wf]

That was great!! Never heard about this before! Mosquitoes are awesome!!

[@nukni4225]

Reminds me of lieutenant Gatward who flew to Paris to spoil the daily parade of the the Wehrmacht. These guys had pluck.

[@entity1566]

When I heard him say Heligoland, my German eyes jolted out of my head. I had never heard the english pronounciation of Helgoland before.

[@alexanderwhittaker3622]

Heligoland Bight

[@highpath4776]

I dont think I would pronounced it that way !

[@ElGrandoCaymano]

Remember it was British for most of the 19th century and Danish for the centuries before. Germany only took control since the 1890s I believe.

[@KiwiHelpgeek]

The Mosquito is one of my favourite planes of all time and the sound of a Rolls Royce Mrrlin engine is a symphony. I lived next to Ardmore aerodrome and regularly listened to the glorious sound of the Spitfire based there flying overhead. I never got sick of it.

[@robertbruce7686]

Goering: Not one bomb will drop on Berlin RAF: Challenge accepted. Thanks awfully old chap!

[@dhouse-d5l]

Ive never heard this story before...incredible and wonderful too....The biggest two finger stick up of all time and we still have that recording....amazing. Brave guys indeed.

[@MoatenGat]

I have heard this story many times over but never told as well as you have. Well done.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks very much, very kind.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

@@sumdewd Happy to have made you smile :-)

[@kevken3293]

Beautifully and concisely made documentary, thank you!

[@nauuwgtx]

"Not one bomb will fall on Berlin" -Hermann Grring Allied bombers: *skidibop mm dada!*

[@claudermiller]

Lolol. Goering was talking about a mosquito. He definitely wasn't talking about a British automobile. Lolololol

[@TimberwolfC14]

I could imagine the British increasing Goering's rage if they had actually sent him a British radio set.

[@podthesod]

Doubt if we could even make a radio set these days …. they all come from China … and we are a stupid lazy bunch with little gumption or entrepreneurial spirit. 75 years old and very sad at the decline of this country … governed by complete pea brains.

[@frankparsons1629]

Excellent, jolly good show chaps, top hole, pip pip, hurrah for the RAF. My old Dad was in the RAF, I'll bet he was chuckling!

[@davidmatthiesen1494]

Same goes with the Shell Building Raid By the Mosquito Squardrons, on the raid in Copenhagen.🇩🇰🇬🇧

[@davidmatthiesen1494]

That was sheer Brilliance.

[@morgan258]

I like this channel, I'm getting to learn about history that no other channel I've seen has talked about.

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thank you very much Morgan. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

[@alessiodecarolis]

I could only imagine how furious was herr Goering, think about being one of his subordinates in that day....

[@monster900900]

well presented ,, just loove the mosquito , what a classic aircraft ,, shame there are no pictures of goerings mug when the bombs start falling ,, what a picture that would be ,, :)))

[@matthewcunningham8691]

Brilliant, the RAF were then and still are unbeatable.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

@Peter Weber The Luftwaffe? Why are they relevant to this comment?

[@dotdashdotdash]

@Peter Weber Tell us about the strafing of refugees by the Luftwaffe in Poland and France, countries that Germany invaded without any provocation.

[@KCODacey]

Thank you for adding the sound of the plane. Makes me even more proud of my father.

[@frogge6443]

Germans: Trying to be serious Britain: *Trolling Intensifies*

[@fredMplanenut]

Nice presentation, love that last pass. Great irony, whether intentional or not, in that they used the Jamaica Squadron.

[@sachsgs2509]

Can you imagine how pissed Hermann was? Damn it what a???🤣🤣🤣

[@markpaul8178]

I love it.Chalk up another 1 for bletchly park!

[@jackmunday7602]

The RAF. Trollings Britains enemies since 1918.

[@FaithfulObjectivist]

Nice presentation. Thanks

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

You are welcome!

[@ianlowery6014]

There was another great raid that everyone should look at. A Beaufighter flew down the most famous street of Paris, dropping a French flag on the Arc de Triomphe and going onto straff the German naval headquarters and drop a flag on it. For those who don't know, Australia had 1800 of the Bristtol Beaufighters, also called the "Ten Gun Terror". The Japanese called if the "Whispering Death". The raid gave the people of Paris hope, they now knew they weren't alone. Daring Solo Beaufighter Raid - Paris 1942: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn6WeYeia9SGibc

[@Alan_Clark]

German radio also played Bruckner's 7th Symphony when they announced the death of Hitler. Hitler identified with Bruckner as they both came from rural Austria, and both were artists who were rejected by the artistic establishment, although there is no evidence that Bruckner was anti-semitic or would have had any sympathy for the Nazis, who hijacked his music for their own ends.

[@MrDaiseymay]

For chrissake, how pathetic. Bruckner whould have been thrilled--not. They should have played ''Knees-up Mother Braun''.

[@rustyrover3808]

Brilliant story very well told👍

[@TheNorthernHistorian]

Thanks very much.

[@dannywlm63]

As beautiful as a spitfire. Fantastic aircraft and really underrated

[@leno4920]

Yet another brilliant regaling of a cracking WW2 story. Top stuff for the history buff.

[@gianurwiler5098]

Good Documentarys, you have succesfuly earned one more subscriber ; )